- Governor Hyacinth Alia clarifies the federal government’s plan to rebuild homes for displaced people in Benue State, debunking rumors of land allocation for an animal colony
- The governor’s priority is returning Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their homes and ensuring their well-being, not establishing a Fulani colony
On Monday evening, Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State said the federal government planned to rebuild homes for displaced people in the state, dispelling rumours that his administration had ceded land for the establishment of an animal colony.
Alia’s spokesman, Tersoo Kula, stated that the clarification was required due to a social media story claiming that Benue is on the list of states to receive Fulani colonies.
The story is false and should be disregarded.
As earlier explained, it is a burning desire of Governor Hyacinth Alia and the present administration to return the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back to their homes, as soon as possible.
However, since most of their houses have been destroyed by the gun-carrying marauding herders, the federal government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has agreed to sponsor the reconstruction of new homes for our Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The homes are to be built in cluster formats, enabling our people to live more closely with each other and to experience more stability,” he said.
In Benue, the homes are for our people and not for any colony, whatsoever. Benue people should know that Governor Hyacinth Alia will not do anything that will undermine the goodwill he has gotten from the wonderful people of the state. The governor means well for the people of the state and as such, will always put them first, Kula said.