Most Nigeria Politicians are Scared of Telling Buhari's Govt the Truth, Says Governor Ortom
- The Benue governor, Samuel Ortom, has revealed what Nigerian politicians need to do to make President Buhari's government better
- Ortom said he has observed a lack of courage among Nigerian leaders to confront the current administration on the issue of insecurity
- The governor added that very few politicians can boldly tell the powers that be what is really good for the masses
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Governor Samuel Ortom has boldly stated that many leaders in Nigeria lack the courage to tell the federal government the truth about insecurity.
Ortom made this remark on Thursday, April 15, during an online lecture organised by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), The Cable reports.
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The Nation reports that the governor is of the view that lack of sustainable leadership is resulting from persons at the hem of affairs who are incapable of speaking truth to power.
His words:
“I have learnt from my experience that Nigeria has a critical deficit of sustainable leadership. We seem to have a dearth of bold and courageous leaders who will clearly identify with what is good, and loudly tell the nation.
“We have a lot of lily-livered people who masquerade as national and regional leaders in this country but are afraid to speak and advise the federal government correctly.
“Where then are our elder statesmen and women? Where are our political leaders who will speak out loudly instead of whispering in closets on crucial and critical national issues, including an existential challenge such as the herdsmen sack and pogrom of entire villages and communities in Benue State and other parts of the country?"
Meanwhile, Ortom on Thursday, April 15, claimed that bandits operate in not less than 24 states across Nigeria. The Benue governor made this known at the NUJ Correspondence Chapel, Abuja.
Ortom said that if ranching laws were not established by the federal government, the farmers-herders crisis will reach every doorstep in Nigeria.
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He added that resultantly, food security would be negatively affected leading to serious famine throughout the nation.
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