Tag: Ortom
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Miyetti Allah urges FG to ignore Ortom’s request for the proscription of the association.
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on the Federal Government to ignore Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue’s request for the proscription of the association. The National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, made the appeal in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “We are not at all surprised at the…
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Tiv Youths demand apology from Gov. Ortom over “drunkards” statement; Ortom says “Never”
Tiv Youth Council Worldwide (TYCW), a Benue-based socio-cultural group on Tuesday demanded an apology from the state governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, for referring to Benue indigenes as drunks. It said in a statement issued in Abuja by its president, Mr Mike Msuaan that it was regrettable that the governor made such derogatory remark on a…
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PDP’s performance in Anambra sign of good future’—Gov Ortom
The governor of Benue State, Mr Samuel Ortom, Wednesday, said the future holds bright for the Peoples Democratic Party, considering how the party fared in the November 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. Governor Ortom stated this after congratulating Prof Charles Soludo of All Progressives Grand Alliance who won the polls. According to him,…
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Ortom slams Buhari again, says worst military rule better than PMB-led administration
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration cannot even be compared to military governments. Ortom who spoke to journalists in Makurdi after his return from Abuja said the nation had not been so divided as it was under the present administration, stressing that the worst military government was better than…
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Independence Day: Nothing to celebrate at 61 – Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said there is nothing to celebrate about the 61st Independence Anniversary of Nigeria as sycophants and mediocre have taken over the country coupled with the level of insecurity, bad economic policies of the federal government and grinding poverty in the land. The Governor who spoke Friday at the…
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Ortom tackles Miyetti Allah for asking Buhari, NASS to stop governors from enacting anti-open grazing laws
One hundred security operatives have so far lost their lives in the course of enforcing the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranching Establishment Law of 2017.
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Ortom fumes as Akume demands state of emergency in Benue
Governor Samuel Ortom has attacked former governor George Akume for calling on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Benue State. Akume had at a press conference in Abuja on Monday called for a state of emergency in Benue over high level of insecurity. But Ortom hits back at him through a…
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Attack on Buhari: Benue APC boycotts Ortom’s meeting
Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has turned down the invitation extended to it by Govermor Samuel Ortom to attend the stakeholders meeting on the proposed privatization of state industries. In a statement issued by the party’s State caretaker Publicity Secretary, James Orgunga, titled, ‘Benue APC Not Party To Ortom’s Ineffectual Stakeholders’ Meetings…
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Ortom stings Buhari again, says PMB deliberately destroyed Nigeria
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Thursday, lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. Ortom in a statement sent to newsmen lampooned the President again stating that he(Buhari) has deliberately destroyed Nigeria. He also called on the Presidency to address the issues stated in his earlier statement criticising their performance since taking…