2023:  Benue PDP guber candidate unveils blueprint

By Titus Atondu, Makurdi

The Benue State Governorship candidate of the Peoples’ Candidate Democratic (PDP), Mr Titus Uba, on Wednesday unveiled his blueprint, Christened “Soil as Our Oil.”

Uba performed the unveiling ceremony on Wednesday at the PDP Secretariat in Makurdi.

“Every blueprint has a slogan and it is that that gives direction to any administration.

“Every section of the country is endowed in a very unique way, as such, Benue is endowed with good soil for agricultural activities.

“This informed our decision to chose the slogan. We do not have a bogus blueprint. Our blueprint is anchored on only two critical issues,” Uba said.

He said that the main issues in the blueprint were “security and our economic drive would be based on agriculture.”

He  further said that he would use mechanised agriculture to develop the State, stressing that he would use the State’s natural endowment to develop the State.

On his part, Governor Samuel Ortom, disclosed that the document captured all areas of Benue needs, emphasising that it even captured areas that his blueprint did not take a look at.

“The document will be of immense value to the people of the State,” Ortom said.

The Governor expressed optimism that Uba and his running mate, Mr John Ngbede would do better than him because they are not novices in governance.

“Uba served as Speaker of the Benue Assembly for two terms, while Ngbede served as Commissioner for eight years and he even served as the State Chairman of PDP for several years. So, the terrain of governance is surely a familiar one,” he said.

The Director-General, Uba/Ngbede Campaign Organisation, Dr Cletus Tyokyaa, said that the unveiling of the document would enable Benue people to know what Uba would do for the progress of the state.

Also, the Acting State Chairman of the party, Mr Isaac Mffo, disclosed that the document was the cummulative ideas of the people that aspired with Uba, stating that it was a wonderful document because it was put together by the best of the brains.