Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state on Tuesday assured residents of the state that his second term would be better than the first if voted into office again in the forthcoming general elections.
Ortom explained that his administration was faced with lack of funds due to the recession in the country at the time he assumed office three years ago coupled with insecurity in the state.
The governor, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and ICT, Tahav Agerzua, spoke at the palace of the Ter Makurdi, while consulting with the royal fathers on his re-election bid.
“The governor listed lack of funds due to the recession that hit the country, social vices and insecurity as major challenges during his first tenure adding that he took actions on all of them promising that his second tenure would be better than the first,” it stated.
He further appealed to the people of the state to take their destiny in their own hands by giving him their mandate in bloc votes for the future of Benue to thrive in positive development across all sectors.
Ortom also noted that he identified those who planned to attack the people of the state and reported them to the security agencies controlled by the federal government but no action was taken even after the attacks and killings.
He added that the most recent development on the matter includes plans to compromise Operation Whirl Stroke so that it would no longer stop attacks on the people, stressing that only massive voting against the ruling government could register the displeasure of the people of the state and ensure more decisive action.
The governor emphasised that if the people failed to take that action no one would stick out his neck for them in future just as he directed chairmen of local governments affected by recent killings this year to forward the names and other statistics of those affected to the press to prove the point.
Responding, the Ter Makurdi, Chief Sule Abenga, assured the governor of the support of Makurdi people towards his re-election.
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