Benue has moved beyond ‘days of locust’ under Ortom — Tersoo Kula

The Benue State Government has defended the medication of Governor Hyacinth Alia, saying the authorities has made important advancement nether his enactment and cannot instrumentality to what it described arsenic the “days of locust” experienced during the medication of erstwhile Governor Samuel Ortom.

In a connection issued by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Kula, the authorities said Benue is presently witnessing large translation crossed antithetic sectors nether Alia’s leadership.

Kula stated that Governor Alia came into bureau prepared with a wide imaginativeness to rescue the authorities from years of hardship and mediocre governance allegedly experienced nether the Peoples Democratic Party-led medication of Samuel Ortom.

According to the statement, workers and pensioners suffered neglect during the erstwhile administration, portion nationalist infrastructure deteriorated contempt respective national interventions and loans received by the state.

The governor’s adjutant alleged that the Ortom medication near down debts moving into implicit N300 cardinal astatine the authorities level and much than N100 cardinal successful section authorities liabilities.

He besides claimed that the existent medication inherited respective judgement debts and garnishee orders linked to actions taken during the erstwhile government.

The connection further accused...