Benue Governor Alia Wins Top Award At Accolade Africa Growth Summit In UK

Benue State governor, Reverend Father Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has been honoured with the African Eagle Award for Best Governor successful Socio-Economic Development Initiative 2025 astatine the just-concluded Accolade Africa Growth Summit and Awards (AAGSA) held successful London, United Kingdom.

This was made known successful a property connection signed by the Managing Director and main enforcement serviceman of Accolade Dynamics Limited, Doofan Chizaram Tor.

The award, presented during the summit’s gala night, recognised Governor Alia’s visionary leadership, innovative governance, and committedness to humanitarian and inclusive maturation successful Benue State.

Represented astatine the lawsuit by his deputy, Samuel Ode, Governor Alia said the designation would further motivate his medication to present impactful projects that heighten the payment of citizens and pull concern into the state.

Benue State’s delegation to the acme besides seized the accidental to showcase the state’s affluent cultivation imaginable and concern opportunities, positioning it arsenic a credible destination for sustainable improvement and partnerships.

This year’s summit, themed “Developing Africa Through Investment and Recognition,” brought unneurotic governmental leaders, diplomats, investors, academics, and improvement partners from crossed Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas to deliberate connected strategies for advancing Africa’s economical growth.

Key discussions revolved astir 2 large topics: “Africans Financing Africa” and “Enhancing Regional Integration and Trade.” Participants explored ways to fortify intra-African commercialized and beforehand self-driven financing models for sustainable development.

The lawsuit besides featured notable speakers, including H.E. Toga Gayewea McIntosh, erstwhile Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission; Matthew Anderso, Managing Director of TVET UK; Dr. Daniel Kawczynski, erstwhile UK parliamentarian; and different planetary experts successful concern and innovation.

The connection besides said the 2025 variation reaffirmed the forum’s relation arsenic a credible level for fostering Africa’s sustainable maturation done investment, innovation, and recognition.

“For Benue State, the Summit offered invaluable planetary visibility—reaffirming its presumption arsenic “The Food Basket of the Nation” and highlighting its readiness for concern and partnership. The event’s occurrence strengthens the communicative of a progressive, transparent, and investment-ready Africa, agreed by innovation and shared prosperity,” the connection added.

A communiqué issued astatine the extremity of the acme outlined applicable steps for sustaining Africa’s maturation momentum done collaboration, investment, and bully governance.

Coralita Yard, 2nd Vice President of the Collectivity of Saint Martin (Barbados), besides commended the organisers and extended an invitation to big AAGSA 2026 in Saint Martin.