Nigerian Concord Newspaper
Benue APC Youth Wing has condemned media reports where the governor of the State, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia was accused of empowering the youths and women with several wheel barrows.
Recall that a report was posted on various Social Media last week by members of Benue APC stakeholders media team led by a former spokesperson of the party in the state, Mr. Dan-Morgan Ihomun that Governor Alia had approved some wheel barrows for an empowerment scheme for Benue Youths and women.
Reacting to the reports, the Benue APC Youth Wing led by Dr. Bernard Okwa described the report as a figment of the imagination of the people behind it.
Okwa in a statement which was posted on the Social media this afternoon said that the people behind the fake report are not difficult to identify going by the people that posted it on the social media last week.
According to Okwa, it was impossible for Governor Alia to empower Benue Youths and women with mere wheel barrows considering the fact that he had spent heavily to empower them with funds in order to for them to start their businesses.
The group recalled how the governor established the state microfinance bank which has been giving soft loans to youths, women and traders in the state.”How can they now turn to say that the governor who had done a lot to improve the lives of Benue Youths and women is now giving them wheel barrows as an empowerment” the group queried.
The group however pleaded with Benue APC stakeholders who are using their media team to spread fake rumours such as this about Governor Alia to desist from it , stressing that no amount of media propaganda would reduce the credibility of the governor.
“We are using this medium to appeal to our father, the SGF to immediately call members of his political camp to order so they can stop propagating lies about the governor who is hell bent on moving the state forward.
“The report is false and it’s also the figment of the imagination of the people behind it. The report isn’t good at the moment as everyone is here looking for a way to return peace back to the party” Okwa said.