The reinstated acting governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Sani Danladi Abubakar has disclosed that the sacked acting governor of the state, Alhaji Garba Umar, incurred a debt of N14.9 billion for the state.
Danladi, who spoke in Jalingo during a state broadcast, said that even the state government’s joint account was in a bad status.
He added that the state/local government joint account was overdrawn by about N700 million monthly.
“The state government’s account with Zenith Bank which was in good shape as at 14th November 2012 now stands at an overdraft of about N7.7 billion as at 30th November, 2014, with November salaries yet to be paid.
“Team loans stood at about N7.2 billion and this brought the state’s indebtedness to about N14.9 billion,” he said.
Danladi disclosed that development projects in the state were stopped due to the state government’s inability to meet its payment obligations.
“PW Construction Company pulled out of the state several months ago, the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp has been abandoned while the same fate stares the Nursing College project in the face.
“Even the Jalingo Motel is now overgrown with weeds and its workers have not been paid salaries for eleven months”, he added.
He, however, assured that his administration was already reviewing the position of the state government’s finances to work out schemes with bankers to ensure that workers were paid their salaries.
The acting Governor re-assured Tarabans that government would do everything within the law to recover all monies and properties that were stolen.
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