Benue PDP challenges governor’s directive on local government attendance

The Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State has criticised Governor Hyacinth Alia’s directive requiring local government workers to use an attendance register. Punch Nigeria reported that the party faulted the governor over the measure and described it as anti-worker. The criticism places the directive at the centre of a disagreement between the state government and the opposition party.

The available source material does not explain when the directive was issued, how the register is to be used or whether it applies to all local government employees. It also does not state the reason given by the governor’s administration for introducing the attendance requirement. No response from Governor Alia or officials of the Benue State Government is included in the supplied material.

The excerpt also provides no figures on local government staffing, attendance or disciplinary measures connected to the policy. The PDP’s objection is therefore the only position set out in the available report. The party’s description of the directive as anti-worker is attributed to the organisation and is not presented as an independently established fact.

Punch Nigeria reported the dispute under the headline that the Benue PDP had faulted Alia over the attendance register for local government workers. Further details of the party’s argument and the administration’s position were not included.