On February 3, 1976, Benue State was created through the historic and heroic state-creation exercise carried out by the Military Administration of General Murtala Mohammed. As one of the founders of Benue State and the founding Chairman of the Benue State Council for Arts and Culture, my task was clear: to help give a new state a new soul. A celebration of our golden jubilee would have required bringing everybody together, a task the Benue State Government vehemently opposes. Beyond the Jubilee Celebration, now that the failed expectations of a robust jubilee celebration have risen and ebbed, the Benue people must all rise and create history together. We must look beyond this failed jubilee celebration, look beyond leadership failure and lack of cohesion.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 10, 2026 01:53 UTC