Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the worst ever in terms of security.
Governor Ortom spoke as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday August 24.
The governor condemned President Buhari’s open grazing policy, even as he accused the president of openly trying to “fulanize” Nigeria.
He said:
“Mr President is pushing me to think that what they say about him, that he has a hidden agenda in this country, is true because it is very clear that he wants to ‘fulanise’ but he is not the first Fulani president.
“Shagari was a Fulani President, Yar’ Adua was a Fulani President and they were the best in (the) history. But President Buhari is the worst President when it comes to issues of security and keeping his promises.
“Go back to 2015, what did he say, human rights issues, he talked about press freedom, about the economy, corruption, security, tell me one that Mr President has achieved.
“He has achieved some level of development in other sectors but these prominent things that are concerns to Nigerians and we are all worried about.. tell me when Mr. President has come out to address them. Is it corruption, we are worse in the history of this country”.
Ortom criticized the president’s insistence on open grazing when most of the states had agreed that ranching was the best solution.
The governor said it was apparent to all that open grazing would only worsen insecurity in the country.
“If Mr President respects the law, the Land Use Act gives governors the power to preside over land administration on behalf of the people that they govern.
“So it is amazing and I am surprised to hear this coming from Mr. President as if he doesn’t have an Attorney General, or Lawyers around him to advise him. I think Mr. President was misquoted or he did it out of error. He should come out to apologise to Nigerians.”
