206bn loan: Gov Kefas not interested in looting Taraba’s treasury Commissioner tells petitioner
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
Taraba State Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Mrs Zainabu Usman Jalingo, on Thursday said Governor Agbu Kefas, has no interest in looting the state treasury.
Usman told our correspondent that the governor was focused on building a new Taraba of greatness that all Nigerians would prefer to visit as a home, and the citizens lives would be transformed.
The Commissioner while reacting to the petition against governor Kefas’s 206 billion Naira loan request by one Abdullahi Usman, she explained that the governor’s borrowings were substantially dedicated for capital projects and human development in line with the fiscal responsibility act.
“Governor Agbu Kefas is not interested in looting Taraba state treasury. He is focus to ensure that the dream to build a new Taraba of greatness and improve the lives of the citizens is actualise.
“The 206 billion Naira loan request is not to enrich himself and family. The borrowings are substantially dedicated for capital projects and human development in line with the fiscal responsibility act.
“An attempt to stop the loan by any citizens, is an attempt against the development of Taraba state which the citizens did not aspired for.
“The desire of the governor is to ensure that, every citizen feel the real impact of good governance. His target is to reposition governance where government would be executing transformational projects on a frequent bases.
“The developmental steps taken so far by the governor in Education and Agriculture, is a clear indication that he is out to ensure that Taraba is ranked among top best Nigerian states in all aspects of life,” the Commissioner explained.
