Aondowase Chia Is Dead (Benue Commissioner For Rural Development)

The Benue State Commissioner for Rural Development and
Cooperatives, Mr. Aondowase Chia, slumped and later died
in the hospital.

Chia is the second commissioner in the ministry to die in
office under the administration of Governor Gabriel
Suswam.

Atorto Girgi, an indigene of Ushongo Local Government
Area of the state, as the ministry’s commissioner, died in
active service over three years ago.

Chia died at about 6.30am at the Benue State University
Teaching Hospital, Makurdi.

The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Prof. Saint Gbilekaa,
who led members of the state executive council on a
sympathy visit to the family of the deceased in Makurdi,
the state capital, described the death as sad and very
unfortunate.

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