Benue: Alia Installs New Local Government Caretaker Chairmen

Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, the governor of Benue State, has sworn in the recently chosen caretaker chairs of the local government councils in the state.

He tasked them with making sure the local populace receives high-quality services.

At the Local Government Interim Executive Council Chairmen’s swearing-in event on Thursday at the Benue State Government House in Makurdi, Governor Alia delivered the charge.

Recall that in order to give the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) adequate time to plan and carry out the state’s local government council elections, the governor wrote the Benue State House of Assembly requesting an extension of the Local Government Interim Executive Council Committees’ tenure.

The State House of Assembly replaced Mr. Timothy Hembaor, the previous nominee from the Ushongo Local Government Area, with Hon. Mvendaga Atetan on Thursday after screening and verifying the list of nominees sent to them by the governor.

During the swearing-in ceremony, Governor Alia gave the chairmen an order to relinquish their excuses and serve their local government areas tirelessly so that their work represents the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) manifesto.

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He asked them to stay at their various duty stations, respond to the needs of the local people, and ensure that they enjoy the benefits of democracy. He urged them to give it their all, particularly since his administration has provided autonomy to the local governments.

Declaring that it is his administration’s intention to see that such infrastructure accomplishments are reproduced at the state’s third tier of government, Governor Alia challenged them to duplicate the state’s infrastructure advancements in their local government districts.

Hon. Philip Achuah, the chairman of Konshisha Local Government Area, spoke on behalf of the chairmen and gave the governor the assurance that they would try their best to duplicate his efforts at the local government level. He expressed gratitude to the governor for vowing to uphold their separate tasks while providing the state’s local government system a degree of quasi-autonomy.

The Honourable Guda Terkimbi Dennis (Vandeikya), Honourable Philip Achuah (Konshisha), Honourable Shaku Justine (Katsina Ala), Honourable Neji Vitalis Terhile (Kwande), Honourable Avar Verlumun (Gboko), Honourable Roy Terna Ashirga (Tarka), Honourable Agber Cephas (Buruku), Honourable James Dwem (Makurdi), Honourable Mrs. Comfort Agbo (Gwer East), Honourable Henry Agba (Gwer-West), Honourable Unongo Simon (Guma), Honourable Mvendaga Atetan (Ushongo), and Honourable Iorzaa Victor (Ukum), are the newly appointed Caretaker Committee Chairmen.

Honourable Benjamin Uzenda (Logo), Honourable Mrs. Gloria Ogebe (Ado), Honourable Barr. Philip Ebenyaku (Agatu), Honourable Ochai Alidu (Apa), Honourable Adekpe Onum (Obi), Honourable Emmanuel Agada Aba (Ogbadibo), Honourable Adugbo Idoko Fred (Ohimini), Honourable Dr. Wilson Eche (Otukpo), Honourable Onyilo Douglas Omale (Okpokwu), and Honourable Ire Arubi (Oju) are the others.