An open letter to the Benue governor-elect

I congratulate you on your recent victory and I am so happy that the people of Benue State were not shortchanged as their votes in the last Governorship and States House of Assembly elections were not tampered with.

I am from Benue and Benue State belongs to all of us. I have taken it as my duty and responsibility to monitor our leaders in the state and beyond, to advise when necessary and to call their attention to issues affecting people of the state with the hope of getting them resolved.

Benue State produces the highest number of fruits and feeds other states of the federation with the same but the state has no juice processing factory, which can generate revenue for the state apart from creating jobs for the unemployed youth.

The attacks and killings of our people by herdsmen is something to resolve but because of the fact that the needed idea has not been used and the previous governors in the state, especially the outgoing one, failed to take advice. Rather, the outgoing government was only busy blaming and abusing the federal government for the attacks.

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The former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, while in office, made all herdsmen in the state to register and thereafter, they were given specific areas where they could stay and be grazing their cattle. Fayose’s policy limited the movement of herdsmen thereby ending clashes between the two groups.

Also, hunters were engaged to watch over the state Fayose’s idea can be restructured to make it more effective to address these conflicts.

I believe you are carefully studying everything in the state and you won’t come up with hasty decisions or policies that would cause more harm than good.

I pray, hope and believe that you will make us proud. Once again, congratulations.

Awunah Pius Terwase, resides in Abuja

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