The Nation Newspaper Benue and the suppression of Idoma people
A great appellation associated with Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia shortly after his emergence on the Benue political scene as a gubernatorial aspirant and candidate is: “Yes Father!” Like lots of people with appellative nicknames, Fr. Alia never chose “Yes Father!,” he just came to accept the way the generality of the people of the state embrace and endorse him politically not just as a “man of God” but as “charismatic priest immersed in the ways of God.
To be fair, on his part, Father Alia responded at the time with every Godly responsibility. He demonstrated a deep spiritual response of a potential upright leader with worrying impulsiveness of a “man of God” in a hurry to put things right. Actually, it could be observed that his heart desired to glorify the Almighty God with his blessing of a victory as he consistently promised to use it for the benefit of all Benue and Nigerian people.
The statistics on the father’s political appointments since the debut of his administration show that the representation of the Idoma people is almost zero percent. Yes, almost zero percent based on the people’s stake-holding in the state! It is actually needless to bore with the governor’s appointment statistics as other previous writers have made great efforts in providing them.
To be sure, the appropriateness of the election of a clergy as governor of Benue State at a time of heightened threats of unfairness, injustice and inequity can never be overemphasized. Considering where he was coming from, many truly anticipated Fr. Alia’s administration to be forthright in upholding justice, equity, fairness, inclusiveness and unity in the state.
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