Benue State Airport Project Is A Big Fraud ~ Tsav

A former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has described the cargo airport project by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, as unnecessary and economically not viable.



Ortom flagged off the N38bn airport project on Saturday at Daudu in Guma Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking in Makurdi yesterday, Tsav queried the usefulness of the project in the face of more pressing challenges.

He said: “Has Ortom no economic advisers? If he has, are they advising him at all? Nasarawa State, our neighbour, has an airport. Can’t we use that for now if we have any crops for export?  Where are even the crops to export?

I see the project as a conduit to syphon our money and a deliberate attempt to take over the NYSC  farmland where maize is cultivated in large quantities annually by youth corps members.

“Our roads in Benue State are not good. In some areas there are even no roads. What farmers require now are fertiliser for crops and good roads to convey their produce to the cities. The Benue State Airport Project is a big fraud.”

The Benue state Security Council has slammed a N5million price tag on the wanted militant leader, Mr. Terwase Agwaza, also known as “Gana” for his alleged involvement in series of abductions, killings, robberies, cattle rustling and other violent crimes in parts of the state. Governor Samuel Ortom made this know yesterday while inaugurating the state, local government, district and ward security committees entrusted with the responsibilities of ensuring peaceful coexistence between herdsmen and farmers across the state. The Governor explained that the wanted militant leader was granted amnesty by his government “after which he was given the job of collecting revenue for the state government but he rather opted to be a terrorist. “He has to face the law, though he is on the run but security agencies will certainly get him, the search for him is continuing, we are being careful in the search so as not to harm law-abiding citizens or incur collateral damage.” Ortom said the inauguration of the committees became necessary following the coming of dry season which meant that herdsmen would be moving about with cattle in the state. Governor Ortom said similar committees would be inaugurated by his Security Adviser, Colonel Edwin Jando(Rtd) at the district and ward levels and observed that even as Benue’s position was, that ranching would be the final solution to the problem of farmers/herdsmen frequent clashes, the matter would be handled gradually with the sensitization of cattle breeders and other stakeholders. He said those who cause problems between farmers and herdsmen usually come into the state from other countries and urged the committees to liaise with indigenous herdsmen who should keep such troublemakers on check. Benue state Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Garus Gololo, on his part, said he would liaise with his counterpart in Nasarawa state to ensure that foreign herdsmen did not come to Benue to create problems.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/ortom-places-n5m-price-tag-on-wanted-benue-militant-leader-gana/

The Benue state Security Council has slammed a N5million price tag on the wanted militant leader, Mr. Terwase Agwaza, also known as “Gana” for his alleged involvement in series of abductions, killings, robberies, cattle rustling and other violent crimes in parts of the state. Governor Samuel Ortom made this know yesterday while inaugurating the state, local government, district and ward security committees entrusted with the responsibilities of ensuring peaceful coexistence between herdsmen and farmers across the state. The Governor explained that the wanted militant leader was granted amnesty by his government “after which he was given the job of collecting revenue for the state government but he rather opted to be a terrorist. “He has to face the law, though he is on the run but security agencies will certainly get him, the search for him is continuing, we are being careful in the search so as not to harm law-abiding citizens or incur collateral damage.” Ortom said the inauguration of the committees became necessary following the coming of dry season which meant that herdsmen would be moving about with cattle in the state. Governor Ortom said similar committees would be inaugurated by his Security Adviser, Colonel Edwin Jando(Rtd) at the district and ward levels and observed that even as Benue’s position was, that ranching would be the final solution to the problem of farmers/herdsmen frequent clashes, the matter would be handled gradually with the sensitization of cattle breeders and other stakeholders. He said those who cause problems between farmers and herdsmen usually come into the state from other countries and urged the committees to liaise with indigenous herdsmen who should keep such troublemakers on check. Benue state Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Garus Gololo, on his part, said he would liaise with his counterpart in Nasarawa state to ensure that foreign herdsmen did not come to Benue to create problems.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/ortom-places-n5m-price-tag-on-wanted-benue-militant-leader-gana/