By Peter Duru at Makurdi
S A to the Benue State Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr. Terver Akase has decried the punitive actions of the President Buhari-led Federal Government against the state by frustrating the efforts of Governor Samuel Ortom to access funds meant to offset the backlog of salaries and pension of state and local government workers of the state.
The media adviser decried the incessant media attacks on Governor Ortom by the President’s media handlers who he said had tagged the Governor an enemy because of his position on critical national problems, insisting that the Governor always spoke the minds of all Nigerians.
Speaking on Monday, when he featured on “Burning Issues” a Makurdi FM current affairs programme, Mr. Akase berated the Federal Government for victimizing and attacking the Governor for his forthrightness on critical issues like security of the people.
He maintained that “the attacks will not stop the Governor from telling the truth; because he has chosen to be the voice of the voiceless and a social crusader against injustice and inequality. I therefore urge the President’s media handlers to take the Governor’s messages and redeem the image of the President rather than making him the something of attacks.”
He also expressed displeasure over the insensitivity of some Benue politicians who were collaborating with the Federal Government to play politics with the welfare of workers and retirees, saying “such conspirators are enemies of the state. They are collaborating and supporting the punitive action of the F G to block Benue State Government from accessing the N41b loan approved by the State House of Assembly there by playing with the pensions of workers and retirees.
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