Tag: Taraba State governor

Taraba Gov. signs Executive Order suspending mining activities  

Aminu Imam

Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has signed an Executive Order suspending all mining activities in the State. The action, according to the Governor, became necessary given the danger it poses to the ecosystem, leading to the exploitation of vulnerable communities and increased crime rate, contributing to social unrest, and affecting the revenue generation of the state. Describing illegal mining as a cancer that had eaten deep into the fabric of the state, Governor Kefas stressed that the unregulated extraction of minerals had led to deforestation, soil erosion, water pollution, jeopardising…

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Killings: ‘All Nigerian governors are helpless’ – Taraba Gov., Darius Ishaku

Aminu Imam

Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku, has said all the State governors in Nigeria are helpless in terms of protecting the lives and property of the citizens. The governor, who spoke during an interview on a television programme after Ambazonia fighters from Cameroon invaded a village in Taraba and killed 11 persons, including the monarch, said there is nothing his administration could have done to prevent the attack since he does not control security agencies. The governor said before the incident, he had complained to the Federal Government and the military…

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Insecurity: “Allow Nigerians to carry guns” – Gov. Ishaku tells FG

Aminu Imam

Taraba State governor, Darius Ishaku has proposed that the federal government should allow all Nigerians to bear licensed AK-47 guns to protect themselves. Ishaku made the call on Wednesday, when 15 local government council Chairmen in the State paid him a condolence visit following the death of one of their colleagues who was kidnapped and subsequently killed by gunmen. The governor lamented the increasing rate of insecurity in Nigeria and the seeming inability of the government in curbing it. To this end, the governor noted that if security agents have…

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