By Amos Aar
THE SENIOR Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State on Youth Mobilisation and Empowerment/state youth leader, Hon. Mkeenem Moses, has given residents of Makurdi, Gboko and Otukpo towns in the state a 24-hour ultimatum to destroy their farms cultivated on empty plots and frontage of their houses and plant flowers in the areas in line with his principal’s vision of beautifying the state.
Mkeenem who announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Makurdi on Friday said his order followed the directive issued by the Governor of the state, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, that all those using empty plots of land and the frontage of their houses to cultivate crops within Makurdi metropolis should stop immediately.
He stated that failure to comply with the Governor’s directive, “Alia Generation Central Youths in their respective communities will help the violators to do the job and the youths will be paid for it”.
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The State youth leader however said that those who have fenced their plots will be exempted but they should ensure that the crops do not overgrow the fences to become hideouts for criminals as earlier warned by the state government.
He urged residents of the three major towns to use this sanitation week to keep their surroundings tidy and beautify it by planting flowers to avert the aforementioned consequences.
Hon. Mkeenem reiterated that Governor Alia was concerned about the well-being of the masses in the state hence they should consider the gesture and act properly.
