PDP, APC bicker over Alia’s 100 days in office

The Benue State chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday traded words over Governor Hyacinth Alia’s 100 days performance in office.

State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Bemgba Iortyom, in a statement described the governor’s 100 days in office as empty and disappointing.

The PDP said, “It is an incontrovertible fact that he has achieved the worst take off in office of any governor of the state, both military and civilian, since its creation in 1976, with neither direction nor content to be found in anything he has done so far.

“PDP’s assessment of Governor Alia’s performance derives from the template of promises he made during the campaigns and after he assumed office, chiefly amongst which were to return persons displaced from herdsmen genocide (IDPs) back to their ancestral lands, as well as to clear arrears of salaries and pensions to workers and retirees, all within his first 100 days in office.

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“Not only has the governor failed to make good on any of those promises, he has evidently not even considered them a priority since their pronouncement.”

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But reacting, the state Publicity Secretary of the APC, Morgan Ihomun, said the takeoff of Governor Alia was unprecedented and that the PDP should lick its wounds and prepare for the 2027 polls.

Ihomun said, “Of course, he has done a lot in his first 100 days in office. He has started massive construction of roads within Makurdi metropolis in these 100 days and he has rehabilitated the State House of Assembly complex. The governor has also commenced the training of thousands of Benue youths in information technology. This he is doing to better the lot of Benue youths.

“So we have no doubt and we are confident that Governor Alia will excel and take Benue from the doldrums PDP left it to a better place. Governor Alia is focused on changing the narrative. He is ready to enhance the life of every Benue citizen and we are proud of his achievements in his first 100 days.

“So the PDP should continue to lick their wounds and also get themselves prepared for election in 2027. They should know that elections have been won and lost and they should focus on rebuilding their battered party and image.”