A former national chairman of People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Barnabas Gemade, has told Benue State governor Hyacinth Alia that he cannot run away from political enemies if he wants to develop the state.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Gemade, who stated this during the governor\u2019s 58th birthday celebration held in Government House Makurdi, emphasised, \u201cyou must make enemies to effectively deliver on good governance to Benue people.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cI want to let the governor know that in politics where he has found himself now, he cannot run away from political enemies if he wants to develop the state, this is because you\u00a0 can not please everybody at the same time, as you are pleasing others, some will also be saying one thing or the other, so it is a must to make enemies to effectively deliver on good governance to the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>The former minister of works who was the chairman of the occasion said in politics whatever you do or say people interpret it differently adding that the governor should not be afraid of making enemies while delivering on his mandate.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>\u201cThis business that you are in now is politics and governance, there are enemies you cannot run away from. People will be elevated and others brought down no matter what so don\u2019t get distracted, be focus for we are solidly behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n Also, a former military administrator of Plateau and Katsina states, Maj. Gen. Lawrence Onoja (rtd) lauded the governor as a \u2018dogged man\u2019, a liberator of the oppressed and a sacrificial and selfless servant of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n Onoja, who was also the guest speaker of the occasion, said Alia was the people\u2019s father, a rare politician, gentleman, philanthropist, philosopher, and a dogged believer in President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda as it supports the development and liberation of the oppressed and less privileged people of Benue State and bey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A former national chairman of People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Barnabas Gemade, has told Benue State governor Hyacinth Alia that he cannot run away from political enemies if he wants to develop the state. \u00a0Gemade, who stated this during the governor\u2019s 58th birthday celebration held in Government House Makurdi, emphasised, \u201cyou must make enemies to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":31858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[931],"class_list":["post-31855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-gemade"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31860,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31855\/revisions\/31860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}