Taraba state is bankrupt. Its treasury is empty;
local government councils can either pay salaries
or execute projects, it was revealed at the
weekend.
The Council Chairman of Sardauna local
government area, Dr. David Jedua who gave the
hint said “for the first time the state is so broke
that even the treasury of the Bureau for Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs is empty”.
“The bureau for Local Government is bankrupt.
That is why the local governments are finding it
difficult to pay salaries, talk more execute
projects”, he said.
He spoke at the 17th annual Cultural Festival of
the Bang people, held in Bang Fim.
Jedua said some people are in government but
there are “sycophants”.
“There are just there leaking the boots of the
government; they cannot bring anything to the
doorsteps of the people”, he said.
Former Secretary to the State Government
(SSG), Amb. Emmanuel Njiwah had earlier
alleged that “heavy looting” was going on in
Taraba state through the Bureau for Local
Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
The bureau holds the joint account through
which the local governments get their monthly
federal statutory allocations.
Njiwah said: “Go and see the mess going on in
the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs. The looting is unquantifiable.
“Take the SURE-P funds, for instance; the
money has all gone.”



Origin. http://thenationonlineng.net/new/taraba-is-broke/

We are all broke......its January now!!!!