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| Governor Danbaba Suntai |
The Acting Governor
of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, lost his first battle to invalidate
the dissolution of the State Executive Council by Governor Danbaba
Suntai, when he failed to convene a meeting of the members scheduled for
Friday morning.
The acting governor who issued a statement reversing the sack of the executive council and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Gavey Yawe and the Secretary to the State Government by Governor Danbaba Suntai, discovered that a meeting he schedule could not hold because no body was present.
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Acting Governor Garba emphasisiezd that the desollutuion of the council masterminded by a cabal bent on hijacking the state and its resources. With this, Umar assummed that the members of the dissolved cabinet were with him, making him summon a council meeting and reported at the Exco Chambers of the Governor’s Office at about 10am but did not find any other member to hold the meeting with.
After waiting for about two hours without seeing any other member of the Exco, Garba drove out from the Governor’s office, feeling a bit disappointed. former Chief of Staff Gavey Yawe who reported to the Government House was barred by the governor’s loyalists from entering his office.
Gavey had made spirited effort to gain access to his office but the staff and security agents barred him from entering the office, insisting that he had been replaced by Aminu Jika on Wednesday by Governor Suntai.
Masquerade234 gathered that tension had been mounting in the state since Governor Suntai returned from his medical trip last Sunday and proceeded to take over the mantle of leadership from Garba, who has been acting in the last ten months.
Sixteen members of the House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Haruna Tsokwa are opposed to the resumption of work by Suntai, claiming that he is not fit enough to do so, while the minority, led by the Majority Leader, Joseph Kunini, want him to return to work at once.
The political situation in Taraba State is a test case for Nigeria's democratic dispensation which has been growing since 1999 when the Military handed power back to civilians.
The acting governor who issued a statement reversing the sack of the executive council and the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Gavey Yawe and the Secretary to the State Government by Governor Danbaba Suntai, discovered that a meeting he schedule could not hold because no body was present.
.
Acting Governor Garba emphasisiezd that the desollutuion of the council masterminded by a cabal bent on hijacking the state and its resources. With this, Umar assummed that the members of the dissolved cabinet were with him, making him summon a council meeting and reported at the Exco Chambers of the Governor’s Office at about 10am but did not find any other member to hold the meeting with.
After waiting for about two hours without seeing any other member of the Exco, Garba drove out from the Governor’s office, feeling a bit disappointed. former Chief of Staff Gavey Yawe who reported to the Government House was barred by the governor’s loyalists from entering his office.
Gavey had made spirited effort to gain access to his office but the staff and security agents barred him from entering the office, insisting that he had been replaced by Aminu Jika on Wednesday by Governor Suntai.
Masquerade234 gathered that tension had been mounting in the state since Governor Suntai returned from his medical trip last Sunday and proceeded to take over the mantle of leadership from Garba, who has been acting in the last ten months.
Sixteen members of the House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Haruna Tsokwa are opposed to the resumption of work by Suntai, claiming that he is not fit enough to do so, while the minority, led by the Majority Leader, Joseph Kunini, want him to return to work at once.
The political situation in Taraba State is a test case for Nigeria's democratic dispensation which has been growing since 1999 when the Military handed power back to civilians.
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