By Nicholas Dechi
Appointment
Makurdi – The Tiv Area Traditional Council (TATC) has congratulated Sen. George Akume on his appointment and inauguration as the Minister Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Mr Freddie Adamgbe, the Media Assistant to the TATC’s Chairman, Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Makurdi.
Akume served as the governor of the state for eight years as well as Senator representing Benue North West at the National Assembly for 12 years.
Adamgbe said that the council prayed God to give him the wisdom to discharge his duties creditably and wished him many years of fruitful service to his father land.
He said that the council further commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment as well as immortalising late Joseph Sarwuan Tarka by renaming the hitherto Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi after him.
Adamgbe said that the council which described the President’s action as an honour to the entire Tiv nation, further called on him to give more appointments to the Tiv people.
He said that it further expressed gratitude Rep John Dyegh, representing Gboko/Tarka Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives for sponsoring the bill for the change of the university’s name and functional mandate which was subsequently assented to by the president.
(NAN)
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