PDP looted Benue Govt House, I met no single official car – Fr Alia alleges
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, looted the government house in Makurdi while former Governor Samuel Ortom was in office.
Alia asserted that he did not encounter a single official car or truck to operate with because they had all been removed.
In a statement released on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Tersoo Kula, the governor stated that his decision to eliminate all of the last-minute appointments made by the previous governor remains irreversible.
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The statement follows calls by the PDP in the state for Alia to reverse the decision that resulted in the invalidation of all last-minute appointments made by Ortom.
Alia, however, urged the PDP to seek forgiveness from the people of the state and cease playing to the gallery, claiming that the party had inflicted unfathomable suffering and destitution on the populace.
The governor disclosed that he inherited an empty treasury, a massive debt profile of N187.56 billion, and months of unpaid civil servant and pensioner salaries and benefits.
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“The PDP pillaged Government House to such an extent that Governor Hyacinth Alia’s new administration found not a single vehicle in Government House. The level of corruption uncovered by the governor’s visits to agencies and parastatals is unprecedented in the history of Benue State.
“The same party that left the state’s treasury empty and ripped off the people’s economic system is now claiming to stand on high moral ground to offer untenable and ill-motivated criticisms to undermine the population’s collective intelligence in Benue.
“The level of decay caused by the immediate previous administration stinks in the severely vandalized offices of state civil servants, such that the new government must start from scratch in order to acquire the necessary equipment for the system to begin functioning again,” stated a portion of the statement.
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