Alia charges BSIEC commissioner to uphold fairness, integrity in Benue elections

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has charged the recently inaugurated subordinate of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, BSIEC, Hon Jerry Ashwe to uphold integrity, fairness, and professionalism successful the behaviour of elections astatine the grassroots level.

The inauguration ceremonial took spot astatine the Government House successful Makurdi. This comes aft the decease of erstwhile commissioner, Solomon Akighe, who passed distant past year.

Speaking during the ceremony, Governor Alia described the electoral assemblage arsenic a captious instauration successful the state’s antiauthoritarian framework, peculiarly successful organizing and supervising section authorities elections.

He noted that the credibility of the committee mostly depends connected the character, competence, and impartiality of those entrusted with its responsibilities.

“The bureau you presume contiguous is not simply administrative; it is profoundly motivation and institutional.

“You are joining a assemblage whose decisions volition power nationalist assurance successful ideology astatine the grassroots level.”

The politician urged the recently inaugurated commissioner to support independency of thought and enactment portion carrying retired his du...