By Chiangi Avese, Makurdi
Benue state Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has charged participants at the two-day retreat for the state EXCO members which commenced in Abuja today to ensure that knowledge acquired at the retreat is applied during their official assignments.
In statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Sir Tersoo Kula, the governor who was represented at the occasion by Deputy governor, Barr. Sam Ode, said, “the retreat is necessitated by the need to properly equip government officials, particularly, principal officers of government house, cabinet members and Special Advisers to the Governor with the needed knowledge preparatory to the task ahead”.
“The Retreat is also meant to afford cabinet members an avenue to relate and interact amongst themselves as well as get abreast with the cardinal aspects of the policy direction of Gov. Alia administration”.
According to the statement, the governor emphasize that, “Knowledge gotten here will be useful for you to effectively man your various MDAs and give Benue the service delivery that will add value to governance in the states”.
In his keynote address, Rotimi Oladele who spoke on the topic, “Engaging Leadership, Governance, and Entrepreneurship for Development, Peace, and Sustainability” emphasized the need for the society to move away from literacy to functional education.
He further stated that policymakers and lawmakers should be volunteers with wisdom, expertise, and experience who require no “Ghana Must Go” bags of money to do what is required.
Emphasizing the need for innovations in governance, Mr. Oladele said that “we need to re-invent, security, peace, harmony, and patriotism which would enable the creation of jobs. In this regard, every sector has something to offer in sports, tourism, oil and gas, culture, solid minerals, entertainment etc”.
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