Benue State Authorities has debunked experiences alleging that about N20 billion federal allocation aggregated to the native governments was diverted.
reporter experiences {that a} International Integrity Campaign Community, GICN, had alleged that the state governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia directed his Particular Adviser on Bureau of Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Dr Denis Akura to divert the large sum.
Reacting, the state authorities, in a press release issued on Wednesday by Akura, denied the report, describing it as a mischievous allegation.
In keeping with him, the GICN report was geared toward deceptive “the unsuspecting members of the general public with bogus fallacious claims designed to discredit and distract the Alia administration”.
Akura additional said that from June by means of to October 2, 2023, he was not on the helm of affairs on the bureau, insisting that making references to him inside that interval solely “exposes the mischievous intent behind GICN’s false allegations.”
The assertion additional stated that the administration of the bureau doesn’t have the mandate to share palliatives or Christmas reduction supplies as alleged in a bit of the media.
Decrying GICN’s allegations, Akuka said that extra of such experiences had been to be anticipated, and “we predict extra to return within the nearest future, particularly now that the Alia administration’s reforms in varied sectors of presidency proceed to assemble steam.”
