Gov Alia hosts families of fallen heroes announces scholarships, support packages

By Peter Duru

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pledged scholarships and economical enactment to families of information unit who mislaid their lives successful Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of the authorities connected September 19, 2025.

The politician met the bereaved families successful Government House, Makurdi, successful an lawsuit that formed portion of the activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary.

The Governor said his medication chose remembrance implicit solemnisation to admit the ultimate sacrifice paid by the precocious information personnel.

He described them arsenic heroes whose work and sacrifice would ne'er beryllium forgotten. “Their sacrifice volition ne'er beryllium successful vain,” the politician assured, arsenic helium prayed for the repose of their souls.

Governor Alia besides thanked the families for their courage, stressing that the authorities would proceed to basal by them successful their grief. He assured them that they were not unsocial successful bearing the dense loss.

To easiness their burden, helium announced that scholarships would beryllium provided for each children of the deceased officers and directed the Director General of Homeland Security, Air Commodore Jacob Gbwamwuan (retd), to compile the beneficiaries’ database without delay.

The Governor further directed the Commissioner for Trade and Industry to “support the widows by engaging them successful small-scale businesses that would assistance prolong their families.”

Governor Alia commended the Federal Government for its efforts successful restoring bid to Benue and urged citizens to beforehand unity, maturation and development, noting that honouring the sacrifices of the fallen heroes required moving unneurotic to prolong harmony successful the state.

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