Governor Alia appoints head of Benue agric development company, others
Governor Hyacinth Alia has approved the appointment of Donald Aorkwagh Akule as the managing director/chief executive officer of the Benue State Agricultural Development Company (ADC).
The governor also approved the appointment of Aondoakaa Asambe as Principal Special Assistant (PSA) on Livestock Development and Animal Transboundary Disease Control.
The appointments were announced in a statement signed by his chief press secretary (CPS), Tersoo Kula, and made available to journalists in Makurdi on Friday.
According to the statement, the governor appointed Abraham Agogo as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Community Mobilisation.
The statement added that the appointments take immediate effect.
It said Mr Akule brings over 15 years of experience in agricultural systems, community development, research and development, and food processing.
He holds a B.Sc. in Food Science and Technology from Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, and he is a certified fellow in Agricultural Systems Development under USAID and Lagos Business School.
Mr Asambe, a member of the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association and a registered veterinary surgeon with the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, has been a lecturer at the Federal University, Dutsima, for the past 12 years.
He holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Agriculture, Makurdi (now Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi)q.
(NAN)
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