The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has come out to openly lament about the current State of Nigeria while reiterating that the country is currently on drip and oxygen and the noting that everything must be done to ensure it survived.
Ortom had made this statement in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday on arrival from London along with Governor Nyesom Wike and others.
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He had also explained that he and others were looking at how they could harness ideas and put themselves together to ensure that the nation got out of the present the present challenges.
According to him, from top to bottom, the nation had not fared better than it was in 2015 as things had degenerated.
“So, what we are doing is a concern that we have for our country, Nigeria.
“This is beyond partisan politics. We are looking at how we can come together and find a way of ensuring that Nigeria survives. Nigeria is on a drip, Nigeria is on oxygen and it is about how can we get out of this,” Ortom said.
The Benue governor said individually, they had commitment in Europe apart from the consultation that occurred. He said despite the consultations with presidential candidates, nothing concrete had been decided on by the team, saying they were still going to meet.
In another report, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has come out to fully explain the reason why he and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and some other State Governors in Nigeria including the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State had met with Peoples Democratic Party presidential (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential (LP) candidate and former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, in London.
Ortom had also revealed that he and his team had gone to meet with the Nigerian leaders in London on Thursday to discuss Nigeria’s survival ahead of next year’s general election.
Ortom, who had also spoken to some of the newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Friday when he returned to Nigeria alongside Wike and Ikpeazu, insisted that the country is on drip and oxygen.
