Tiv Youths Ask Gov Ortom to Return From Uk Trip to Tackle Non-Payment of Salaries, Pensions

The Tiv Youth Council Worldwide has called on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to return home immediately from his trip to the United Kingdom.

In a press statement on Friday, Hon. Mike Msuaan, president of the group, said the governor is needed at home to tackle non-payment of the entitlements of civil servants and pensioners in the state.

“It is worrying that a governor who has been unable to meet minor demands of governance like paying workers and pensioners’ benefits for several months is on a globe gallivanting venture,” he said.

“The photo sessions with citizens of the United Kingdom will not translate to good governance in the state. It will not return the hundreds of thousands of people living in IDP camps back to their homes.”

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Msuaan asked that security agencies monitor the links Governor Samuel Ortom has with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

He wondered why a governor who swore to protect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would call for the release of Kanu who is undergoing trial in Abuja.

“Second term governors are busy commissioning legacy and life-changing projects for their people, while in the absence of any, Governor Ortom is issuing press statements to be featured in newspaper headlines,” said Msuaan.

“Governor Ortom must return home and live with the problems he has created in the state,” the council said.

Ortom left Nigeria on Sunday, July 3, to attend two international summits in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Terver Akase, Ortom’s special adviser on media and publicity, said the events would ”focus on peace-building, social justice and sustainable development in Nigeria, as well as other parts of the world”.

FIJ