My administration was built on transparency, accountability, good governance – Ortom

Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom
Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom

 

By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi –

The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has expressed his willingness to cooperate with the probe panels as long as the investigation is carried out in line with the law as he claimed that his administration was built on transparency, accountability, and good governance.

Reacting to the judicial commissions constituted by Governor Hyacinth Alia, the immediate past Governor of Benue State welcomed the inauguration of two Judicial Commissions by his successor to probe the activities of his administration between 2015 and 2023 and expressed the willingness to cooperate with them.

A statement by his Media Aide Terver Akase quoted Ortom as expressing his readiness to provide any information or clarification, as may be required.

Ortom, according to the statement urged all his former appointees to equally make themselves available whenever they are called upon to provide clarifications.

It could be recalled that when Ortom became the Governor of Benue State, he constituted the Justice Kpojime Commission to investigate the activities of his predecessor, Senator Gabriel Suswam.

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