The Governor who spoke during an interview published in the Sun
Newspaper attributed the situation to the dwindling federal allocation to the
state and urged workers to be patient as he also felt their pain.
He said: “Well, I agree because even I, I’m facing it
(hardship) as a person. On my farm and in my private life and everywhere I know
the challenges. I’m not a Governor that travels everyday; I am always around
with the people. So the pains are so much but we just want to ask our people to
be patient. Change does not come easy.”
Benue civil servants are
being owed 4-5 months wages and last received salaries for March 2016 last
month, a situation the governor blames on the mismanagement of his predecessor,
Ex-Governor Gabriel Suswam.
“It has not been easy inheriting many years of unpaid
gratuity and pension that was not paid and salary arrears that we inherited
from the past administration.
“In fact, my predecessor told me that I could not run this
government for three months before I was sworn in. He knew that he had run the
state to the ground.” Ortom said.
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