{"id":82683,"date":"2026-02-12T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82683"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:15:21","slug":"alia-pledges-nyihemba-anwase-abande-road-boosts-security-in-kwande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/12\/alia-pledges-nyihemba-anwase-abande-road-boosts-security-in-kwande\/","title":{"rendered":"Alia Pledges Nyihemba-Anwase-Abande Road, Boosts Security in Kwande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pledged to construct the Nyihemba-Anwase-Abande road to ease movement and strengthen security patrol and rapid response in affected communities of Kwande Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>The governor made the pledge on Tuesday during a visit to Turan in Kwande to assess the recent attacks in Anwase and Abande communities.<\/p>\n<p>Alia also promised to restore power supply in Anwase, provide water in both Nyihemba and Anwase, and deploy additional motorbikes to enhance surveillance in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Assuring residents that they were not alone, the governor said the protection of lives and dignity remained his administration\u2019s top priority.<\/p>\n<p>He further disclosed plans to engage network providers to install a booster in the area to improve communication and ensure quick reporting during emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Condemning the attacks as unprovoked, Alia said his government would intensify collaboration with security agencies and provide necessary logistics to personnel working to restore peace.<\/p>\n<p>He added that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had been briefed on the situation and had directed reinforcement to the affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the governor stopped at Nyihemba where he met traditional rulers of Kwande Local Government led by the Tor Kwande, HRH Ambrose Pine Iortyer.<\/p>\n<p>He later proceeded to Tomataan and Anwase where he addressed residents, many of whom were directly affected by the attacks, before concluding the visit at Jato-Aka where he reiterated plans to restore electricity in Turan through the provision of a transformer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has pledged to construct the Nyihemba-Anwase-Abande road to ease movement and strengthen security patrol and rapid response in affected communities of Kwande Local Government Area. The governor made the pledge on Tuesday during a visit to Turan in Kwande to assess the recent attacks in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82685,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82683\/revisions\/82685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}