By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has said the state is set to pay its workforce based on the numbers of days at work. Governor Alia, who stated this at the weekend during a reception for members of the Conference...
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Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has said that additional 100 buses has been added to the fleet of the state transport company, Benue links to ease transportation problem in the state. Alia stated this at a reception for members of the Conference of Benue Journalists (CBJ)...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has approved the appointment of Mr Emmanuel Aboh as the new Auditor General of the State. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, disclosed this in a statement issued in Makurdi on Friday. The appointment takes...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has called for the deployment of more troops and more army Forward Operating Bases in some parts of Benue to address the security challenges bedeviling the state. Alia made the call when he paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has orders all criminals currently operating in Benue State to leave or risk arrest. This is contained in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia on Sunday disclosed that his administration inherited the sum of N359 billion as debt from the past administration in the state. Alia disclosed this at an interdenominational church service to commemorate Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary. The church service was organised by the Christian...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has strongly condemned the kidnaping of Mr. Matthew Abo, his Commissioner for Information, culture and Tourism, and former Chairman Ukum Local Government Area (LGA), Mr. Iorwashima Erukaa. The Governor reacted to the incident in a statement issued...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia on Saturday said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, was his leader and he does not have any problem with him. Alia disclosed this during his maiden media interaction with journalists at Government House in Makurdi....
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has chided Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue for attending the remembrance mass of the son of the President of Appeal Court, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem in Jos. The PDP said this in a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Mr Bemgba Iortyom on Sunday in...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, says the state government has saved N1.2bn from the uncovered 2500 ghost workers on teachers and Local Government Councils staff payrolls. Alia said this in Makurdi on Friday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Extraordinary Stakeholders Meeting. He said the government saved the amount...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has dissolved the Governing Council of Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Mr Tersoo Kula in Makurdi Monday. Kula said that a...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has condemned the unprovoked attack on Akpuuna village in Mbaterem in Ukum Local Government Area of the state by suspected hoodlums. Sores of people were killed when the armed hoodlums attacked the community on Saturday. Reacting to the...
Civil servants in Benue will soon heave a sigh of relief, as Gov. Hyacinth Alia has assured them of payment of salaries by 25th of every month, beginning from June. Alia gave the assurance during his Democracy Day broadcast on Monday in Makurdi. “Indeed, as from 25th of this month,...
The governor of Benue state, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia has sacked all political appointees under the Ortom administration serving in the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), with a directive to hand over to the most senior civil servants in their offices. The chief press secretary to the governor,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Benue State Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia, at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the president, Alia frowned at the condition of the Benue State civil service. According to him, the state’s civil...