Samuel Ortom, former Benue State Governor, has insisted his Administration was anchored on transparency and accountability throughout its eight-year tenure, noting that all government accounts were audited annually and the reports published in national newspapers.
Ortom disclosed this on Tuesday when he hosted members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Benue State Council, to a breakfast at his residence in Makurdi to speak to them on recent accusations levelled against him by Governor Hyacinth Alia and the current state of governance in the State.
He said the overall audit report covering his Administration was gazetted following its approval by the Benue State House of Assembly, as stipulated by law.
“All financial records from my time in office are intact and available for verification by relevant authorities”, Ortom stated.
Challenging Governor Alia, he said: “If Governor Alia is confident in the report he has been circulating, he
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