Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume on Monday said that he has never claimed to be a saint and declared that he is not one.
Akume made the declaration in Makurdi yesterday while addressing the mammoth crowd at the City-Bay, Makurdi, the capital city of Benue.
He noted that his address that had generated so much fuss in Benue was not too much demand but to make the state governor, Samuel Ortom address the issues.
He regretted that instead of addressing the issues raised, the state government had rather continued to heap insult on him.
According to Akume, “About a week ago some sons and daughters who met in Abuja to take a look at outburst in Benue and we are worried about the volume of insult been heaped on the daily basis by the governor n of the state.
“We have learned that a new chapter has been added to governors structure in Benue State and that is the compendium of lies and innuendos.
“It has become a veritable act in the governance of Benue at a certain level you avoid lies you don’t have to tell your people lies.
“What we crafted we thought was in the best interest of Benue State and we expected the governor to carefully go through the documents and see the remedial measures.
” If we asked the government to pay the salary of workers which is their right our people, are we making a mistake, if we asked of our poor parents who have toiled and sweated and got bloodied to train is to be paid pensions are we making a mistake?
“Is that too much of the demands to talk about gratuities that are pending and will continue to pend?
“So we just invited the govt to act on that instead of answering the queries raised it rather generated a lot of insults in press conferences.
“I have never called myself an angel and am not one. But in this world of ours demons become saints and saints are demonized such is life,” the minister said.
The former governor of the state encouraged his members not to be waves but to have faith in the ruling APC noting that the president, had done a lot in Benue State as he rolled down infrastructural development completed and ongoing across the state.
The minister however appreciated president Muhammad Buhari.
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