{"id":175544,"date":"2025-08-22T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-alia-launches-judicial-panel-to-investigate-benue-assets"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:33:00","slug":"gov-alia-launches-judicial-panel-to-investigate-benue-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-alia-launches-judicial-panel-to-investigate-benue-assets","title":{"rendered":"Gov Alia Launches Judicial Panel to Investigate Benue Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, on Thursday, inaugurated a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to review the sale, lease, and management of government-owned assets, companies, markets, and inactive industries across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The newly constituted panel is headed by retired Justice Samson Itodo, who took the oath of office at the Exco Extension Hall, Government House, Makurdi.<\/p>\n<p>The event also featured the swearing-in of the Governor\u2019s new Chief of Staff, Barrister Moses Atagher.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Alia, while charging the commission, emphasized the need for accountability and fairness, urging Justice Itodo to carry out the assignment with courage and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis responsibility demands firmness, honesty, and a commitment to justice in the overall interest of the people of Benue,\u201d the governor stated.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, Justice Itodo pledged to approach the task with the same dedication he displayed in a similar role earlier this year, assuring that the panel would discharge its mandate diligently and transparently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, on Thursday, inaugurated a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to review the sale, lease, and management of government-owned assets, companies, markets, and inactive industries across the state. The newly constituted panel is headed by retired Justice Samson Itodo, who took the oath of office at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[9994,331,254],"class_list":["post-175544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-alia","tag-benue","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Alia Launches Judicial Panel to Investigate Benue Assets - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. 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