The assembly, in a statement by its Speaker said, “Be that as it may, we the undersigned members of the state assembly have unanimously resolved in our meeting that the deputy governor, upon whom power was earlier transmitted by the State House of Assembly, still remains the Acting Governor of Taraba State and he will continue to act in that regard until such a time the governor is capable of administering the state.”
“The leadership of the assembly made several efforts to see the governor since his arrival, but till Wednesday, they were not allowed access to him. The ailing governor spoke in a manner that brought more doubt to his letter purportedly transmitted to the speaker.” they added in the statement.
The other legislators that signed the statement are Tsokwa’s deputy, Tanko Maikarfi; Chief Whip, Mohammed Gwampo; and the Deputy Majority Leader, Josiah Kente.
Others are the Deputy Chief Whip, Mohammed Umar; the Minority Leader, Ibrahim Imam; the Minority Whip, Yahya AbdulRahman; Iratsi Daki, Rashida Abdullahi, Aminu Umar, Emmanuel Dame, John Bonzena, Dr Abubakar Jugulde, Hamman Abdullahi, Abdulkarim Mohammed and Edward Baraya.
But an aide to Suntai and former Commissioner for Information in the state, Emmanuel Bello, dismissed the claim by the legislators that the governor was unfit to continue in office.
He said it was only “medical experts that have the power to determine the state of health of a person.”
“What yardsticks and parameters did they use to say the governor is not fit? These people visited the governor yesterday (Wednesday) and he recognised all of them by their faces and names; it is totally unfair of them to turn around and say he is unfit to rule,” he said.
“These people are not fair to his Excellency, and they are wicked. Taraba people are not with them, and even the Majority Leader of the House has disassociated himself from them. What they are doing is unconstitutional and a violation of Nigerian laws,” he added.
“Have they subjected the governor to medical check? Can they give us a medical report? As far as the people of Taraba are concerned, the governor is not sick; he addressed them yesterday(Wednesday) and they are satisfied with his state of health,” he also added.
Umar, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Kefas Sule said,“His Excellency, the acting governor wishes to remind Tarabans that a moment like this calls for greater restraint and vigilance. To this end, the bankers of the Taraba State Government are reminded to note that all financial instruments relating to the state government’s account should be honored only if they are in tandem with the provisions of the law, in which case, must contain:
• A veritable signature of the executive governor of Taraba State, His Excellency, Governor Danbaba Suntai, or
• A veritable signature of the acting governor of Taraba State, His Excellency, Alhaji Umar, acting for the executive governor.
“Members of the public should ignore yesterday’s (Wednesday) announcement of the purported dissolution of the state executive council and the appointment of a new SSG as well as CoS.”
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