Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said that there is
no policy somersault on the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment
Law of the state.
The Governor spoke with journalists on Tuesday after
inspecting completed and ongoing projects in Makurdi, the State capital against
the backdrop of insinuations in the media that the state had reviewed it’s
position against open grazing.
He said the statement credited to his Education
Commissioner, Professor Dennis Ityavyar that there is land for ranching is
true, stressing however that those intending to do livestock business in the
state must do so according to the provisions of the law which prohibits open
grazing but recognises only ranching.
Asked if the state government was part of the peace deal with the leadership of Miyetti Allah as reported in the media, the Governor denied knowledge of any such negotiations between leaders from Benue and Miyetti Allah leadership over crises between farmers and herders.
He explained that although leaders have a right to seek for
peace for their people, he said even if the said peace negotiation is true,
such peace initiative has not been brought to his knowledge.
The governor, who commended the contractor that handled the
construction of the 9 kilometer Apri-Tse-Poor road for a job well done also
condemned a contractor with the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB for
executing a shoddy job.
The Apir-Tse-Poor road project and electrification spanning
12 Kilometres according to the Governor costs N1.4 billion to execute.
Governor Ortom directed the SUBEB Chairman to ensure that
all primary schools in Makurdi metropolis and other major towns are provided
with customised desks and chairs.
He announced that already, the state government has received
its counterpart fund of N1.6 billion from the Universal Basic Education
Commission, UBEC and the state is sourcing it’s own share to match for more
infrastructural work in the sector where more furniture and other requirements
will be provided for schools in the state.
At the old Lobi Bank complex which is now the permanent
headquarters of the Board of Internal Revenue Service, BIRS, the governor
directed that work be completed on the building immediately to enable the
revenue generating agency move in.
The BIRS headquarters is now named as ‘Aper Aku House.’
Other projects inspected included Benue Geographic
Information Service, BENGIS, under construction at the Ministry of Lands,
Survey and Solid Minerals, permanent office complex for Ministry of Housing and
other Government agencies.
Benue Television, renovation work on the Administrative
Block of Benue Peoples House, Arabic Primary School, Central Primary School and
Holy Ghost Primary School all in Wadata were also inspected.
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