Skip to main content

GOV. ALIA MAKES NEW APPOINTMENTS

Monday, July 15th, 2024

His Excellency, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia has approved the following appointments.

1. Engr. Dr. Akwonya Comfort Adadu - Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).

Adadu, an indigene of Benue State who hails from Ado Local Government. Before her appointment was a Senior Lecturer with the Benue State University, Makurdi.

Her appointment takes immediate effect.

2. Meanwhile, the Governor has also approved appointments for council members of Benue State's own tertiary institutions, as follows.

(a) Benue State University - Sir Paul Chukwuma—Chairman/Pro-chancellor.

(b) Benue State Polytechnic, Ogbokolo - Dr. Demian Anyam - Chairman 

(c) College of Education, Oju - Prof. Member George-Genyi

(d) College of Education, Katsina-ala - Prof. Uketor Gabriel Moti - Chairman 

(e) Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi - Prof. Okpe O Okpe - Chairman

(f) Akperan Orshi Polytechnic, Yandev - Dr. Victoria Pila - Chairman.

(g) College of Health Technology, Agasha - Dr. Bem Vangerwua - Chairman.

Kindly see the attached document for the complete list of members of the council of the aforementioned tertiary institutions. 

Governor Alia believes the appointed individuals who are carefully selected based on their records of service and wealth of experience will be able to deliver and make the tertiary institutions top-notch in the country once more.

He charges them to permanently put the interest of the state first in all their official engagements.

He congratulates and wishes the new appointees a fruitful stay in the office.

Sir Tersoo Kula
Chief Press Secretary

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

JULY FEDERAL ALLOCATION: Federal Government To Withhold July Allocations to Benue, Enugu, Rivers, Kano and 16 Other States

The Federal Government will from July withhold local government allocations to Benue, Enugu, Kano, Rivers, and 16 other states in compliance with the Supreme Court judgement. The apex court on Thursday delivered a judgment in the local government autonomy suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, on behalf of the Nigerian Government, barring the Federal Government from releasing allocations to local governments governed by unelected officials appointed by the state governors. In the judgment, Justice Emmanuel Agim barred the Federal Government from further paying LG allocations through the state governments, noting that the practice had been abused by the governors. Justice Agim accused the state governors of retaining allocations and utilising them as they please, to the detriment of the local government councils. Following the judgment, 20 states that have no elected local government chairmen stand barred from receiving local governme...
  Woman Murders Husband, 2 Children, Then Kills Herself Police say they found the body of suspected killer Angelica Vazquez, 43, and her three family members in their Texas home on Wednesday. The victims are identified as her husband, Marcelo Vazquez, 44, and her two kids, Paulina Vazquez, 21, and Alejandro Vazquez, 18. A handgun was found on the floor near Angelica's body. Police were still searching for a motive on Thursday. Police responded on Saturday after a woman called 911 to report that she'd heard gunfire coming from the Vazquez home. They knocked on the door and spoke to a neighbor, but found no reason to force their way in. The same officers returned on Wednesday and discovered newspapers and mail piling up, so they entered the home. "I'm just shaking... I can't even express it right now," Gustavo Herrera, a family friend, told WFAA. Another person close to the family told the network that Angelica recently endured chemotherapy tr...