Politics is over; it’s time for governance- Gov. Ortom



- Pledges not to join issues with Akume and Jime
- secures N1.7bn to address rural child health

By Tony Okechukwu

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has declared that he would no longer join issues with the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, despite the alleged verbal attacks on his person by the former Governor.

According to him, ‘Politics is over and now it is time for governance'. He also advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the last election, Emmanuel Jime, to stop crying foul over the outcome of the election.

In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Terver Akase, on Thursday, Governor Ortom advised the Minister to stop playing God in the politics of Benue State.

The statement read in part, “Senator George Akume and the governorship candidate of the APC in Benue State, Emmanuel Jime, made Governor Samuel Ortom the target of all manner of verbal attacks at the reception".

“Senator Akume declared again that he singlehandedly determined who became Governor of the State in 2015 and castigated Governor Ortom for always claiming that God made him governor".

" 'I made Ortom the governor, not the Holy Spirit’, Akume boasted at the reception. It was not the first time that Senator Akume would make such a blasphemous statement. He had made a similar claim during the valedictory session of the 8th Senate".

“In a speech that lasted for about 40 minutes at the reception, the Minister failed to tell his audience what benefits his new position would bring to his people. He instead hurled bile at Governor Ortom who he also accused of diverting public funds to enrich himself".

“Jime, on the other hand, heaped unprintable insults on the Governor, calling him an uneducated man and alleged that the 2019 governorship election was rigged. We find utterances of the Benue APC leader and its governorship candidate quite unfortunate".

“The antics of the APC leadership in Benue State are obviously targeted at sustaining their support base with rhetoric and claims of a mandate that was neither given them nor stolen".

“Governor Ortom has chosen not to join issues with Senator Akume any longer. It is the considered decision of the Governor that politics is over and now it is time for governance", he said.

Meanwhile, Benue State Government on Wednesday, resolved to sustain the life-saving treatment of children under five years in remote communities in the State and promised to scale-up front-line support to more kids above the over 340,000 already reached by Christian Aid Nigeria.

Towards this end, the State Government said it had secured N1.7bn from the Federal Government through the State Health Insurance Agency, after contributing N100m counterpart fund to support rural child health in the State.

Governor Samuel Ortom and top State health officials made this known during  the official close-out/dissemination event of a child health intervention programme implemented by the Christian Aid Nigeria in partnership with the State Government, the Federal Ministry of Health and two local partners, Ohonyeta Care Givers and Jireh Doo Foundation.

The project had employed integrated Community Case Management approach, providing free life-saving treatment to under-five aged children in hard-to-reach communities using volunteers known as Community Oriented Resource Persons.

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