A lawmaker, Mr Joseph Boko, has expressed confidence that Benue would enjoy a more purposeful leadership in Gov. Samuel Ortom’s second tenure.
Boko, who represents Kwande West constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, told newsmen on Monday in Makurdi that the governor would do “much better” because
‘powerful godfathers’ that distracted him throughout his first tenure had been edged out.
The lawmaker regretted that the state was held backward for long owing to the grip of “a very powerful and domineering godfather”.
“With the ouster of this godfather, the stage is now clear for the governor to move in quantum leaps and fulfill his promises to the people, who have suffered this vicious grip for this long.”
He regretted that issues of development had to be jettisoned to achieve demands of the said godfather.
“Benue will go beyond where it is at the moment because the strangle hold of godfatherism has been destroyed; this godfather…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
