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13/07/2026

WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE BY LEAGUE OF KUNAV APPOINTEES (LKA)

☆Benue renewal☆ Facts.....not fiction.Today we will talk about the civil service, pension and welfare issues.HE, Fr. Ali...
11/07/2026

☆Benue renewal☆
Facts.....not fiction.

Today we will talk about the civil service, pension and welfare issues.

HE, Fr. Alia inherited 12 to 17 months unpaid salaries for civil servants and 48 months unpaid pension accross board, the highest by any state in Nigeria. People who had retired three years ealier were not even captured/onboarded to the pension scheme. Benue State university and the Teaching hospital retirees were owed pension/gratuity for over 10 years ( yes, you got that right, 10 years) a situation that often triggered labor unrest in these institutions. Benue civil servants (levels 7 and above) were still on 18k minimum wage when the rest of the country had moved to 30k. Benue state university lecturers were owed earned allowances, promotion arrears from 2012 while hazard allowances due to doctors was pegged at a dismal 5k. (It's the reason there were only a total of 40 doctors left to manage 23 general hospitals in the state). Civil servants had stopped going to work regularly, the past government helplessly caved in, giving birth to Nigeria's first and only three day work week regime.
The Alia era.
All retired civil servants were immediately captured for pension increasing monthly pesion payout by more than 100%. Today Benue is the only state where a civil servant retires and walks away with his gratuity 100% and begins to recieve pension immediately. Every person that left service since May 2023 has been paid their gratuity 100%. Only one month arears of unpaid salaries is owed to civil servants while pension arrears is being rolled back gradually. The government is also addressing backlog of gratuity owed retired employees despite ongoing garneshee challenges.
More than 15 Billion Naira has been spent on accumulated arrears of workers of Benue State university ( now Fr. Adasu University). There is now a bond scheme for doctors where every willing clinical medical student from Benue is on the state's monthly payroll. Youth corpers are encouraged to come to Benue as they recieve a monthy stipend from the state. HE, Fr.Alia increased minimum wage first to 30k and then again to 75k and implemented this across the entire workforce well above the country's average. Over Nine thousand primary school teachers were recruited and trained within the period as over 500 schools were also renovated. Let me not forget the successful renovation of the state secretariat, teaching hospital and several ministries departments and agencies. Long withheld promotions of staff have been implemented and speedy implementation of long outstanding issues with labor unions dispensed with.

Changing the face of governance in Benue, facts.......

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11/07/2026

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PRESS CONFERENCE DELIVERED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT VICE CHAIRMEN OF NIGERIA, (ALGOVC), BENUE STATE ...
10/07/2026

PRESS CONFERENCE DELIVERED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT VICE CHAIRMEN OF NIGERIA, (ALGOVC), BENUE STATE CHAPTER.

PROTOCOL:

THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF BENUE STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, CHIEF REV. FR. DR. HYACINTH IORMEM ALIA, THE ASORTAR U TIV,
DISTINGUISHED HONOURABLE COLLEAGUES,
GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

GOOD EVENING.

We have convened this press conference today on behalf of the Association of All Local Government Vice Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGOVC), Benue State Chapter, to reaffirm our support for the administration of the Executive Governor of Benue State, His Excellency, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia.

As Vice Chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas of Benue State, we express our profound appreciation to the Governor for finding us worthy to deputize our principals in the various councils. This gesture of trust and magnanimity is unprecedented and deeply acknowledged.

We also appreciate our respective Chairmen for the cordial working relationships we have enjoyed since assuming our various offices as Deputy Chairmen.

It would amount to gross ingratitude and indiscipline if we fail to commend Governor Alia for his unwavering commitment to strengthening local government administration. By creating an enabling environment for councils to function effectively in line with the principles of local government autonomy, he has set a new standard for governance at the grassroots.

This commitment has translated into tangible achievements across the 23 Local Government Areas. Notable among them is the award of contracts for the construction of five-kilometre roads in various councils — projects that many of our communities are enjoying for the first time since the return of democracy in 1999.

On this basis, we are convinced to call on the good people of Benue State to re-elect our workaholic Governor, His Excellency Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, in 2027. We urge all Benue citizens to vote massively for the Governor to enable him to consolidate and deliver even greater achievements for our state and local communities.

It is our firm belief and resolve that with the foundation the Governor has laid for the people of Benue State, greater heights still await us. Within just three years, His Excellency has transformed the outlook of the state to meet national standards. Things we never imagined possible are today our reality and source of pride.

We therefore pledge our unalloyed support and solidarity to the Executive Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia. To our principals, who are also the Governor’s immediate representatives at the grassroots, we restate that we have no reason to deviate from our mandate. As grassroot mobilizers, we will deploy all our strength to mobilize every Benue citizen toward the re-election of the Governor in 2027.

Thank you.

LONG LIVE BENUE STATE
LONG LIVE HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR
LONG LIVE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS
LONG LIVE OUR COUNCIL CHAIRMEN
LONG LIVE THE DEPUTY CHAIRMEN

THANK YOU ALL.

10/07/2026

PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE ASSOCIATION OF ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT VICE CHAIRMEN OF NIGERIA, (ALGOVC), BENUE STATE CHAPTER.

For Immediate Release Governor Alia Backs 'Operation Handshake' -as Benue, Kogi Police Launch Joint Taskforce to Flush O...
10/07/2026

For Immediate Release

Governor Alia Backs 'Operation Handshake'

-as Benue, Kogi Police Launch Joint Taskforce to Flush Out Border Criminal Havens"

Governor Hyacinth Alia has lauded the Operation Handshake Patrol idea of the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu expressing the hope that it will enhance security checks at border areas and dislodge criminal havens.

Operation Handshake Patrol Taskforce has no boundary restriction for combing forests, especially at the border areas, for criminal hideouts.

The Governor said that with the determination and sincerity of personnel, a situation where criminals use a neighbouring state as haven after committing mayhem in another state will become a thing of the past.

He pledged to sustain his special attention on supporting security agencies to secure Benue State assuring.

The Governor's statement follows a joint meeting held last Thursday by Commissioners of Benue and Kogi State Commands at Ankpa local Government conference Hall.

The Commissioners of Police at the meeting announced the setting up of the joint Taskforce named, explaining that it was meant to ensure the safety of lives and property of residents around border communities of the two states.

The two commissioners Mr Cletus Nwudiogbu of Benue State and Naziru Bello Kankarofi of Kogi explained that establishing the joint Taskforce was in response to the directive from the Inspector General of police to ensure there was no hidden place for criminal elements at the border communities of the two states by breaking the barriers of Jurisdiction.

Mr Cletus Nwudiogbu explained further that with the Operation Handshake, police from Benue state and Kogi have taken over the forest of the two states and there would be no haven for criminal elements between the two states as police could enter any state to arrest any bandit, criminal or terrorist who commit a crime and run to hide in another.

He said the two police commands have also provided the citizens of the two states an appropriate channel where they would lodge their complaint without taking law into their hands, saying they would remain resolute in the restoration of peace at the border communities.

On his part, Mr Bello Kankarofi said the event was a practical demonstration of the two police command's shared commitment aimed at strengthening the security at their borders so that those communities would remain safe for law-abiding citizens and called on the Governors of two states to provide the required logistics for effective patrol of security personnel between the two states.

He charged police officers to be professional in their conduct and also ensure that the host communities set agenda for them for effective policing and assured the residents of the two states that they would soon see tangible results from the collaboration and commended Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue and Usman Dodo of Kogi for their passion for the safety of their citizens.

Commander twenty-one Brigade Ankpa Kogi state lieutenant colonel JS Monde assured that the Nigerian Army would continue to support the police and other sister security agencies towards achieving peace at border communities and called on members of the public to always provide credible and timely information to security agencies to enable them to secure their communities.

Sir Tersoo Kula, mnipr
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State.

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09/07/2026

Birthday Celebration in Honour of the Benue State APC Women Leader Hon Mrs Helen Pinen Agaigbe @ the APC State Secretariat Makurdi, Benue State.

09/07/2026

TEXT OF OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER AND TRANSPORT, BENUE STATE, HON. JIR JOSEPH TER, ON THE SUCCESSFUL SOLIDARITY TREK IN HONOUR OF PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU AND GOVERNOR HYACINTH IORMEM ALIA.

Tinubu’s Economic Reforms Fuel Benue’s Transformation - Alia.Wednesday, July 8, 2026Governor Hyacinth Alia has commended...
08/07/2026

Tinubu’s Economic Reforms Fuel Benue’s Transformation - Alia.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Governor Hyacinth Alia has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for demonstrating the courage and political will to undertake far‑reaching economic reforms aimed at repositioning Nigeria’s economy for long term sustainability.

The governor made the remarks today at the State House Press Gallery during a press conference themed “The Impact of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Economic Reforms on Benue State.”

Alia praised the Tinubu administration’s consistent partnership with subnational governments in implementing its reform agenda. He said Benue State, like other subnational entities, has seen improved fiscal inflows that have enhanced the state’s capacity to revive its economy, execute development projects and meet critical obligations.

He explained that his administration has prudently deployed available resources toward critical infrastructure, security support, education, healthcare, agriculture and rural development, pointing to ongoing road construction, rehabilitation, urban renewal and other key projects across the state.

The governor emphasized that increased revenue has given Benue greater opportunity to tackle longstanding infrastructural deficits, including the resuscitation of moribund industries and the establishment of new ones. He cited Food Basket Breweries, Bensono Juice and Concentrate Factory as examples of enterprises the administration has invested in, and added that Taraku Mills Ltd is also undergoing revival.

Alia said improved revenue has strengthened his government’s ability to meet salary obligations and address workers’ welfare concerns, noting efforts to clear inherited liabilities and improve conditions for civil servants and pensioners.

On security, he acknowledged President Tinubu’s responsiveness to the state’s needs, saying the increased resources have enabled Benue to better support security agencies with logistics, mobility and intelligence gathering.

While reaffirming his administration’s commitment to accountability, value for money and prudent public‑resource management, Governor Alia called on residents to join him in building a stronger, safer and more prosperous Benue State.

Sir Tersoo Kula, mnipr
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State.

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