Tag Alia administration

PRESS RELEASE

YELWATA MASSACRE: BENUE BLEEDS, GOVERNMENT SLEEPS – ADVOCATES DEMAND URGENT GLOBAL INTERVENTION 

*As Calls Mount for Federal Action For Declaration of  State of Emergency Option in Benue

By: Accountability and Development Advocates
Date: June 15, 2025

The Accountability and Development Advocates (ADA) is heartbroken and outraged by the mass killing of over 200 Nigerians in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on Friday, June 13, 2025, in yet another brutal and coordinated attack by suspected Fulani jihadist herdsmen. This carnage, which consumed women, children, the elderly, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and even security personnel, is the latest in a long trail of bloodshed that has come to define Governor Hyacinth Alia’s two years in office — two years that have been bereft of leadership, strategy, and political will to confront the deepening security catastrophe in Benue State.

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PRESS RELEASE

By : ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES

TWO YEARS OF GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA’S ADMINISTRATION: AN UNVARNISHED APPRAISAL

29th May 2025,  marks two years since Governor Hyacinth Alia assumed office in Benue State. What should have been a period of hope and transformative progress has instead become a time marked by unfulfilled promises, governance failures, and a deepening crisis of security and neglect — especially for the people of Benue South. Despite unprecedented financial inflows, Governor Alia’s administration stands exposed as one of the worst performing in Nigeria, ranking 34th nationally with a meager 25% judicious use of allocated resources, according to the latest Contemporary Governance Performance Inde.

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