Taraba state would witness more development
now that Governor Darius Ishaku is done with legal
tussles in courts. This assertion was made by
Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Public
Affairs, Emmanuel Bello, in a press statement. It
reads, "let me use this medium to congratulate all
our supporters for patiently keeping faith with the
administration in spite of the distractions. I believe
when we voted massively for Governor Ishaku we
knew it was a vote for progress and development.
Thank God, he has not disappointed anyone about
this. Of course, many intruders have tried to
interrupt our joy with all sorts of court cases from
day one of his popular mandate, some of them
even frivolous. But with this last judgement, I
believe we have seen the last of such irritating
distractions.
Inspite of all of these, the governor has performed
creditably well. It is in the period of court
turbulence that he opened up the airport with its
implications for tourism and investments. The
governor was still battling in court when he started
those massive township roads like the one on the
way to Kona. In spite of all the legal odds,
Governor Ishaku still revived the kakara tea
plantations, providing jobs and enhancing
electricity. It was with these legal tussles in mind
that the governor embarked on the digitisation of
the radio and television and got that of the
televison completed. That of the radio has begun.
He has also fenced the TSBS station.
Today, agriculture and food security has been
beefed up with the multi-billion naira greenhouse
project. With court cases still going on, Darius was
able to practically solve the perennial water supply
problem of Jalingo and by extension, the state in
general. Taraba state is now a model for water
supply around the nation. The wife of the governor
too was not detered by these court cases. Against
all odds, she discovered an almost lost community
which she brought back to civilisation in Kurmi
local government. Through the Hope Afresh
program, Mrs. Ann Ishaku, has impacted lives
through job creation, women empowerment and an
award winning effort with the IDPs.
Let me boldly assert that now that the cases are
over, the governor and his team would do more. A
court case can be distracting as precious time
could be expended. For two years, Governor Ishaku
had to battle the demons of court cases, political
sabotage and artificial animosity from certain
quarters. But with all of that, he trudged on and
still achieved an appreciable level of success. So
we can only expect better days ahead as he
enhance agriculture, youth empowerment,
industrialisation, security, peace and progress for
our dear state.
