Benue State will employ 9,000 teacher to boost education, Governor Hyacinth Alia said yesterday.
The Governor dropped this hint at the burial of the late first class chief, Tor-Jerchira, HRH Chief Clement Uganden, yesterday, in Vandeikya, the governor’s home local government.
A statement by Principal Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media, Donald Kumun, Alia said: “The number of teachers to be employed, is to further demonstrate his resilience to provide good governance for the state against the desires of antics of his administration, who have sworn oath of retrogression that he will not succeed.
“He re-echoed his priorities as Governor, to always do the needful in the interest of peace, justice, and development, and warned those who are smuggling evil intents against the State, to stay clear as nothing will derail his pact with the people, to continue to do good for them.
“Governor Alia assured the people of his commitment to continue to provide for their welfare such as prompt payment of salaries, pensions and gratuity, construction of rural and urban roads, health care facilities, quality education, security of lives and property, agriculture, and return of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes, among others.
“The governor who described the Late Tor-Jerchira as a beacon of hope and emancipation for humanity whom he impacted their lives positively, without knowing whose faces or where they come from.
“He expressed sadness over the death of the First Class Chief, and called on all Tiv sons and daughters, to emulate his virtues, by seeing their fellow human beings, as one indivisible entity.”
Collaborating the governor, a former Governor of the State, Sen. Gabriel Suswam, pledged his support for Alia given that the governor is doing well, regardless of their party affiliations.