{"id":117126,"date":"2024-04-27T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T09:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia"},"modified":"2024-04-27T13:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T12:08:11","slug":"benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia","title":{"rendered":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them thugs, to immediately apologize and desist from such.<\/p>\n

The governor made the call in Government House Makurdi, on Friday, when different youth groups came out in their numbers to welcome him back from an official trip to the United States of America.<\/p>\n

Addressing the groups, the governor said it was unfair of anyone to tag the hardworking young people of the state as thugs, insisting that such derogatory terms give the entire state a bad name.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny comment that does not go well with the image of the state and its very honourable individuals, this administration will take it up to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you see young people supporting this administration or working hard for the growth and development of Benue State, do not call the youths thugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever must have called the youths of the state thugs, first of all, I will like that person or those persons to withdraw that public statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youths of the state have suffered in the past so much that they are now gaining traction on sanity and development, and I wouldn\u2019t want anyone to pocket them and have them stigmatized.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t understand who a thug is, just shut up. Benue youths are thriving and are quite concerned about what happens here in the state and I will like everybody to honour them and to respect them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While thanking the youths for standing firm, and for always supporting his administration, the governor informed them that he was away in the United States of America to look for ways that will enable his administration chart a new course for Benue.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenue State was no longer on the International radar, and with the new Sheriff in town, we needed the whole world to know that Benue State is here.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenue State is the real deal and Benue State is the home for development.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd with the way we have charted it now, Benue state is going to be a place where a number of states will be coming to enquire about what is happening here so that they take it back to their various states,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said Benue was amongst the 19 Northern states that were invited to USA by the United States Peace Institute, in collaboration with establishments here in Nigeria, to rub minds and chart a way forward on the insecurity challenge in the Northern states.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them thugs, to immediately apologize and desist from such. The governor made the call in Government House Makurdi, on Friday, when different youth groups came out in their numbers to welcome him back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":117125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,9994,331,254],"class_list":["post-117126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-alia","tag-benue","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nBenue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-27T09:48:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-27T12:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1514\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1127\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-27T09:48:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-27T12:08:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\"},\"wordCount\":438,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Alia\",\"Benue\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\",\"name\":\"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-27T09:48:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-27T12:08:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them t ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg\",\"width\":1514,\"height\":1127,\"caption\":\"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia - Nigeria","description":"Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them t ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia","og_description":"Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them t ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-04-27T09:48:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-27T12:08:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1514,"height":1127,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia","datePublished":"2024-04-27T09:48:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-27T12:08:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia"},"wordCount":438,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Alia","Benue","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia","name":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-27T09:48:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-27T12:08:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Benue State governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has called on those discrediting the youths of the state by calling them t ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1714203127.255206.jpg","width":1514,"height":1127,"caption":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-youths-are-not-political-thugs-alia#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Benue youths are not political thugs \u2013 Alia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}