Benue State Government has approved the recruitment of 2,000 teaching and non-teaching members of staff for five state-owned tertiary institutions.
The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mrs Ngunan Addingi, said this on Wednesday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting in Makurdi.
Addingi said a committee, headed by the Commissioner for Education, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, was set-up to handle the process.
Addingi said the Tertiary institutions included Colleges of Education, Katsina-Ala and Oju and Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo.
Others were Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi and Akperan Orshi Polytechnic, Yandev.
The commissioner also said that government had given approval for the procurement of fertilizer for the 2021 cropping season.
