The Taraba State Governor, Mr. Danbaba
Suntai, finally addressed the people on Wednesday , exactly four days
after his return from a 10-month medical sojourn abroad.
The brief address was however not live but through a video shown on the state-owned television station in Jalingo.
His failure to do so earlier and appear
before the state House Assembly to formally intimate its members of
his desire to resume work had created suspicions that he was incapable
of continuing to function as the state governor.
Before the video was brodcast, he
met with the lawmakers and inaugurated the newly appointed Secretary
to the State Government, Timothy Kataps, as well as the Chief of
Staff, Mallam Aminu Jika.
The governor, who is recuperating from
injuries he sustained last October when a small aircraft he flew
crashed, had earlier dissolved the state Executive Council, leaving only
his special assistants.
In the address, Suntai commended the people of the state for their prayers and for standing by him in his moment of trial.
“I thank the people of Taraba State
for standing by me and my family.I also thank the commissioners for
holding the fort while I was away. Also enjoin all of you to continue
to live in peace,” he said.
Suntai, who wore a sky blue suit
and a stripe shirt, also congratulated the people on the 22nd
anniversary of the state which was on August 27.
He had while inaugurating the new SSG
and the CoS enjoined them to to work in the interest of the people.
The new SSG (Kataps), a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Justice, took over from Mr. Garvey Yawe while Jika, who once served in
the same capacity in 2007, replaced Alhmed Yusuf.
Yawe and Yusuf were among the members of
the sacked state Executive Council. The others are all the
commissioners and 22 special advisers.
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