Former Acting Governor of Taraba State Alhaji Garba Umar UTC has denied media reports that he was paid millions of naira as pension and severance gratuity by the state government. Alhaji Garba Umar UT C Former Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar UTC has denied media reports that he was paid millions of naira as pension and severance gratuity by the state government. A statement from the former governor's media office signed by Ahmed Balla Gassol said Umar did not receive a kobo as pension neither did he and his appointees collected severance gratuity from the state government. He said Umar's official vehicles were illegally withdrawn by the then Acting Governor, Sani Abubakar Danladi. He added that the state government under Governor Dairus Ishaku has refused to recognize Alhaji Garba Umar UTC as a deputy governor and subsequently acting governor of the state. He described Governor Ishaku’s refusal to recognize the two years administra...
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