Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue state has disclosed that the state is carrying a debt burden of over N359billion, contrary to what he was made to believe when he took over as Governor of the state.
The Governor who made the disclosure at the Interdenominational Church Service organised to mark the 63rd Independence Anniversary celebration held at the Methodist Church South Bank, Makurdi said the burden which was accumulated by successive governments was too much for the state to carry.
The Governor said: “As we speak the debt burden of our state stands at N359billion. If we are repaying that, how long will it take us to do that. But before we came in we knew that the pot was already broken. So we will take action to fix it because that is why our people elected us.” He assured that his government was not afraid of taking up challenges to ensure the development of the state stressing that God brought him to power for a reason and he would strive to leave an indelible mark in the development of the state.
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