ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has announced that all property housing kidnappers and yahoo boys in the state would be demolished.
Governor Alia also stated that he would soon meet with all hotel owners in the state over the issue.
He stated these while addressing journalists after returning from an 11-day working visit to the United States.
Alia said, “Intelligence reports available to me revealed that some hotels and property in the state were shielding kidnappers and yahoo boys.
“If any hotel or property was confirmed to be housing or shielding criminals, it would be demolished immediately.
“I want to make it clear that Benue is no home for cultists and that all people residing in the state must learn to play by the rules or leave.”
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The Governor continued, “The government would establish a call centre where people can call 24/7 to report on general security issues.
“Security of lives and property was the topmost priority of this administration and nobody would be spared if found breaching the state’s security.”
Speaking on his visit to the USA, he said, “The visit of the 19 northern governors to the U.S. was at the behest of the American government, to find ways of tackling the security challenges bedeviling the region and to collaborate on how to improve on agriculture.”
Alia further described the visit as ‘quite fruitful and encouraging’, and advised the youths in the state to join agricultural cooperatives, adding that the government would support such societies operating in the state.
He disclosed that his administration’s policy to support the youths through Agriculture was in tandem with his campaign promise of youth empowerment.
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Also, the governor disclosed that his administration was putting in place modalities to commence dry season farming.
He advised the youths never to allow anybody to use them for mischief purposes, saying that they should tell such persons to bring their children, who were mostly resident abroad, to perform their dirty jobs for them.
“My administration commenced employment processes with more than 400 youths at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), to address unemployment.”