TARABA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY EMPOWERS DEPUTY GOVERNOR TO ACT AS GOVERNOR.

Acting Gov of Taraba State Garba Umar

Taraba State House of Assembly on Wednesday morning passed a resolution empowering Deputy Governor Garba Umar to step into the capacity of Acting Governor. This follows the absence of Governor Danbaba Suntai, who was flown to Germany last month for treatemnt following a plane mishap he was involved in.

Suntai was flying the plane and had some of his security aides as well as the co-pilot onboard.
None of them died in the crash.

The lawmakers passed the resolution by invoking section 190 of the 1999 Constitution, The section reads, “Whenever the Governor transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration that he is proceeding on vacation or that he is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office, until he transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration to the contrary such functions shall be discharged by the Deputy Governor as Acting Governor.”

As at filling this report It was not made clear whether the governor sent a letter to the assembly on the matter. But Masquerade234 gathered that the motion to make Umar the acting governor was moved under “matters of urgent public importance” by the Majority Leader, Charles Maijankai.