-Silverbird TV boss scuttles Ibom Tropicana construction contract
-Nigerians condemn his insatiable urge to grandstand and tell lies
Gone are the days when you deceive boys with toys and men with oaths but Ben Murray-Bruce, Silverbird Television boss and Nigerian senator seem ignorant of this fact. Senator Ben does not match action to his words and having persistently failed to live up to his words, he has attained the status of an incurable narcissist whose lust for acclaim clearly overwhelms his self-professed humaneness, honesty and altruistic spirit.
Despite his clamour for change and accountability in governance, one cannot help but wonder why the Ibom Tropicana Entertainment Centre was taken away from him. It would be recalled that Senator Ben’s Silverbird Group was initially contracted to build the state-of-the-art tourist centre in Uyo, Akwa Ibom by the former governor of the state, Godswill Akpabio, and for that purpose, he was fully paid. However, it's a shame to note that Senator Ben has failed woefully to measure up to expectation in fulfilling the demands of the contract. Of the facilities proposed, only the Cineplex and the shopping complex were completed by him. The International conference and hotels were not completed before the project was withdrawn from him and given to another contractor. While the state of Akwa Ibom smarts from the inconveniences inflicted on the government and the state by Senator Ben's abandonment of the project, many Nigerians who were erstwhile his fans, have withdrawn their support for him and the trust they reposed in his candidacy at the country's 8th National Assembly. This is due to the Silverbird TV founder's penchant for lying through his teeth. Recently, Senator Ben was severally condemned and widely ridiculed on the social media and in other media as the public established him as a liar in separate instances. Senator Bruce, rather than live up to his pledge to donate his salary and allowances to the masses, did an about turn and refused to honour his pledge; in another incident, he lied that he had never traveled "First Class" in a commercial flight but the public caught him in the lie and circulated pictures of him in a "First Class" aircraft cabin on the social media. This is no doubt a sad commentary on the reputation of the Silverbird TV boss and senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Source - The Capital
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