Hyacinth Alia

Hyacinth Alia (born 15 May 1966) is a Nigerian Catholic cleric and politician who has been a serving governor of Benue State since 29 May 2023. Quotes Thank you very much. In the last one year, my experience was a kind of mixed. I came in as a leader with a new thinking. A leader who was very confident of what I was bringing to the table. A leader who tries to keep his or her words since I told people the very many things I would be able to do because we mapped out everything and I knew where I wanted the state to move as a new phase of development and growth. Hyacinth speaks about his first year in office So my thinking was once we came, we could start taking care of the Civil Servants salaries and then revive the pensioners and then get back to the drawing table to see how we could make our Civil Service very stable. That is the engine of every democratic government. Hyacinth speaks about his first year in office Over 33 years I have been in the trenches with the poor people. I know their plight, I know where it pains them the most. I know the little things we can do to change the narrative and that is why they gave the votes that they have never given anyone in the state before despite the fact that one whole local government was out of the election. Hyacinth speaks about his first year in office You may recall that I said Benue has become a medical tourism hub, and that tells you how much progress we have made. For anyone to come into the state, security must remain a top priority, and we have worked hard to ensure that Hyacinth speaks on security and safety There are also other security strategies we would prefer not to disclose publicly. What I can say is that we monitor, track and respond proactively to emerging threats across the frontline areas of the state. We have put several mechanisms in place, and that is part of the reason people continue to come. Hyacinth speaks on security and safety Before we came to where we are today, it was quite exciting to the people and myself. I was convinced that there was a need for me to come out for this and there was a lot of excitement with them when they heard I was coming out; so it excites me too; they literally pushed me out to campaign. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket The people have become the first respondent to anything in security at their own places Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket However, people felt we came in with a magic wand and that everything would turn around working very effectively; that was never the case. There was no magic wand but planning. We had to be strategic and purposeful in executing with people who share the same vision and would embark on the same mission with you. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket People no longer accepted them because they could not deliver to the peo-ple. So, we came in and instantly made the difference and I am happy where we are in terms of delivering dividends of democracy to those who elected us to serve them Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket In the last one year and ten months, we didn’t have any problems and any security anxiety in the state. But then, those from within the ranks started their ramblings; Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket But in the last two months precisely, it now became something out of proportion. The state was fully faced by insurgencies and attacks. We’ve been attacked in a quite unimaginable pro-portion. We lost quite a number of lives. People, particularly some in governments – very func-tional people in government, politicized insecurity, which is quite sad. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket The six local governments that became much in the front lines of the insecurity are Kwande, Katsina-Ala, Ushongo, Goma, Gwer West and Agatu. But along the line, Gwer West and Guma experienced a lot of intervention and so everything was quite scaled down. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket I feel that very remarkably we still have the people, we’ve kept the people intact. We have the blueprint and we are following it religiously. We’re doing the things we have promised and tak-ing care of things we never budgeted for as they spring up Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket Quite a chunk. When we came in spite of the high levels of manifestation of the insecurity, there were no vehicles for them to be able to run around. So, we got 100 Hilux trucks and 600 motorcycles that were distributed to the different security apparatuses in the state for them to be able to move around. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket Infrastructural development in our schools is the bedrock of our plan. We have done massive construction of new classrooms, libraries, sanitation facilities, and perimeter fences. Comput-er-based learning has been introduced in model schools like the UBEC Smart School in Ma-kurdi with many more to follow Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket In a nutshell, we have matched policy with action by investing heavily in digital infrastructure and innovative systems that are already enhancing government efficiency and transparency. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket In the area of education, as I speak, the number of schools are mounting. To achieve our aims, we made the budget last year for education to take the lion share of 15%. This coming year we are going to increase that. We’ve already mapped it out. Hyacinth speaks on his efforts to recreate Nigerian's food basket External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:Catholics from Nigeria Category:1966 births Category:Living people