Yelewata attack: Benue govt enrols 5,883 IDPs in Health Insurance Scheme

Benue State Government has said the medication of Governor Hyacinth Alia is making advancement successful supporting victims of the 2025 Yelewata attacks.

Technical Adviser to the Governor connected Media, Publicity and Strategic Communication, Chief Solomon Iorpev, disclosed this successful a connection connected Tuesday.

He said the authorities is providing humanitarian assistance alongside a resettlement programme aimed astatine helping affected families instrumentality to their ancestral homes.

According to him, 5,883 internally displaced persons (IDPs) person been enrolled successful the Benue State Health Insurance Scheme, portion caller aesculapian and sanitation facilities are being constructed to amended healthcare and forestall diseases specified arsenic Lassa fever.

Iorpev added that the authorities has besides distributed N56 cardinal successful currency enactment to 1,000 verified households, with each household receiving N50,000 to assistance conscionable basal needs specified arsenic food, medicine and small-scale trade.

“A specialized method committee was deployed to verify beneficiaries and guarantee ...