… Says Alia’s scorecard competing with Aper Aku
From Scholastica Hir Makurdi
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Benue state, Chief Barnabas Gemade, has said that Governor Hyacinth Alia has done very well so far in his first tenure of administration and as such will stand unopposed come 2027.
Gemade stated this when the Jechira constituents received the Governor who visited to thank them for their massive support which enabled him emerge as Governor in the 2023 governorship election.
Gemade said “He (Alia) has performed well, we are in total support of his administration and we are charging all sons and daughters of Jechira that nobody should contest with him in 2027, and he will stand unopposed when the time for second term comes.
“We have decided to decamp all people from different political parties back to the APC in the state to show that this is the turn of Jechira who are solidly behind their son.”
He said the governor has a tall scorecard to show for his one year in office saying “In fact, his scorecard is better than any governor in Benue State, he is competing with Aper Aku who before now was number one.”
Meanwhile, addressing the mammoth crowd in Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA), Governor Hyacinth Alia lamented the level of underdevelopment of the state many years ago saying past administrations failed to take the challenge upon them but took the state 40 years backward.
He said the massive transformation being witnessed in the state recently was Divine and intended to write the state’s name in the anal of history and returning the state’s lost glory.
He said, “Many years ago, Benue was taken 40 years backward. In between, we had great heroes who came in to do their bit and set the people free. This is one of the reasons God wants you to join forces with few great governors who have demonstrated love for their state and for humanity.
“What we have done in the area of renovation of schools, hospitals, roads construction, provision of electricity among many others in the last one year was just a tip of the iceberg.”
Governor Alia commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his laudable initiatives aimed at putting the country back on the fast lane of development, stressing that such programmes have direct bearing on the lives of every citizen of the country.
Governor Alia said as part of his administration’s commitment to suck up the unemployed youths in profitable ventures, he has since commenced the training of 10, 000 youth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), stressing that another batch of 10,000 youths is expected to be trained until 60,000 of them are finally trained.
He said his administration achieved much in the last four years as evidenced in the construction of several roads, renovation of schools and hospitals, the state Assembly complex, provision of water, electricity and ensuring security to lives and property of people of the state among others.
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