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Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has approved the removal of the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr John Chem.
The state House of Assembly had on Wednesday recommended the removal of the SIEC chairman, members accused him (chairman) of poor judgment.
According to the statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo and made available to journalists in Makurdi on Friday, the governor had accepted the resolution.
The statement read in parts, “The Assembly accused the BSIEC chairman of lacking good judgement as to which decision will appeal to the greater majority of all stakeholders, and also that his actions so far in office fall short of the public interest.
“Governor Alia has accepted the resolutions and directed the Chairman of the commission to immediately hand over to the administrative secretary of the commission.” (The PUNCH)
