Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has launched at President Muhammadu Buhari for having a negative impact on Nigeria throughout his tenure as the Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces.
Ortom said the last eight years would be remembered by all as the worst in the history of Nigeria, and never in the history of the country did Nigerians witness bad governance like they did in the last eight years.
The Governor made the assertion during the commissioning of the headquarters of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, BSCVGs, in Makurdi, where he said that the President Muhammadu-led administration “took Nigeria from the top to bottom making life miserable for all Nigerians.
His words: “I served under the then President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and we all saw how Nigeria flourished under that administration. 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 realise how bad it has been under this government and how Nigeria has been taken several years backwards by the Buhari government.
“The fact is that never in the history of Nigeria did we experience this kind of bad governance in the country.
“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.
“The President recently apologised to Nigerians; we accept the apology but he must be told that he failed woefully and Nigerians are feeling the impact of that failure because we are all suffering.”
Ortom added: “The President told us he is retiring to tend to his cattle, is it because he is returning to be a herder that he failed to deal decisively with herdsmen? That was unfair to Nigerians.
“Like a former lawmaker would say, ‘if you talk you die, if you don’t talk you die. So for me, it is better to talk and die because I will also speak the truth no matter whose ox is gored.”
