The governor received officials of the Middle Belt Youth Organisations at the Government House in Makurdi, where he noted that a decline in foreign investment in the country would cause a lot of people to lose their job.
He said: “Today I was listening to the media and was told that foreign direct investment in the country had declined. Even those that are businessmen in the country are no longer investing in any form of investment because of insecurity.
“The result is that apart from the unemployed people, those who are already employed would soon be jobless and add to the number we have already. That is a big crisis,”
Recall Governor Ortom has a no-nonsense attitude as he reported a journalist at the State house after he sought for clarification after the journalist accused him of being responsible for the Bonta and Ukpete crisis in Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas, LGAs.
In his words: “We appreciate the freedom of the press but we must respect decorum. We appreciate constructive criticism and superior arguments over my policies and programmes. An incident occurred last week where I reported one of our own, Odeh to the police. I need to mention it today more so that we are talking about press freedom week.
“For me, the press should be allowed to operate just like the arms of government. They should also have their freedom but it should not be at the detriment of the rule of law. I am somebody who respects the rule of law. I am in a democratically elected government where there is freedom of expression and association but it must be within the rule of law. Anything outside that is not the right thing to do.
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