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Nigerian Governor Laments Frustrations

OpenLife Nigeria reports that a Nigerian governor, Samuel Ortom has poured out his lamentations governing Benue State, a middle belt State in Nigeria.
Speaking on Arise TV Friday morning, Samuel Ortom who is rounding off his second tenure stated that his inability to deliver dividends of democracy to his people was as a result of frustration unleashed on him by the All Progressives Congress, APC.
For instance, Ortom who spoke on the humongous pension arrears owned pensioners in the state noted that he was not the first to own pension and salary arrears in Benue.
Coming close to declaring that it is a tradition to own pension in Benue State, Samuel Ortom stated that right from the time of Ushongo born Aper Aku who governed the State between 1979 and 1983, salaries have been owned in Benue.
However, Ortom explained that he had put strategic measures in place to ensure that he did not own salary in Benue but was frustrated by APC agents who impressed on the Central Bank governor not to release his N20 billion loan.
“President Buhari had approved the money. Minister of Finance and Debt Management Office, DMO have all approved but some people in APC ensured that the money was never released to me because they felt if I got the money and deliver democracy dividends to the people , they would have nothing to campaign against me,” Ortom stated.
Moving forward, Ortom hinted that he would be retiring to farming having lost his senatorial bid saying that he has much evidence to challenge APC in court but “I don’t want to aggravate the problems in Benue. So, I simply let go,” he said.

Governor Ortom of Benue State