BY AMEH IDUJAGI, JALINGO – The Taraba State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Friday described Governor Darius Ishaku as a pathological liar over his claims of bringing development to all parts of the state.
The party noted that the governor’s claim in a trending video claiming non-existent projects, is not only total falsehood but a deliberate move to mislead the public.
The Taraba State Chairman of the APC, Mr Ibrahim El-Sudi Tukur, who stated these at a press briefing in Jalingo, said that the state is at present the least developed in the entire Northeast region.
Tukur said that it was unfortunate that Governor Ishaku has not commissioned a single project since he assumed office six years ago.
He also noted that in the last six years of the Ishaku’s administration, even the infrastructure put in place by previous administrations have dilapidated drastically as a result of lack of maintenance.
In the words of Tukur; “It is shocking to me that Governor Ishaku instead of burrying his head in shame and admit that his six years in office was a total failure, is busy going about claiming he has executed projects and developed all the 168 wards in the state.
“I can only describe Ishaku as a pharmaceutical liar of the century,” he said.
The APC Chairman therefore challenged Governor Ishaku to do a comprehensive documentary of all the projects and air such projects on national televisions for the world to see.
Tukur also said that the government’s lack of commitment towards the security of lives and property of the people has made it impossible for investors to come into the state.
He said; “We want to debunk the outrageous claims by Governor Darius Ishaku in an interview on one of the national TV stations that he has executed projects in all the 168 wards of the state. This is an unfortunate and deliberate move to mislead the public.
“I would have expected the governor to tell the world in that interview about how he would improve the security of the state and attract investors, rather than telling the people that Taraba State is a civil service state and so there is nothing here.
“We have abundant natural resources and his inability to harness these resources attests to his incompetence. He should revive our moribund companies. If places like Gombe, Borno and others that are ravaged by insurgency are still able to do so much and put in place a few companies, why can’t we do same in Taraba?
“There is no single sector in the state that can boast of any meaningful development. Even the renovation at three General Hospitals in the state is cosmetic. Students at the state owned University have never had it this bad, with series and series of strikes.
“There are places in this state that you cannot even access for lack of access roads. It is very sad. It is also most unfortunate that rather than bring all the stakeholders together to chat a new course for the state, the governor has chosen to tread the path of openly lying to the whole world on the state of things,” he said
Tukur said that the APC is working hard to heal the wounds of the past adding that a committee has been put in place and is working hard to make sure that the party comes out strong in the coming elections with a view to take over the state and bring succour to the people.
