Benue State’s lawmakers of the All Progressives Alliance, APC, within the Nationwide Meeting have requested President Bola Tinubu to intervene within the ongoing disaster within the state.
The lawmakers, throughout a press briefing on Thursday on the Nationwide Meeting, accused Governor Hyacinth Alia of being dictatorial and ignoring Nationwide Meeting members.
Led by Senator Titus Zam, the legislators requested Nigeria President to intervene earlier than the disaster within the state degenerated additional.
“Now we have determined to attract the eye of Mr President and different leaders of APC in Nigeria to hunt their rapid intervention earlier than the fortunes of APC in Benue State are destroyed,” mentioned Zam, who was flanked by different members of the Home of Representatives.
He mentioned the governor has but to satisfy with members of the Nationwide Meeting for the reason that election.
He alleged that Gov Alia has not been choosing up their calls both, including that his political appointments have been lopsided.
“In appointing his commissioners, His Excellency once more exercised sole discretion with out recourse to the conventional custom of requesting nominations from the native governments, disregarded the zoning preparations and permutations and went forward to make his unbiased decisions as he deemed soothing,” he mentioned.
The legislators additionally alleged that the governor will not be as well-liked as he’s claiming to be.
“On reflection, Fr. Alia solely got here to reap the place he didn’t sow. In any case, you’re nicely conscious of the rejection his candidature obtained from older members of the celebration,” Zam acknowledged.