WHY I'II NOT BETRAY THE MANDATE OF BENUE PEOPLE LIKE PDP - GOV. ALIA.(PHOTO).

WHY I'II NOT BETRAY THE MANDATE OF BENUE PEOPLE LIKE PDP - GOV. ALIA

Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has said that the Benue chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, lack the moral justification to rate his 30 days administration, pointing out that reconstructing a collapsed system takes more time.

The governor who was reacting to criticisms of his 30 days administration in an assessment by the PDP, reminded the major opposition to note that an administrations performance is not measured in a month.

Alia whose reaction was contained in a statement signed by his chief press secretary Sir Tersoo Kula, made available to journalists at the weekend, argued that changing a collapsed system left behind by the immediate past government needed series of well- planned and properly guided steps, lamenting that Benue State ever it’s creation has never been this devastatingly raped and wrecked.

The governor who said he was not complaining despite reckless abandon of civil servants and retirees for the past eight years of brazen misappropriation of alleged 28 billion naira collected from the federal government as bailout funds to offset backlog of salary arrears, a development that left workers on the path of misery for eight years despite monies coming into the state coffers from different sources including federal allocation, IGR and other interventions, described the quick fix request by the PDP as unfortunate, insisting that the task of resetting Benue is a covenant that he has chosen to keep and is not oblivious of the basic moral commitment.

He further argued that doing appraisal and posing as voices for the same people the immediate past administration which imposed pains and penury for eight years shouldn’t be done by the same vicious team and party that midwifed and nurtured the monstrous status and current challenges bedeviling the state.

The governor described as nauseating for the PDP to have the courage and boldness to continue to lie to the people who are still bearing the brunt of the hardship brought upon them by the same party now claiming to be standing on abstract high moral grounds to raise voices of criticisms against a government that is demonstrating satisfactory capacity to tackle the challenges imposed on the people by the past administration.

The governor who informed the public that he was not interested in building his administration on propaganda and falsehood as was the case with the past government, said he was not complaining despite the wreck caused by the Ortom government which has placed much responsibility on his shoulders as what to be done, adding that aside from the approval and resumption of payment of salaries the PDP government left behind, renovation work on the almost dilapidated Benue Assembly complex is on going.

” For eight years under an Ortom administration the roof of Benue Assembly complex suffered severe leakages in the face of decayed furniture and moribund office equipments” Alia said, adding that within 30 days the administration has visited hot spots of crisis and equally interfaced with such communities to bring innovative ways of building lasting peace.

The governor further revealed that within 30 days in office he has had critical meetings with investors within and outside the state to bring about development to the state, adding that within the same period under review the ill- timed appointments and last minute recruitments carried out by the PDP government at the twilight were revoked, expressing disappointment while the major opposition has chosen to turn a blind eye to these giant strides.

The governor who said if former governor Samuel Ortom had done well in office as the PDP has now resulted to lying would have been elected senator and his party enjoying landslide victory in the last general election, advised the party to learn from it’s mistakes as well as stop lying since the attitude did not pay the party well, adding that Benue people should not worry about the future as he would not betray the mandate given him like Ortom and his party the PDP.