BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Tuesday said that the only way people of the state could express their displeasure over the ruling All Progressive Congress is not to vote the party candidates in the forthcoming elections.
Ortom appealed to the people of the state to take their destiny in their own hands to vote against impunity and oppression of the APC administration.
The governor stated this at the palace of the Ter Makurdi while consulting with the royal fathers on his reelection.
He said 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.
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The governor said, ‘the most recent development is the plans to compromise Operation Whirl Stroke so that it would no longer stop attacks on the people of the state.’
“But we can stop this by voting en masse against the APC government, this is the only way we can register our displeasure as people of the state.”
Governor Ortom stated that if the people failed to take that action no one would stick out his neck for them in future.
He said 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.
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.
Governor Ortom announced an amendment to the Chieftaincy Law to include tax collectors.
Ter Makurdi, Chief Sule Abenga, assured the Governor of the support of Makurdi people towards his reelection.
Highlights of the occasion included the dressing of the Governor in traditional attire with the approval of spokesmen of the chiefs and tax collectors across the local government area.
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