One of the leaders of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in Taraba state, Abdulmumini Vaki,
has praised the government of Darius Dickson
Ishaku for maintaining peace in the state,
considering the volatile security situation of the
state before the coming of the administration.
In an
exclusive
interview
held in his
home in
Jalingo, Vaki
stated that, “
there were
issues of
insecurity
especially in Wukari and Takum, but since the
government took over, there has been peace, not
as before”.
The one time Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic
Party, ( PDP) in the state, however advised the
government to focus on physical and human
development in order to improve the socio-
economic condition of Tarabans, as maintaining
peace alone was not enough.
“Democracy is government for the people and so if
government comes in, it is suppose to reach out to
the people at the grassroots… When you look at
the state, there is frustration, there is poverty. I
would so much wish this government look at that
and reach out to the people. When you look
around in the state capital, there is nothing the
government has done that would attract people
from the grassroots to the capital”, he stated.
The veteran politician also commended the
President’s fight against insecurity and corruption,
saying he is optimistic that since the budget has
been passed, Nigerians, especially Tarabans would
feel the impact of the administration.
“The budget has been passed, and especially in
Taraba state, we are hoping he is going to look into
the Mambilla Dam issue. Personally,I visited him
and he promised it is going to be done. He is
preparing the ground now because you can’t build
a house without preparing”.
He also advised Governor Darius to endeavour to
conduct elections at the Local Governments to
consolidate democracy at the grassroots, saying it
was unconstitutional to operate the Local
Governments with caretaker Committees.
On the recent altercation between the Minister of
Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan and
Governor Darius , Vaki said, “Darius is our
governor,give support to him because it is God
that put him there. Now is not time for politics,it is
time for governance. If the governor constructs
road today,everybody would pass through the
road,it doesn’t matter your party… there were
elections that my boys contested that I know they
would lose,but I still let them to go and contest.
There is no enmity in politics. Politics is a game of
interest”.
He however, blamed the Federal Government for
the crises over relief materials between the Taraba
government and Senator Aisha, saying the FG
should have informed the governor directly. “If the
federal government wants the things to get to the
people, it should have called the governor himself.
I don’t know why it did that through another
person and it has brought controversy”.
The politician however, added that the state
government should have gone ahead and allowed
the materials to be given out.
“ If the Federal Government has anything for the
IDPs, it should give it out directly in order to avoid
controversy. When you look at it,the things are in
the store now,it has not reached the common
man. The controversy is due to miscommunication
or the lack of it”

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