Emmanuel Awari, Jalingo
Pensioners in Taraba state, on Thursday, January 18, 2023, commenced a Seven days prayers and fasting for God to ensure governor Darius Ishaku losses his senatorial bid.
The chairman of pensioners in the State, Comr. Silas Jafta who disclosed this to SUMMIT Post, on Thursday morning said, the decision was to appeal to God to stop the governor from continuing his poor leadership style in the Senate, after his abortive eight years as governor.
Jafta explained that the plight in which the governor has subjected pensioners to, was inhuman enough for them to seek God’s presence to stop the governor’s political career in the state.
“We have resolved to embark on a 7 days prayers to appeal to God to ensure that governor Darius Ishaku losses his Senatorial Election. Our decision is due to the inhuman situation the governor has subjected us to.
“For ten years now, we have not been paid our entitlements as retirees of the Taraba state government, some of our members have died because of the situation. We have written severally to the government through the secretary to the state government (SSG), and the speaker of the state house of assembly but the governor seems not to mind our plight.
“We have carried out peaceful demonstrations to demand for our legitimate entitlements but still no positive result. We were to go out for another protest yesterday, Wednesday, January 18, 2023, but the security refused to approve our request to carry out our planned protest on the directives of the governor.
“The directive by the governor for the security to stop us from staging the protest, yesterday, has proven to us that he, Governor Ishaku does not mean well for us.
“It has clearly shown that Governor Darius Ishaku is not a good leader, judging from how poorly he has performed as governor of Taraba and the sufferings he has subjected us, the pensioners to. Allowing him to proceed to the senate, after his eight years of abysmal leadership, would spell doom for the development of the State.
“Hence, our decision to embark for a 7 days prayers against the governor’s senate bid is to save the state from further disaster of under development. We are appealing to God to please, not allow Governor Darius Ishaku win the senate seat. His winning would be a disaster against development but his loss would be a blessing for the development of Taraba state”, the chairman explained.
