{"id":200095,"date":"2026-06-13T13:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:52:28","slug":"2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume","title":{"rendered":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s Special Assistant on Youths and Media Mobilization, Atu Terver Joseph has resigned from his position.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Benue State Government, Atu thanked the government for the opportunity and confidence reposed in him to serve in Governor Alia\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sincerely grateful for the opportunity to serve under your administration and the confidence reposed in me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am appreciative of the experience gained and I wish your Excellency continued success in the service of Benue State\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Although Atu failed to state his reason for quitting the job, it may not be unconnected to his recent alliance with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume and plans ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his official Facebook page on Friday, Atu revealed his meeting with Akume, eulogizing the former governor as the \u201cmost powerful Benue man alive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cToday, I decided to pay a surprised June 12 visit to our dear father the secretary to the government of the federation Senator Dr George Akume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the most powerful Benue man alive with a good heart and it was an honour to have such a wonderful reception from him. Today, I understand why God has been elevating him to where he is Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay things always fall in great places for you daddy SGF\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that there has been a cold war between Alia and Akume, his estranged political godfather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s Special Assistant on Youths and Media Mobilization, Atu Terver Joseph has resigned from his position. In a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Benue State Government, Atu thanked the government for the opportunity and confidence reposed in him to serve in Governor Alia\u2019s administration. \u201cI am sincerely grateful for the opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":200094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy"],"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>2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s Special Assistant on Youths and Media Mobilization, Atu Terver Joseph has resigned from his position. In a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Benue State Government, Atu thanked the government for the opportunity and confidence reposed in him to serve in Governor Alia\u2019s administration. \u201cI am sincerely grateful for the opportunity [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-13T12:52:28+00:00\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-13T12:52:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\",\"name\":\"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-13T12:52:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume\"}]},{\"@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":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume - Nigeria","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\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume","og_description":"Governor Hyacinth Alia\u2019s Special Assistant on Youths and Media Mobilization, Atu Terver Joseph has resigned from his position. In a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Benue State Government, Atu thanked the government for the opportunity and confidence reposed in him to serve in Governor Alia\u2019s administration. \u201cI am sincerely grateful for the opportunity [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2026-06-13T12:52:28+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume","datePublished":"2026-06-13T12:52:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume"},"wordCount":264,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg","articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume","name":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-13T12:52:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sm_1781358748.116161.jpg","width":960,"height":1280,"caption":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-gov-alias-aide-tenders-resignation-letter-hours-after-meeting-sgf-akume#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2027: Gov Alia\u2019s aide tenders resignation letter hours after meeting SGF, Akume"}]},{"@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\/200095","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=200095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}