Taraba SSG, commissioners sue Ag. gov over removal
Taraba
State Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Emmanuel Njiwah, and five
commissioners, who were sacked last week, have sued the acting Governor
of the State, Garba Umah, demanding that their sacking be reversed.
A statement by Chief Press Secretary to
the governor, Kefas Sul, last Tuesday announced the removal of the SSG,
and others for allegedly mismanaging N400m Federal Government
intervention fund for the 2012 flood disaster in Taraba State.
But the SSG alongside the five
commissioners and the two special advisers prayed a High Court sitting
in Jalingo to “declare the purported sacking as well as an order setting
aside the adhoc committee report of state House of Assembly as null.”
The plaintiffs, who argued that the
statement reduced their reputation, wondered why the acting governor
refused to set up another committee for the verification of the report.
A statement by the plaintiffs read, “On
the whole, it is our submission that the House ad hoc committee was not
interested in finding out the true position of the flood disaster
assignment, otherwise, they would have invited us to furnish them with
information which were available with us for their use.
“Again, why the acting Governor could
not wait for the Executive Council Committee set up to review the
reports of the two procurement sub-committees and the submissions of
SEMA to submit their report before taking his decision on this matter
remains a mystery.”
CULLED FROM: PUNCH NEWSPAPERS
July 15, 2013 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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