Stop making mockery of your seat, Jang tells governor
The Plateau State Government will today inaugurate a six-man commission of inquiry to probe the administration of the immediate past Governor, Jonah David Jang.
The Plateau State Government will today inaugurate a six-man commission of inquiry to probe the administration of the immediate past Governor, Jonah David Jang.
A statement signed by the Director of
Press to Governor Simon Lalong, Mr. Emmanuel Nanle, said the governor
was only exercising “the power conferred on him by Section 2 of the
Commissions of Inquiry Law Cap 25 of the Laws of Northern Nigeria 1963,
(as applicable to Plateau State) and other relevant laws enabling him in
that behalf.”
The commission, which would be chaired
by Justice Stephen Adah, is expected to “ascertain all financial
transactions, done or entered into by the Government of Plateau State of
Nigeria or through any of its ministries, departments, and agencies
(MDAs), or official acting in its name from May 29, 2007 to May 29,
2015.”
Other terms of reference include;
ascertaining and establishing all financial allocations, funds, grants
or monetary interventions and revenues which accrued to or in the name
of the Government of Plateau State of Nigeria. MDAs, officials or agents
from the Federal Government of Nigeria or any international
institutions or donor agencies from May 29, 2007 to May 29, 2015; to
ascertain and establish all loans granted to or obtained by the state
government through any of its MDAs, and the purpose for which such loans
were obtained and whether the loans were used for such purpose.
The commission is also expected to
ascertain whether any property belonging to the state government or any
of its MDAs, parastatals and institutions which were sold or in any way
concessioned to any person(s), or institution(s), by any government
ministry, MDAs, or officials between May 29, 2007 and May 29, 2015,
followed due process or procedure and whether the proceeds of such sale
or concession were paid into appropriate government coffers.
Other members of the commission are Mrs.
Bibiana Bawa, Aliyu Sangei, Prof Ekoja B. Ekoja, Samuel Onu Agamah
and Alhaji Sani Yahaya Mavo, who serves as secretary of the
commission.
But reacting to the new of his probe,
Jang appealed to Lalong to always conduct himself like a statesman that
he is expected to be, urging him to stop making mockery of the
governorship seat that the people of the state have entrusted in his
hand.
The former governor who spoke through his media aide, Mr. Clinton Garuba, advised his successor not to usurp the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in his quest to demonise him.
The former governor who spoke through his media aide, Mr. Clinton Garuba, advised his successor not to usurp the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in his quest to demonise him.
Lalong had expressed worry that in spite
of the many allegations he had brought before the EFCC against Jang,
the commission has refused to take any action.
But Jang said: “Critical agencies of the
government like the EFCC are not run by infantile whims or impulsive
wishes, which is why the sterling record of performance as exemplified
in the state by Senator Jang could not keep him beyond some few hours at
the EFCC when he was invited sometimes ago, and it would remain so even
if Lalong himself were to head the commission.”
He described as outrageous the claim by
Lalong that he has bought over all journalists in the state, noting that
he was not in any way disturbed by what the media would report because
his record as governor of the state stands him out as the best the state
has ever produced since the inception of democracy.
Clinton observed that “each time Lalong
faces the reality of his accidental governorship, he blames the former
governor, but this time, the EFCC and journalists in the state have made
his list.
“At a time Lalong’s cluelessness,
unpreparedness, and rudderless style of governance is ever becoming more
obvious as a testament to the glowing achievements of the man he now
chose to mortify, it is not surprising that his recent outburst was at
an airport, having just returned from a record ninth fruitless,
baseless, meaningless, and wasteful foreign trip since he become
governor.
“His escapist attempt at delusion,
carefully scripted and acted to shift attention from his vacation funded
by public funds to China cannot be masked by one of his laughable
conjectures. How else can he justify using taxpayers’ money to satisfy
his holidaying needs, if he doesn’t invent a convenient scapegoat?”
He further noted: “Those who have
identified the burnt Jos main market as a conduit to siphon scarce
resources needed to salvage citizens from untold hardship have a lot of
buying to do so that the right questions may be kept from the people.
Otherwise, someone has to explain how consultancy fee for the proposed
rebuilding of Jos main market alone costs about N250million, even though
the people were sold a sensational yet misleading story.”
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