By Titus Atondu, Makurdi
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has expressed worry over the increased wave of insecurity in Nigeria which has greatly affected the education sector.
The Governor made his feelings known yesterday in his country home Gbajimba, Guma local government area during the virtual handing over and commissioning of Government Science Secondary School built by oil companies.
The oil companies that executed the project include, Chevron, Famfa, Prime and Equinor.
He noted that education remains the bedrock for the growth and development of any nation and lauded the various oil companies for investing heavily in the education sector as part of their social responsibility policy.
He pledged on behalf of his government that all will be done to protect the facility and announced immediate perimeter fencing of the school.
The Governor decried the high number of internally Displaced persons in the area and urged the Federal Government to do everything to ensure that the people return to their homes.
“I will not keep quiet and allow some group of people chase my people away from their homes and continue to make them IDPs. Gbajimba has over 500,000 IDPs. I appeal to the Federal Government to stop these Herdsmen and declare them a terrorist group.
“They should stop the killing and destruction of our property. I will not engage any militia group but seek for justice of my people.
“Security is a mandatory responsibility of every governmemt. I want to appreciate the recent effort made by government in nipping insecurity in the bud especially in the state but it should be sustained.
“I also appreciate the effort of security agencies who are sacrificing their lives to ensure peace in our state. Federal Governemt should do massive recruitment and adequate funding of security agencies so that they can put in their best in securing the lives of Nigerians,” Ortom passionately appealed.