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The Principal Special Assistant to the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom on Culture and Tourism, Tahav Agerzua on Wednesday resigned his appointment.
His resignation was contained in a letter dated May 4, 2022, and addressed to the Secretary to the State Government.
Agerzua said the recent political development in the state informed his resignation.
It read in part, “May I refer to your letter reference number S/CAB/SSG/BS/A/9/X11/302 dated September 16, 2019, conveying my appointment as Principal Special Assistant to the Governor on Culture and Tourism with effect from September 13, 2019.
“Following recent political developments in the state, may I inform you that I have resigned from the appointment conveyed above with effect from today, Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
“The resignation became necessary for me to be able to fully exercise my fundamental human rights of freedom of association and that of expression as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.
“Please convey to Governor Samuel Ortom my profound appreciation for the privilege he gave me to serve in his administration.”
Agerzua who was the Special Adviser to Governor Ortom on Media and ICT from 2015 to 2019, was later re-appointed as Principal Special Assistant which he has resigned from.
Gale of Resignations
In September 2021, the Chief of Staff to Governor Ortom, Terwase Orbunde, resigned his appointment.
Others who resigned their appointments were four Commissioners; Information and Culture Mrs Ngunan Addingi; Environment and Water Resources, Engineer Dondo Ahire; Education, Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Youth and Sports, Ojembe Ojotu.
Their resignation followed Ortom’s directives to all his appointees nursing elective positions in 2023 to resign before or on September, 30, 2021.
His spokesperson, Terver Akase had also resigned earlier.
