Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia and other personalities during the launching of the Governor Alia palm tree project
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi –
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has launched the Benue Alia Palm Project with the distribution of improved palm seedlings to Benue journalists.
Performing the ceremony on Monday at the NUJ house in Makurdi, Governor Alia, who noted with confidence his desire to partner with the media informed that the improved palm seedlings would enable the state to move from food basket of the nation to become an industrial basket.
The governor disclosed that investing in palm trees would make the state not only to feed the industries but to also improve on the economy of the state.
He revealed that the state government would continue to develop the state through rehabilitation of roads, construction of new roads, provision of electricity, strengthening health care services among others assuring that they would continue to sustain their efforts as development is not complete if it is not sustainable.
The governor, who provided an eighteen seater bus to the union instantly at the event also promised to renovate the NUJ house, clear the dues of the union and as well pay the weigh-in allowances for the deserving journalists.
In his comment, the Permanent Secretary and Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ogaagbenu Agweye, noted that Governor Alia was God sent to move the Benue people from poverty as he added that the palm trees would not only benefit the Benue people but it would also help the whole country.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Chairman of the Benue State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Bemdoo Ugber, appreciated the governor for the firm support to the union and pointed out the numerous projects executed by the Governor which have direct bearing on the lives of the people.
The NUJ Chairman acknowledged the importance of Benue Alia Palm Project, saying it was capable of transforming families and the society at large.
While pledging the unalloyed support of the union to the governor, the chairman appealed to the Governor to renovate the NUJ house, clear the dues owed by the members of the union, provide a bus for the union and also approve the payment of weigh-in allowances for deserving journalists.
