Gov Alia cautions traditional rulers against issuing mining permits without govt’s approval

By Peter Duru, Makurdi

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has warned accepted rulers successful the authorities to desist from issuing mining permits successful their domains without support from government.

He warned that his medication would not spare immoderate offender caught successful the enactment arsenic helium would beryllium made to look prosecution.

Governor Alia issued the informing portion speaking astatine the thanksgiving organized successful honour of his appointees from Kwande Local Government Area, LGA, which is 1 of the mining hubs successful the state.

He stated that his medication “will not tolerate immoderate signifier of amerciable mining successful immoderate portion of the authorities and accepted rulers indispensable desist from issuing mining permits successful immoderate portion of the authorities without the support of government.”

The politician besides reiterated his administration’s committedness to infrastructural improvement successful Kwande LGA and announced plans to conception further roads successful the country to easiness the question of radical and cultivation produce.

On security, Governor Alia promised to prolong the synergy with the Federal Government and section authorities to flush retired equipped herders successful the state.

He besides warned that those recovered conniving with equipped herdsmen and criminals to termination the radical and plunder communities successful the authorities would beryllium treated arsenic enemies.

He thanked President Bola Tinubu for his enactment and emotion for Benue radical and emphasized that “politics should beryllium centered connected improvement and the payment of the people.”

The politician besides charged his appointees from Kwande LGA to guarantee they stay accessible to their constituents and urged the radical to enactment actively successful the ongoing Voter Registration Exercise.

The APC person successful Kwande LGA, Prince Moses Ternenge, described Governor Alia arsenic a existent antheral of God with the involvement of the radical astatine bosom and urged the radical of Kwande to proceed to rally down him.

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Timothy Ornguga, speaking connected behalf of the appointees, pledged their loyalty and unalloyed  enactment for Governor Alia’s administration.

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