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Taraba killings: Governor Ishaku surrounded by incompetent advisers – Senator Yusuf

Sen. Yusuf A. Yusuf 

The Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial district, Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf, has attributed ethnicity and religion as reasons for ceaseless killings in Taraba State.
He said what started as ethnic crisis has now snowballed into political and socio-economic crisis, thereby making the crisis in the Taraba a multi-dimensional one.
Speaking with select journalists in Abuja, Tuesday, the lawmaker stressed that the state Governor, Mr. Darius Ishaku has what it takes to tackle insecurity, but has been surrounded with incompetent aides.
“The State Governor is a good man who can tackle insecurity in Taraba, but he has incompetent advisers who knows next to nothing.
“The issue of insecurity in Taraba State is multi-dimensional and in my opinion, they may be political, socio-cultural, religious and ethnic reasons.
“It might be very difficult to pinpoint only one reason as responsible for insecurity in Taraba State and I am not happy about that especially the recently communal crisis between Tiv and Jukuns.
“There are lots of killings and kidnappings going on in the State and I don’t really know what are the handicaps of the Governor, Darius Ishaku that there was no coordination of security between the Federal government and the State.”
The lawmaker said, until genuine causes of Taraba crisis were identified, there would be nothing short of solving the crisis.
“Not until the genuine issues causing crisis in the state are identified. Not sentiment, not tribal or religious and that is the only way we can get at tackling insecurity in Taraba.”
Speaking if creation of State Police would solve the problem, he said: “I don’t support creation of State Police. We may need it but not now. No State and not even Lagos can fund State Police because we are battling to finance health, education and other infrastructure”.
He insisted that Nigerians and their leaders must rise above ethnic irredentism and religious bigotry not only in Taraba, but other places, crisis would not cease.
According to him, corruption and the lack of Education has made some people vulnerable to committing crimes.
“We can do away with these ills and you know this country is bedeviled with a lot of corruption. We can do away with this within a twinkle of an eye if we decide to do so. The problem of Nigeria is 95% corruption.
“Empty head and empty mind can easily succumb to corruption and I know poverty is part of it and in my opinion, let’s solve the problem of corruption”, Yusuf said.

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  1. mr say the truthApril 17, 2019 at 3:57 AM

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    yes that's the major problems of our dear state .lack competent personal who can sit and make a good suggestion on what is happening around the state
    may almighty God see us through Amen

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