The Benue State government has signed a contract worth N149.3 million with Knicks Engineering LTD for the procurement of a 20 kilowatts FM radio transmitter for Radio Benue, Makurdi. The permanent secretary, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Beatrice Tsavmbu, while signing the contract agreement on behalf of the ministry said the new transmitter has the capacity to capture the whole state and its environs. The director general of Radio Benue, Dr Charles Iornumbe who commended Governor Samuel Ortom for the gesture, said it had been the desire of the governor to install a new transmitter for the station which he said would reposition it for better performance. He acknowledged the zeal which the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism has for the procurement, and expressed the hope that when installed, Benue people would get the best from the station. He said the management of Radio Benue under his watch had already extended transmission hours from 9pm to midnight, ...