May 31, (THEWILL) – Benue State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated Revd Fr. Hyacinth Alia, over his successful inauguration into office as the 6th civilian Governor of the state, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The party, however, assured that it will not flinch from its duty of keeping the new administration on its toes all the time, with the sole purpose being to get it to work maximally within the span of time allowed it.
The State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Bemgba Iortyom, in a statement in Makurdi, on Wednesday, also asked God to sustain governor Alia in wisdom and grace needed for the task he has undertaken.
“As a party, we have now assumed the station of the main opposition bloc in the state with all sense of duty. We will discharge the responsibilities which fall to that station with utmost sense of patriotism to Benue, Nigeria and humanity at large.
“Good governance is a combination of the workings of the government on seat and the activities of a robust opposition to it. Our conduct will be guided by a consciousness of our rich culture and heritage as the most successful political party, both at the national level and here in the state, since Nigeria’s independence in 1960.”
He noted that Benue PDP, having held and discharged the popular in mandate of governance in 21 out of the 24 years of the current democratic dispensation since 1999, can proudly lay claim to almost the entirety of the developmental legacy on ground within the period.
“This legacy was laid from 1999 to 2007 under Governor George Akume, then built upon from 2007 to 2011 under Governor Gabriel Suswam, and consolidated upon in the last 5 years of the administration of Governor Samuel Ortom when it came under the party’s control.”
The party expressed satisfaction that the governmental administrations which held sway under its sponsorship have left a solid pedestal, upon which to further the advancement of the Benue project by the new administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia.
Bemgba said, from the security architecture painstakingly rigged into place, the Livestock Guards and the Community Volunteer Guards metarmophosed into Anti Open Grazing Law, against all odds, to the depth of interventions in the educational, healthcare and agricultural sectors of the economy, to the asphalted roads in Makurdi metropolis and elsewhere for ease of travel, to the quality of the official residential and work accommodation bequeathed to the new governor.
“PDP is presently before the Benue State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, praying it to nullify the victory declared from the 2023 elections in favour of Alia and APC and to award same to the PDP. Our candidate, Engr. Titus Uba and his running mate, Sir John Ngbede.”
He assured that while the party await the verdict of the courts, it will discharge it duty to the state as a robust opposition to the good of Benue.
