A retired Permanent Secretary Bureau of Internal Affairs and Special Services, Benue State, Mr. Hingah Biem, has on tuesday,formally declared to contest the 2019 Benue state governorship under the platform of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), saying he will reverse the underdevelopment of the state if elected.
Biem, who said it was time to make a shift from the ugly trend in the state, expressed concern that states with smaller monthly allocation and Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) in comparison with Benue were running fast on the lane of development while Benue that was created over thirty years ago has continued to battle with basic issues such as quality education, road infrastructure among others.
Biem,who played a key role in the aborted third Republic during the administration of late Rev. Father Moses Adasu, the second civilian governor of Benue state betwen 1992 to 1993 on the plartfom of SDP,maintained that he was in the guber race to lay a solid …
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