Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia has appealed to the organized labor to shelve its planned strike in protest against fuel subsidy removal.
He appealed for patience from the union, claiming the government was working round the clock to meet their demands.
Governor Alia declared that his administration does not consider regular payment of pensions, gratuity, and public workers’ salaries as achievement, it is more determined to sustain the practice by stabilising the welfare package of the state’s workforce.
He said his administration will not deploy propaganda and political blackmail in governance but would allow its achievements in office, speak for itself.
Governor Alia stated this during his address to the state, in commemoration of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day celebration, on Sunday.
He said the government under his watch, has left the door open for innovative ideas and constructive criticisms, adding that corruption and nepotism are already being relegated, especially as the administration is poised to foist the flags of merit, equity, equality, justice and fairness in all its dealings.
While appreciating the people of the state for believing and standing by him to deliver good governance, the governor equally saluted the people who made the country’s independence possible
He appreciated God for keeping the country together despite some events that have in the past, threatened its peaceful coexistence.
He urged Benue youths trekking to Abuja and other cities to honour certain Nigerians to desist from the act immediately and avail themselves of the ICT training organized by the state government to become self-reliant in the future.
