The political crisis rocking Taraba
State deepened on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 morning with the dissolution of
the State Executive Council by the Governor, Danbaba Suntai.
Apart from sacking the cabinet,
Suntai also removed the Secretary to the State Government and appointed Mr.
Timothy Gibon Kataps in his place. Similarly, Suntai fired his former Chief of
Staff and named Alhaji Aminu Jika as his new CoS.
The governor, who made the sweeping changes through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Giwa, asked all the affected commissioners and officials to hand over to their respective Permanent Secretaries with immediate effect.
Although Suntai explained that the
move was aimed strengthening the administration, analysts believe the
recuperating governor wants to take greater control of his government, which
has been in the hands of those he does not trust, for about a year.
The undercurrent has exposed the divided
loyalty between those in support of Suntai, who returned to the country on
Sunday and his Deputy, Garba Umar, who has been acting in his absence in the
last ten months.
While the Speaker of the House of
Assembly, Mr. Haruna Tsokwa, asked the governor to come and address them at
plenary as a condition for resuming, the Majority Leader, Mr. Joseph Albasu
Kunini, asked the governor to start work with immediate effect.
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