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Benue Govt Collaborates With FG To Construct Resetlement Homes For IDPs

Benue State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government have put in place modalities towards constructing resettlement homes for the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, to enable them return back to their ancestral homes.

The Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia who disclosed this at the Tiv Area Traditional Council meeting held in Gboko, posited that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management in the state was working with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to provide decent accommodation, security, healthcare facilities and education for the victims.

Governor Alia who spoke through the Commissioner, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management in the state, Mr Aondowase Kunde, further explained that he engaged the Military authority to establish Military base in the senatorial districts in the state to improve Internal security.

The Governor appealed to the Tiv Area Traditional Council to support government’s efforts and encourage its subjects to embrace the initiative, adding that Schools and Hospitals will be constructed within the affected communities to reduce out of school children and improve access to Medicare by the IDPs.

Responding, His Royal Majesty, Tor Tiv,Prof James Ayatse, lauded the Governor over his concern to improving the welfare of the victims.

The Paramount Ruler, noted that past administrations paid lip service to security challenges, which had rocked the Tiv Nation and other parts of the state. He expressed confident in Bola Tinubu and Governor Alia’s efforts towards ameliorating the sufferings of the affected persons.

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