The people of Benue State have unequivocally made their stand on the present administration and the platform which produced it in the state known following the boastful comments made by the State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Harvest FM, Makurdi in which he proudly vouched of gaining the people’s mandate for a second term in office.
The State Governor, Pastor Ortom as he’ generally known among his kinsmen during the interactive session on radio said he would win the second term bid if God asked him to run. He further added that the people of his state were happy with him even though the salaries of civil servants in the state are being owed for months.
The statement however sparked reactions from the people of the state who claimed the Governor had taken them for granted, the states people also described the Governor’s 11 months in office as a complete disaster.
According to residents who spoke to news source, Daily Post, they maintained that voting the Governor and the political party which produced him was on of the greatest mistake they made.
Some other residents who took to social media expressed their butte disappointed and dissatisfaction urging the Governor to concentrate on making the state a better place instead of talking about the 2019 election, which is still far away.
A resident, Grace Vem said: “If you carefully study how Pastor Ortom came on board you would understand that he was never prepared for the position he is occupying today. One cannot point out any meaningful thing he has achieved since assuming power and he is there telling us second term is sure for him. Now I understand the adage that says the devil you know is better than the angel you don’t know.”
Another, Akor, a student of Benue State University said: “Why would a reasonable governor decided to increased school fee by 100 per cent? It is pure wickedness! This is a man who has cannot confidently point at anything achievement since he assumed power and he is here boasting of second term. Our dear Apostle should sit up and stop telling us stories of his days as a motor park boy. Benue has gone beyond those tales by moonlight,”
Speaking on the issue, ace journalist and publisher of DayBreak Newspaper, Yemi Itodo said: “Ortom is good at uprooting; he does not know how to plant. The blood of the innocent Agatu farmers and those who are currently suffering in the hands of kidnappers and you are pretending as if all is well, will hunt you. If God is alive and still in heaven and reigns all over the earth, you will not win any election in Benue again, that is if you survive this tenure.”
Recall that the former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav had said that the Benue State Governor lacked the capacity, capability and the intellect to govern the State.
He said: “I am deeply in sympathy with Ortom, because in my view, he does not seem to know what he is doing. He is seriously handicapped and lacks the capacity, capability and intellect to govern Benue State. To worsen issues, he is aggressive and a shameless lying “MAN OF GOD”.
“He has reduced himself to a Puppet and allowed himself to be led by the nose as a reigning Monarch who relies on falsity and deceit as instrument of performance.
“Where a person knows nothing about something, the best option is ennoble humility and preparedness to learn.
“Ortom is borrowing left right and Centre to impress his masters and to help himself and themselves by operating an expensive Govt. Imagine the purported value of vehicles he bought for his Aides and the number of Committees he set up. It’s unfortunate indeed,” he added.
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