Gov Alia appoints new head for Benue local govt bureau

The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has appointed Mr. Denen Aondoakaa as the new Head, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Tersoo Kula, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Makurdi.

Until his appointment, Aondoakaa was the Principal Special Assistant (PSA) to the Governor in charge of the Delivery Unit.

He was also a one-time branch operational manager at Fidelity Bank.

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He previously worked at the Jos Electricity Distribution Company Makurdi Regional Office as Head of Revenue Optimisation and served as a Technical Advisor at Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS).

The appointment, according to the CPS, takes immediate effect.

The governor also appointed the former head of the Bureau, Dr. Denis Akura, to serve as Adviser, Financial and Economic Strategy, Planning, and Development.

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