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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Members of the National Assembly from Benue State have accused the Benue State governor, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia of allegedly excluding members of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) from governance of the state.
The lawmakers, led by Senator Titus Zam, stated this at a press briefing, at the National Assembly. They appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the overall interest of the ruling party in the state.
Apart from Zam, other lawmakers at the briefing included
Emmanuel Udende, the Senator representing Benue North-east; members of the House of Representatives Dickson Tarkighir, Makurdi/Guma Federal; Philip Agbese, Ado/Ogbadibo, Okpoku; Terseer Ugbor, Kwande/Ushongo; Austin Achado, Gwer-East/Gwer-West; Sekav Iyortyom, Buruku and Sesoo Ikpagher, Konshisha/ Vandeikya.
According to them, “in appointing his commissioners, His Excellency again exercised a sole discretion without recourse to the normal tradition of requesting for nominations from the local governments and disregarded the zoning arrangements and permutations.”
The lawmakers further alleged that the governor since assumption of office “has not held any meeting with NASS members of Benue State who were elected on the same APC platform with him neither does he pick or return their telephone calls not to talk about consulting them on political matters in the State.
“He does not care about the welfare, nor status of National Assembly Members in his leadership of Benue State. In every State of the federation members of NASS are working in synergy with their governors to attract development from the centre to their State of origin”.
According to them, ‘the generality of APC members who are excluded and abandoned are beginning to lose faith in the APC led administration in Benue State. “
