Ortom Berates Buhari's Administration As Worst In Nigeria's History

Ortom has criticized President Buhari’s administration, describing it as the worst in Nigeria’s history.
The governor stated that the past eight years have witnessed unimaginable poverty, insecurity, and maladministration.
Furthermore, he lamented the President’s failure to deal decisively with armed Fulani herdsmen and corruption.

EKO HOTBLOG reports that during the commissioning of the headquarters of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVGs, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State made some strong statements regarding Nigeria’s recent history.

He stated that the last eight years would be remembered as the worst in Nigeria’s history and maintained that this period witnessed unimaginable poverty, insecurity, and general maladministration under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

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The governor reminisced about his time serving under then-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration when Nigeria was flourishing, saying: “We all knew what the prices of foods and services were at the time. We also know what our exchange rate was at the time and what it is today.

I want Nigerians to do a simple comparison, and you will realize how bad it has been under this government and how Nigeria has been taken several years backward by the Buhari government.”

Governor Ortom also berated President Buhari for refusing to disarm armed Fulani herdsmen and branding them as a terrorist organization.

He stated that the President failed woefully to deal with herdsmen decisively, which was unfair to Nigerians. The governor also criticized the President’s response to corruption, stating that “corruption is so endemic in this government yet people who steal chicken are thrown into prison but people in government who are busy stealing the wealth of the people are walking free.”

Despite being denied several accruals due to his insistence on equity, fairness, and justice, the governor assured the people of Benue that he would continue to speak out against injustice in the country.

During the same event, the commander of the BSCVGs, Mr. Ayima Ajobi, commended the governor for setting up the guards, disclosing that the state government had trained a total of 1,574 BSCVGs personnel drawn from those recommended by the traditional rulers at the grassroots, profiled by the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), and underwent a rigorous medical screening exercise.

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