I HAVE NO HAND IN GOVERNOR SAMUEL ORTOM'S CALAMITIES, DIFFICULTIES----GABRIEL SUSWAN

Former Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, on Wednesday said he has no hand in his successor, Governor Samuel Ortom’s difficulties. Governor Ortom who has had challenges with paying workers salariesaccused Suswam of setting landmines for him to fail, alleging that his predecessor left behind a debt of N140 billion.



 However, in a statement issued by his Special Assistant, Hon Terkaa Mamwoo, Suswam said a panel set up by the Benue Governor discovered that his government borrowed only N18 billion from issuance of bonds.

--> The statement said: “The attention of His Excellency, Rt. Hon Gabriel Suswam, former Governor of Benue State, has been drawn to a report in the media on Tuesday which quoted his successor in office, the Executive Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, as accusing him of deliberately creating problems for his administration when he was about to leave government in 2015.

 

" According to the report, Governor Ortom, who spoke in Makurdi on Monday, particularly blamed his predecessor for causing the problems currently confronting his administration, by allegedly looting the state’s treasury. “The former Governor wishes to state emphatically that his administration did not deliberately lay any landmines for the succeeding administration since his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had a candidate who was hoping to take over from his administration.

Therefore, he couldn’t have deliberately created hurdles on the way to make the succeeding administration fail.”

Suswam said the alleged debt of N140 billion credited to his tenure was false.

The statement added: “The much touted N140 billion debt allegedly left behind by our administration exists only in the imagination of the Governor who has continued to use the non-existent figure as a cover up for his ineptitude and administration’s lack-lustre performance.

“The report of the probe panel instituted by the Ortom administration even acknowledged that the Suswam administration borrowed only N18 billion from issuance of bonds, so where did Governor Ortom get the figure of N140 billion he has been peddling about?

“It is instructive to state that the Suswam administration did not divert N107 billion as claimed by the probe panel report as the administration applied the funds accruing to the state on provision of infrastructure.” the statement read in part.

 To receive more updates from Frayokit News, kindly SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER or follow us on FACEBOOK and on TWITTER
For inquiries, adverts placement and news tip off, kindly call +2348083720023, +2347031269087 or send us email on: obeyafriday@gmail.com
Add Frayokit News On BBM. Pin: 5C130E7E or add us on WhatsApp. WhatsApp number: 08083720023