{"id":91202,"date":"2022-01-26T15:44:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=91202"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:44:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:44:24","slug":"address-nations-issues-stop-mudslinging-ortom-carpets-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/address-nations-issues-stop-mudslinging-ortom-carpets-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Address Nation’s Issues, Stop Mudslinging – Ortom Carpets FG"},"content":{"rendered":"
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has advised the Federal government to address issues affecting the nation rather than engaging in needless mudslinging.<\/div>\n
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Ortom was reacting to a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, which said the Benue governor should not blame Buhari for the challenges in his state.<\/div>\n
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In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur,\u00a0 Gov. Ortom raised several fundamental issues \u201cevery reasonable government should be bold enough to address without qualms\u201d during his interview on Arise TV.<\/div>\n
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He said instead of addressing these issues, the Buhari government resorted to mudslinging and tried to paint Ortom in a bad light.<\/div>\n
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He said it is \u201cuncharitable and truly a betrayal of hope\u201d for the Buhari government \u201cwho has consistently blamed past administrations\u201d to now find it convenient to accuse Ortom of blaming others before him.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Governor decried the rate at which the sovereignty of Nigeria is daily being compromised with the activities of armed Fulani herdsmen that has continued to kill and sack communities across the country. The President Buhari\u2019s state of Katsina is badly hit with the activities of these terrorists. It is the President\u2019s failure to secure Nigeria that has allowed terrorists to take over most states. This is not the making of Governor Ortom,\u201d the statement reads.<\/div>\n
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\u201cFor more than a year, the Governor has been shut out from seeing the President. Is this too a lie?<\/div>\n
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Has President Buhari\u2019s government not spent billions of dollars in \u2018Turning Around the Maintenance\u2019 of the nation\u2019s refineries without commensurate results from the facilities? Is it Governor Ortom that stopped the President from revamping the country\u2019s refineries after such humongous sums were spent on it? Why did Garba Shehu fail to see all of these but chose to gloss over them?<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is therefore curious that Garba did not address the issues Governor Ortom raised in the interview with AriseTV. Rather, he went about chasing shadows, trying in vain to paint the governor in bad light. In doing so, he turns to accuse the governor of funding a militia group. This is the height of irresponsibility.<\/div>\n
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\u201cRather than take the advice Governor Ortom offers for the collective good of the nation, Garba Shehu and those hired to insult the Governor finds it easy to ignore the weighty issues that bother on national security but rather go about in circles. We think the President and his handlers will do well to take Governor Ortom seriously when he speaks than indulging in unnecessary mudslinging.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is uncharitable and truly a betrayal of hope for the President Muhammadu Buhari government who has consistently blamed past administrations to now find it convenient to accuse Governor Ortom of blaming others before him. This is ridiculous and has exposed the Buhari government of being bereft of ideas and indeed empty of tackling the nation\u2019s myriad of problems.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has advised the Federal government to address issues affecting the nation rather than engaging in needless mudslinging. 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