A former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang,
has faulted a report by the Sonni Tyoden-led
transition committee which put the state debt at
N222.3bn.
Jang described the report as untrue, claiming
that he left debts and liabilities of N103.9bn
The former governor also disputed the claim that
the siting of projects by his administration was
lopsided.
Tyoden, who is the deputy governor of the state,
had, while presenting the report of his
committee, said Jang got N525.35bn as
statutory allocation from the Federation Account
for the eight years he was in office, but spent a
total of N747.65 and left a debt of N222.3bn.
In a statement signed in Jos on Friday by a
former Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Justice in the state, Mrs. Olivia Dazyam, Jang
said the debt figure paraded by the committee
“was mischievously manufactured,” stressing
that the comprehensive breakdown of the debt
was well documented in the handover notes and
urged the committee to study the handover
notes properly.
The former AG, who described the committee’s
report as “a clear distortion and manipulation of
facts aimed at personal vendetta,” said “a quick
look at the compositions of the committees
revealed that members were deliberately
selected and made up of persons that have
grudges against the immediate past
administration.”
While listing projects executed by the Jang’s
administration across the three senatorial zones,
Dazyam denied that the immediate past
administration was selective in the distribution of
facilities and services in the state.
She advised the All Progressives Congress-led
government in the state to focus on development
and stop picking holes in Jang’s administration.
Dazyyam said, “The bar of governance in Plateau
State has been raised by Jang and the people
now use the performance as a yardstick to
measure all other former governors.”

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i feel like punching baba jonah jang