THE MAN CHIEF DR. SAMUEL I. ORTOM

CHIEF DR. SAMUEL I. ORTOM
HON. MINISTER OF SATE INDUSTRY TRADE AND INVESTMENT FEDERAL REP OF NIG

To add value to society by improving governance, reaching out to the poor, the downtrodden and the voiceless, igniting their own quest for self actualization

Biography

Dr Samuel Ioraer Ortom, is the Honourable Minister (State) for Trade & Investment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position he assumed on the 11th of July 2011. Even before his ascension to office as a cabinet Minister, he had vigorously contributed to nation building at various levels, both at the national and state fronts. He served as the National Auditor of the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from March 2008- June 2011. He also served the Governing Council of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) as Board Chairman from 2009 to June 2011.
During the Presidential elections of April 2011, Dr Samuel Ortom was the Director, Administration & Logistics, Goodluck-Sambo Campaign Organization marshalling a gargantuan electioneering effort that mobilized a country of 160million people across religious, regional and political divides behind the current President.
In various other capacities in the past, the Hon Minister of State served as Deputy Chairman of the State Chapter of the PDP from 2004 to 2008, at a time where he was part of a team that successfully midwifed the success of the party at different elections at all levels of government. In the year 2007, he also served the State Chapter of the PDP as Director of Organization, Suswam/Lawani Campaign Organization, a gubernatorial electioneering effort that brought the present government to office in Benue State.

The Hon Minister was also at various times the State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), state Publicity Secretary, National Centre Party of Nigeria (NCP) and state Treasurer, All People’s Party (APP).

His foray into governance started in 1991 when he was elected as one of the youngest ever local government chairmen in Nigeria at just 30. He served Guma LGA of Benue State as Executive Chairman from 1991- 1993, an office where his legacies became the cornerstone on which future administrations have built on.

Born on the 23rd of April 1961, Dr Samuel Ortom is a social crusader cum reformist whose passion is service to humanity and the welfare of mankind. He struggles daily to see to the upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden in all his activities, policies and projects. This native of Nongov District of Guma LGA of Benue State, is the promoter of the Oracle Foundation, an NGO geared towards community social responsibility, charity, philanthropy and social development. Dr Ortom has vigorously promoted this NGO as his own way of giving back to a society that has given him so much. The foundation has built schools, hospitals and churches as well as embarked on different poverty alleviation programs in his community.
A party man to the core, farmer, administrator and industrialist par excellence, Dr Ortom is happily married to Eunice and his marriage is blessed with 10children and 3grand children.https://www.facebook.com/SamuelOrtom/info

About Me

For those of you who may not know, my name is Dr Samuel Ioraer Ortom, Nigeria’s Honorable Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment and I have today, chosen this particular moment to invite you into my world.I have been a cabinet Minister since the July 4th, 2011 and though this is supposed to be a big office, meant for a supposedly ‘big man’, I am not a ‘big man.’

I am just like any of you really- simple, down to earth, humble and without airs of any sort. I am just an ordinary everyday man, trying help Mr President deliver on his Transformation Agenda as regards Trade Facilitation & Investment promotion in the world’s most populous black nation.

My ministry was created in July 2011 as the successor of the Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The former Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry had a bifocal mandate- to grow the economy in the areas of trade and manufacturing by removing all trade barriers and boosting manufacturing.

The new FMTI was given an expanded mandate- to attract FDI into the country, strengthen industry, boost local enterprise or SME’s and promote trade with a view to creating jobs and generating wealth.

I was thereafter appointed the pioneer Minister of State for this Ministry and charged to work with Mr Olusegun Aganga the substantive Minister, to deliver on Mr. Presidents Transformation Agenda.

Creating trade and investment opportunities for 160million people has been a herculean task and getting the people to also see the efforts of Mr President in this regard hasn’t been easy either but we are marching forward purposefully. Communicating our strategic mandate and blueprint, activities, milestones and achievemnets to the populace is the major reason why I have decided to launch this page despite my tight schedule and engagements.

This is a relationship management platform between the government on one hand and the populace on the other. It is both very expedient and necessary in fostering stronger and more beneficial ties between both parties at this point in time as we settle into delivering on our mandate as promised by Mr President after the 2011 elections.

This page will try to say my mind as a government official and articulate my thoughts as a private citizen and politician too hence it offers you the opportunity to connect with me all day long. This is my diary, it is my life, and it is interactive- I’m always on my Ipad and on line, real time 24-7.

This means we can be in touch all the time. You may not always see me replying to every comment but am on the back end, reading anything you put down as you are writing it, smiling, grinning and taking making mental notes as the case maybe.
As I said in my very first post, I have joined Facebook and Twitter on the very first anniversary of my appointment into office as the Honorable Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment.

On this day last year, I took my oath of office as a cabinet Minister and was sworn into office as a minister of a ministerial portfolio that hitherto existed as the Federal Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

My online presence before, I managed managed via my personal website,www.samuelortom.com which I am presently improving to complement my efforts here in disseminating official information for public consumption. This I have decided to do, in furtherance of Mr President’s Transformation Agenda and in order to throw more light on the activities and programs of the Federal Ministry of Trade & Investment.

So like I already said, this page is all about me-it talks about the life and times of Samuel Ioraer Ortom- in my capacity as a serving Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as in my role as a party elder, pastor, farmer, philanthropist, industrialist, husband, father and every other thing in between. It is about my life and my work- my philosophy, my hopes and aspirations, my activities, projects and engagements.

This page is meant to facilitate easy and effective communication between me and people from different walks of life, both at home and in the Diaspora. From government functionaries, the organized private sector, academia, intelligentsia, party men, labor, civil society, spiritual leaders as well as the common man on the street, this site articulates my ideas on our national growth and development as well as my thoughts on restoring faith in our democratic trajectory, thereby reducing our susceptibility to corruption, ushering in good governance and sustainable democracy.

It talks about my activities-both as a party man and as a public servant, just so people will better understand the leadership recruitment process on the one hand, and to also better comprehend how government and her functionaries make decisions and allocate resources on the other.

I can only pray this effort educates and enlightens all of you on the inner workings of government as seen through the eyes of a top ranking cabinet official. I urge you all to contribute with your ideas, innovations, suggestions and constructive criticisms so we can all be a part of building our great nation and moving us forward.

My twitter handle is @samuelortom and you can also reach me via email outside facebook on : samuel.ortom@tradeandinvestment.gov.ng

God Bless Nigeria

Activities

Farming, Gardening, Reading

Interests

Philanthropy, Evangelism, Mentoring

Favorite Music

Gospel

Favorite Movies

Chritian Movies