Former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang has described the report of the transition committee set up by the incumbent Governor of the state, Mr. Simon Lalong, in which he was alleged to have left a debt N222.3 billion as untrue, insisting that he left debts and liabilities of N103.9 billion.
Observing the new debt figure paraded by the committee as manufactured, a statement signed by former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, Olivia Dazyem, said the comprehensive breakdown of the debt was well documented in the handover notes and leaves no one in doubt, urging the committee to go back and study the handover notes properly.
Describing the committee’s report as “a clear distortion and manipulation of facts, aimed at personal vendetta, witch-hunt and smearing the good name and achievements of the outgone PDP government led by Dr. Jonah David Jang”, Dazyem said “a quick look at the compositions of the committees reveals that they were deliberately selected and made up of persons that have grudges with the immediate past administration.”
Giving a long list of the projects executed by the Jang’s administration across the three senatorial zones, Dazyem dismissed the baseless allegation by the committee of lopsidedness and selective distribution of facilities and services, in which it claimed that 80 per cent of such projects were located in a particular section of one senatorial district.
While advising the APC government to focus on development and stop picking holes with the giant strides of the Jang’s administration, the statement noted that “the bar of governance in the state has been raised high by Senator Jang, and the Plateau people now use it as a yardstick to measure all succeeding Governors, and Lalong must live up to this expectation from the people of the state.”
“The committee clearly reveals its inadequacies, in view of its recommendations for set up of a more specialised technical or audit committees to conduct further investigation. This therefore means that the report is at its best a draft that lacks the relevant technical and professional inputs. How can such a draft report be implemented?”
Dazyem said the contemplated review of appointments and promotions made by the Jang administration suggests that the APC government simply intends to substitute those appointees with their wards, relatives and cronies, as it has illegally succeeded in doing with the local government transition/management committee after ousting the duly elected PDP Chairmen.
“While we are not opposed to inspection of the previous administration’s activities, any such exercise should be done within the ambit of the law, due process and fair hearing. Despite the misinformation, mischief and provocation by the APC government in the state, we call on our supporters to remain calm, resolute and focused in their support of the PDP. It’s just a matter of time”, the statement added.
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