The Benue State Governor, Samuel
Ortom has directed the state Ministry of Finance to immediately commence the
payment of salary arrears, pensions and gratuity, from the Paris Club refund
recently received by the state.
The Governor gave the directive
Monday at the burial of Sabastine Dewua at Tse-Awuna, Mbachohon, Gwer West
Local Government Area of Benue State.
He stated that although the
setting up of the Paris Club disbursement committee was done with good
intentions owing to public concerns, he had decided to suspend the committee to
pave way for speedy payment of the funds to workers and retirees.
Governor Ortom noted that as part
of the transparency policy of his administration, he immediately made public
the receipt of the N14.9 billion Paris Club refund even when other states were
yet to disclose theirs.
He reaffirmed his stand against
the invasion of the state by armed herdsmen, a position he attributed to the
support he has enjoyed from the Benue people.
The Governor urged his supporters
to be peaceful in canvassing support for his reelection, pointing out that
power belongs to God and the Creator gives it to whoever He wills.
While praying God to grant the
deceased eternal rest and his family the fortitude to bear the loss, Governor
Ortom described the late Dewua as a truthful and God-fearing person who lived
and died in Christ.
In a funeral mass, parish priest
in charge of St. Theresa’s Catholic Parish Naka, Reverend Fr. Titus Igyese,
urged the living to respect life more than death, stressing that one who lives
a godly life fears no death.
The immediate younger brother of
the deceased, Brigadier General Charles Dewua, on behalf of the family,
expressed appreciation to Governor Ortom, the Church and everyone who stood by
the family during the sickness, death and burial of their father.
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