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Agenda for Benue North-East

Real problems. Practical solutions. Measurable impact. Here is exactly what Unongo will fight for in the Senate.

🌾 Agriculture & Economic Growth🛡️ Security & Peace Mandate💼 Youth Employment and Empowerment👩‍💼 Women's Economic Rights🎓 Education and Social Welfare
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Agriculture & Economic Growth

From subsistence farming to a structured, industrialized economy

The Problem
  • Benue remains largely subsistence-based despite its huge agricultural potential
  • Poor rural roads, lack of processing facilities, and limited market access cause massive post-harvest losses
  • Smallholder farmers have poor access to credit and modern inputs
  • Yam and other cash crops are barely exported despite high quality and demand
Our Solution
  • Sponsor legislation to establish a Benue Agricultural Development Special Economic Zone
  • Mandate federal investment in rural road infrastructure linking Zone A farms to markets
  • Launch a dedicated yam export program through NEXIM Bank, leveraging experience from the Federal Yam Export Technical Committee
  • Provide tax incentives for agro-processing industries and champion tailored agricultural credit for smallholder farmers
Expected Impact
  • Industrialization of agriculture and attraction of private investment
  • Drastically reduced post-harvest losses and increased farmer incomes
  • Benue positioned as a major exporter of yam and processed agricultural products
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Security & Peace Mandate

Ending cycles of violence and restoring safety to farming communities

The Problem
  • Persistent farmer-herder conflicts have displaced thousands and destroyed livelihoods
  • Lack of dedicated funding and institutional frameworks for conflict resolution
  • Inadequate security presence and accountability in rural communities
  • Open grazing continues to threaten farming and food security
Our Solution
  • Advocate for a federal North Central Security Fund for conflict zones
  • Establish a formal Farmer-Herder Conflict Mediation Agency with enforcement powers
  • Ensure federal security deployments are responsive and accountable to local communities
  • Champion the Open Grazing Prohibition Law at the federal level
Expected Impact
  • Structured, well-funded approach to ending farmer-herder violence
  • Safer communities and restored farming activities across Zone A
  • Reduced displacement and improved food security
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Youth Employment and Empowerment

Creating jobs and opportunities for the next generation

The Problem
  • High youth unemployment and limited access to skills training
  • Graduates lack relevant vocational skills for available opportunities
  • Young entrepreneurs have little access to startup capital or mentorship
  • Talent drain as youth migrate out of the district in search of opportunities
Our Solution
  • Scale the Benue Fashion Hub model nationally to create thousands of jobs
  • Establish federal skill acquisition centres in every LGA in the district
  • Create the Fidelis Youth Fund for entrepreneurship grants to young people
  • Legislate priority scholarship allocations for Benue youth in STEM and national programmes
Expected Impact
  • Tens of thousands of direct jobs created for youths
  • Skilled, employable young population with access to startup capital
  • Reduced youth unemployment and brain drain from Benue North-East
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Women's Economic Rights

Empowering women through systemic economic inclusion

The Problem
  • Women farmers and entrepreneurs have very limited access to credit and capital
  • Weak legal and economic protections for women, especially land rights
  • Insufficient targeted federal support for women's cooperatives and businesses
  • Economic marginalisation despite women's critical role in agriculture and trade
Our Solution
  • Secure increased access to federal microfinance and agricultural credit for women
  • Establish federal co-investment programmes for women's cooperative enterprises
  • Push for enhanced women's land rights protections in Zone A communities
  • Champion minimum quotas for women in all federal empowerment and credit programmes
Expected Impact
  • Greater financial independence and economic participation for women
  • Stronger women-led cooperatives and businesses across the district
  • Reduced poverty in women-headed households
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Education and Social Welfare

Continuing a proud legacy of educational opportunity

The Problem
  • Many talented students cannot afford higher education
  • Limited access to quality education and healthcare in rural and hinterland communities
  • Insufficient scholarship support and higher institutions in the district
  • Hardship faced by internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Our Solution
  • Establish a Scholarship Education Fund to continue his father's legacy of supporting students
  • Advocate for new federal universities in underserved LGAs within the district
  • Prioritise healthcare infrastructure development in remote communities
  • Provide direct support programmes for Internally Displaced Persons to restore livelihoods
Expected Impact
  • Thousands of Benue youth supported through scholarships
  • Improved access to quality education and healthcare in rural areas
  • Better support systems for displaced persons and vulnerable groups

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