HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY DENIES SACKING CHIEF OF STAFF, N10 MILLION BRIBE TO EFCC --------------------------------------- Taraba State House of Assembly has denied rumor making the round over rejection of N10 million to EFCC by Taraba government. Also denied by the house of assembly was the purported sack of chief of staff, government house administration Eng. Ahmed Yusuf (Gamaliya) for alleged misleading the acting governor Alhaji Garba Umar. Addressing journalists of over the alleged saga Tuesday, the house committee chairman on information Honorable Daniel Ishaya Gani said the purported sack of chief of staff and N10 million rejected by EFCC as alleged in some quarters remain a rumor to them and that the issue of chief of staff was purely an executive matters and not legislature. He also said the issue of impeaching the acting governor as rumored in the state has not come to be in any way, stressing worried where the rumors are been emanated. The house committee chairman on information also stressed the issue of G8 members and a G16 member in the assembly was over because the lawmakers should not be continuous seen as law-breakers, he stated. Honorable Ishaya Gani maintained that the assembly at present are united and has resolved issues capable of causing set backs to the state. In his message the lawmakers urged Tarabians to be law abiding and support the activities of both members of the assembly and state government for development and peace. It would be recalled that last week acrimony between the acting governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar and members of the state Assembly which could have resulted to a total breakdown of law and order in the state has been put to rest, but with a directive for Umar to drop some members of his kitchen cabinet. The Nigerian Tribune investigation show that the truce was realized after a marathon meeting between the acting governor and the Assembly members on march 6th 2014 when the Assembly members cautioned Umar to drop some members of the kitchen cabinets alleged to be misleading the acting governor on some sensitive state matters. At the said meeting which sources said lasted throughout the night of March 6th 2014, Umar promised to pay all the standing statuary allowances due to the law makers as well as change his style of leadership. On that meeting according to Nigerian Tribune source said the law makers few days ago had accused the state acting governor of monopolizing the activities of government, thereby bringing government to a halt. The lawmakers were also not happy that the activities of the state have remain grounded for the past two months while the Acting governor continue to complain of lack of funds. It was also gathered that the lawmakers were not happy that the Acting Governor sat on the list of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) jobs sent to the state over one month ago and refused to distribute the jobs to contractors to keep the activities of government running. In addition, the lawmakers did not find it pleasant that the Leadership of the Assembly met with the Acting Governor in Abuja over two months ago and draw a list of appointments, including special advisers to be made in the state but the Acting Governor sat on the list and refused to announce the appointments. Furthermore, sources disclosed to Nigerian Tribune in Jalingo said that the lawmakers were not disposed to the Acting Governor Contesting for the Governorship of the state in 2015. Understandably, 12 members out of 16 in the camp of the Acting Governor were said to have opposed to Umars ambition for 2015. Sources have it that the 12 Lawmakers were of the opinion that the Acting Governor should contest the senatorial seat of his Zone (Taraba North) and relinquish the Governorship position to the southern Zone of the state. Their reasons, according to one of the lawmakers, was that the acting Governor was not competent to govern the state, “as you can see, for the past three months that we silenced the cabal that wanted to hijack the government nothing is happening in the state as if the man lacks the ability to govern the state, said one of the lawmakers. It was gathered that the Acting Governor and some members of his cabinet were not happy with the position of the 12 lawmakers as Umar was said to have made up his mind to contest for the Governorship of the state. According to sources, to enable him crown his ambition, acting Governor and these members of his cabinet were considering the option of impeaching the speaker, Hon. Josiah Sabo Kente who also hails from the Southern Zone of the state. It was gathered that the Acting Governor fears that the Speaker may prefer a candidate from the southern part of the state. But some lawmakers told Nigerian Tribune that they will resist any attempt by anybody to use them to create any crisis in the Assembly. All these angered the lawmakers who allegedly drafted 18 count charge impeachment article against the Acting Governor which was later dropped after the truce END
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:27:30 +0000
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