The APC governorship candidate in Benue state , Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has said his main mission in politics was to liberate the people of the state from endemic poverty.
The cleric disclosed this In a statement signed by his spokesperson Mr Ado Mohammed in Abuja on Sunday.
He said he had resolved to liberate the people of Benue from incompetent leadership.
The APC guber candidate said the time had come to end “the unconscionable looting of public funds, poverty and economic backwardness” that had characterised the state since its creation on Feb. 3, 1976.
He said is regrettable that most of the successive rulers of the state have sustained blatant disregard for the well being of the people of the state.
“Successive rulers of the state have failed to address the plight of the governed and have failed to harness the enormous natural and human resources of the state for the benefit of the citizenry,” he said.
Mr Alia said he had put together a “bold and strategic comprehensive plan of action, aimed at reinvigorating key areas of the state’s local economy”.
He said that the blueprint would spur economic growth, generate productivity and prosperity and improve the standard of living of Benue citizens.
