By Henry Ibya, Makurdi
Benue State governor Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, has said that the reconciliation meeting instituted by the National working committee of the All Progressives Congress APC in the state has put to rest all anxieties within the party in the state.
Alia who made the disclosure Tuesday, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Tersoo Kula shortly after a reconciliation meeting of the party, held at the Benue State Government House, Makurdi, expressed delight that the leadership of the party made their time to come to the state to ensure the return of peace within the party.
He assured that the outcome of the meeting has put to an end crisis that were drawing the party in the state back, and expressed optimism that the state could now look forward to the gains the meeting would bring, especially with the state having him and the SGF as the arrowheads.
“The meeting has resolved everything, putting to rest all the anxieties. The outcome of the meeting as it is, has brought happiness on the faces of the great men and women in the party, and the party is going to turn a new leaf, which suspends anything that was drawing us back.
“The state can now look forward to the gains the meeting would bring, especially with me as the governor and the SGF, Senator George Akume, at the federal level” the governor emphasized.
In his remark Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congresses, APC Festus Fuanter, who led the reconciliation team from the National Secretariat, said they were in the state to ensure the return of peace within the party.
He described the meeting as one amongst many, which the National Working Committee of the APC has arranged for all the zones in the country to ensure there is absolute peace, especially in states where there appears to be internal wrangling.
He expressed optimism that the outcome of the meeting would bring a new dawn within the APC in Benue and called on all the members to work together as a family, describing the meeting as one among series of meetings that the National working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has arranged to do in all the zones where there are issues for the leadership to come in and midwife the processes for a harmonious working relationship, and maintained that Benue state is not different.
He reaffirmed that leadership of the party as far as the constitution of the party is concerned is bestowed on the governor of the state, adding that having the SGF as son of Benue was a plus and urged them to work together for progress and development of the state.