'Why deputies fall out with governors' - Benue deputy gov discloses

Deputy Governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu has stated that the ‘assumption of right’ was mainly responsible for the friction between the governors and governors.

He revealed this while speaking to Journalists on Thursday, August 12, 2021,
after consulting with the Peoples Democratic Party State Working Committee on his governorship aspiration in 2023.

According to Abounu, all deputies are at the mercy of the governors and that “any deputy governor that does not assume right will surely not have problem with his principal.”

“The reason why some deputies fall out with their principals is that they assumed rights. Some deputy governors have the belief that they are being short-changed, they are not been given enough and that they are not getting what is due to them.

“But as deputy governor, you have no right, none whatsoever, because the constitution does not ascribe anything to the deputy governor.

“Only two things that are available to deputy governors are, in the event the governor goes on holiday and ask the deputy to act and the second is in the event the governor decides to give you an assignment to carry out. And if he (governor) decides not to assign any duty to you, has he committed any offense?”