{"id":177262,"date":"2025-09-02T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/benue-2027-alia-will-not-replace-sam-odeh"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:09:07","slug":"benue-2027-alia-will-not-replace-sam-odeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/benue-2027-alia-will-not-replace-sam-odeh","title":{"rendered":"Benue 2027: Alia Will Not Replace Sam Odeh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has stated that he has no intention to replace his deputy, Barr. Sam Ode.<\/p>\n<p>He emphatically reiterated that there is no vacancy for the position of the Deputy Governor\u2019s seat in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Alia disclosed this during the inauguration of his commissioner nominees at the Old Banquet Hall of the Government House in Makurdi.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that there has been widespread speculation that the Governor may replace his Deputy Governor, Sam Ode, in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>He stated emphatically that he has never contemplated getting a new deputy, maintaining that the incumbent is capable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no vacancy for any Deputy Governor in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a Deputy Governor who understands governance, who is people-oriented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is always with the people and for the people, and he is one who is very cerebral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor anyone thinking otherwise, I do not know, but my Deputy is very capable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has all the capacity it takes to perform his functions, and he understands what is good for Benue, and that is what he is doing exactly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if anybody is eating and dreaming, there is no vacancy. I love him, I enjoy working with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy a personal relationship, so for those wishing the negativity, they won\u2019t have their way.\u201d<\/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 Alia, has stated that he has no intention to replace his deputy, Barr. Sam Ode. He emphatically reiterated that there is no vacancy for the position of the Deputy Governor\u2019s seat in 2027. Gov. Alia disclosed this during the inauguration of his commissioner nominees at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[9994,18633,254,18632],"class_list":["post-177262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-alia","tag-benue-2027","tag-nigeria","tag-sam-odeh"],"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>Benue 2027: Alia Will Not Replace Sam Odeh - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has stated that he has no intention to replace his deputy, Barr. 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