Taraba state Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku says he is determined to make Taraba state a better place where all ethnic groups will coexist peacefully.
Governor Darius Ishaku stated this in his office Government House Jalingo when Bakula Kwararafa Cultural Development Association paid him a courtesy visit to appreciate him for being able to bring the people of the state together in spite of the variety of differences he met on ground when he assumed office.
Ishaku who was happy with the visit remarked that he can now beat his chest and tell the world he has made remarkable imprints in the sands of history in Taraba and its citizens, saying that the people of the state have reposed trust and confidence on him for ensuring that peace returns to all the corners of the state.
He maintained that another area he had made remarkable progress is in the elimination of fraud in the payment of salaries of teachers and local government workers through the blockage of leakages and biometric exercise conducted across the 16 local councils.
The Governor reaffirmed that the exercise will be regular until he rids the state of such malpractices, stressing that with the success recorded more jobs will be provided for Taraba citizens.
Ishaku who informed the Bakula community that he was commended by the officials of National Union of Local Government Employees NULGE, both in the state and at the National level for being a prudent manager of local government finances in the country, said electricity in the state has been significantly improved as more communities have been connected to the National Grid, steady water supply, farmers capacity enhanced and regular security meetings are being held to ensure that the state remains peaceful.
He told the Bakula community that the Kona road has been completed and efforts will be made to continue from Kona to Lau so that the people around that area will also feel the presence of government.
He urged community to form themselves into cooperative groups that will engage in dry season rice farming so that they can benefit from incentives that would be provided by Government to boost dry season rice farming and other agricultural produce in the state.
Speaking earlier, the President of Bakula Kwararafa Cultural Development Association, BKCDA, Cyprian Bandawa said they come to identify with him and to appreciate him for giving numerous political appointments to the Bakula community in different capacities in his administration, describing such gesture as unprecedented in the history of the state.
Explaining that the Bakula people who are found in about seven Local Government Areas of the state now have a sense of belonging in the scheme of things and pledged their unalloyed support to enable the Governor to excel in all his endeavours
Bandawa commended the governor for the giant strides recorded in the ongoing agricultural revolution in the state, construction of roads including feeder roads, renovations of hospitals, schools, employment of nurses, midwives and health worker and recently, the Rescue Mission, the employment of three thousand teachers 3000, christening them as unprecedented achievements that needs sincere commendation from all and sundry and which Bakula community wish to associate with.
He congratulated the governor on the award bestowed on him by NULGE and ALGON, stressing that it has lend credence to his meritorious achievements in the state and his unique leadership skills styles that have helped repositioned the state.
Cyprian Bandawa used the opportunity to inform the Governor on the Bakula National Youths Summit and Cultural shows slated for December 15th to 16th, 2017 and to officially invite him as special guest of honour during the two day event.
