WE THE CONCERNED YOUTHS OF BENUE WHICH COMPROMISES MEMBERS FROM THE 3 ZONES OF THE STATE, AND THE 22 TRADITIONAL AREA DISTRICTS OF ZONE C, BENUE STATE, WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STRUGGLE OF OUR LEADERS PAST AND PRESENT FOR CONSIDERING THIS PART OF THE STATE, ZONE C, WORTHY OF HAVING THE FIRST FEDERAL UNIVERSITY AFTER 47 YEARS OF THE CREATION OF BENUE STATE FROM THE OLD BENUE PLATEAU STATE IN 1976.
WHILE WE THANK OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT, SENATOR AHMED BOLA TINUBU, OUR AMIABLE STATE GOVERNOR, REV. FR. H.I. ALIA, THE HOST EXECUTIVE CARETAKER CHAIRMAN, HON. FRED OKETA, THE OCH’OTUKPO ODUH, CHIEF JOHN EYIMONYE FOR THEIR STRONG BELIEFS IN POSITIVE STRUGGLES, EMANCIPATION, AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR SON, LEADER, AND ICON, THE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR DAVID BONAVENTURE ALECHENU MARK WHOSE EFFORTS, AND THE FAIR CONSIDERATION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA TO HAVE ESTABLISHED THIS UNIVERSITY HERE IN BENUE SOUTH AND GIVEN US AN ASTUTE PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY PROFESSOR INNOCENT AO UJAH, mni, OON , TO BE ITS FIRST VICE CHANCELLOR. WE SINCERELY THANK THEM AND MAY GOD BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY.

WE WANT TO APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCES OF SOME AGGRIEVED PERSONS IN THE HOST COMMUNITY OF OTUKPO LGA, TO SEE REASONS WITH THIS AGE LONG DESIRE OF OUR PEOPLE PARTICULARLY, THE BENUE SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, TO HAVING AT LEAST ONE UNIVERSITY IN THE AREA THAT OCCUPIES 9 LARGE LGAS FIT ENOUGH TO BE A STATE OF ITS OWN AND TO HAVE AT LEAST THEIR OWN INDIGENOUS VICE CHANCELLOR WHICH HAS NEVER OCCURRED IN THE STATE FOR OVER 48 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE. THAT TODAY, THEY HAVE BOTH THE INSTITUTION AND AN INDIGENOUS VICE CHANCELLOR FOR IT, THEY SHOULD NEVER ALLOW POLITICS OF ANIMOSITY AND SELF CENTREDNESS TO ROB THEM OF THESE FEATS BECAUSE NO ONE CUTS AWAY ITS NOSTRIL FOR DISCHARGING FLU OR CATARRH NEITHER SHOULD ANYONE CUTS OFF HIS ANUS FOR DISCHARGING FEACES!
THEY HAVE TO BE WISE!

WE ALSO APPEAL TO THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS BECOME A COMMUNITY HQ FOR ALL ZONE C, AND SHOULD UNDERSTAND DIVERSITIES AND TOLERATE INDIFFERENCES IN THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.

MORESO THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES SITUATED IN THE COMMUNITY, IS TO SERVE THE WHOLE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA AND FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES, HENCE THE STANDARD.

NEVERTHELESS, WE SOLICIT THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE HOST COMMUNITY IN MUTUAL SENSE, BUT NEVER IN A POSTURE THAT CASTIGATE OUR ERUDITE VC AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE WHICH IS HIGHLY REVERED IN THE COUNTRY AS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF MEDICAL STUDIES AND IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, (NMA).
WE MUST NEVER ALLOW AWKWARD POLITICIANS WHO SERVES ONLY THEIR INTERESTS TO DISREPUTE OUR VC. PROF. INNOCENT UJAH, mni OON, AND OR CAUSE SETBACK FOR THE UNIVERSITY WHICH HAS BEEN OF GREAT DESIRE TO BE SITED HEREIN.

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE VC, PROF. I. A O. UJAH, mni, OON FOR HIS ACADEMIC DEXTERITY AND ACUMEN DISPLAYED SO FAR IN THE UNIVERSITY AND HIS EXPERIENCE OF 46 YEARS IN MEDICINE.
WE KNOW HIM TO BE A MAN OF POSITIVE STRUGGLES FOR EMANCIPATION, AND WE BELIEVE THAT HE WILL SET A GREATER RECORD AS VESTED ON HIM.

THANK YOU ALL.
AND GOD BLESS BENUE STATE, GOD BLESS BENUE SOUTH, GOD BLESS FUHSO
GOD BLESS OUR VC
AND GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

SIGNED
RT. COMRADE DANIEL EDOACHE ATAYI
DIRECTOR OF YOUTHS,
BENUE REBIRTH MOVEMENT.