Benue Governor Wins Best Infrastructure, Economic Development Award

Benue Governor Wins Best Infrastructure, Economic Development Award

The Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has won the Accolade Yellow Ball award as the best Governor in Nigeria in Infrastructure and Economic Development.

A statement issued on Saturday by Tersoo Kula, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, the award wax presented on Friday at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

Accolades Dynamics Limited, the organizers of the award are one of the frontline media companies in Nigeria with focus on events planning, management, marketing, communications, publishing, and public relations.

The company stated that under the leadership of Hyacinth Alia, Benue State has witnessed remarkable wave of infrastructural renewal aimed at reconnecting communities and stimulating economic growth.

They reeled the governor’s footpring in massive road construction and urban renewal projects across the state, including dozens of intra city roads in Makurdi and other major towns as well as hundreds of kilometers of rural road networks, bridges, and drainage systems designed to mitigate flooding, improve transportation, trade, and access to essential services.

Justifying the award further, they stated that the governor’s infrastructure drive has transformed public facilities and government institutions through the renovation of schools, public offices, and key state structures.

They pointed to other projects such as the Makurdi and Gboko underpasses, modernization of the State Secretariat, and rehabilitation of critical public infrastructure as what the governor apart in winning the award.

Former Governor of Benue State, Sen. Gabriel Suswam.received the award on behalf of Alia from the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who was the special guest at the event.