Benue Agency demolishes 40 illegal structures, marks 800 others

This was disclosed to journalists in Makurdi by the General Manager, State Urban Development Board, Town Planer Mede Ternongo. He said the exercise was part of Governor Hyacinth Alia's determination to revitalise the State capital, adding that the board was given the mandated to bring the city back to what it should be.

We did radio announcement for two weeks informing the general public about this and told the owners of those shanties to remove them. 'Therefore, the notice has been there for more than two months before we embarked on today's exercise. 'The governor has graciously provided us with necessary logistics to be able to carry out this exercise. 'The governor has promised to give us bulldozer and payloader and operational vehicles to ease our jobs.

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