In what appears to be the first step towards a truce, the
embattled Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, on Thursday, inaugurated
administrators for 36 development areas, four permanent secretaries and a
special adviser.
Nyako’s earlier refusal to endorse the list of development
area administrators presented to him by the House, led to the breakdown of the
relationship between him and the legislators.
It was learnt that the inauguration was part of an agreement
reached between the feuding parties after a series of meetings with the Speaker
of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Mr. Ahmadu Fintiri and some members of
the House, in Abuja.
The former Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. P.P Elisha,
whose nomination for appointment as a commissioner by the House of Assembly,
was also inaugurated as the Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on
Government Affairs.
However, a source privy to the happenings confided in our
correspondent that the governor’s action was “just for peace to reign” because
he was aware that hardliners were still looking for loopholes to nail Nyako.
Members of the panel set up to investigate allegations
levelled against the governor and his deputy have not withdrawn the invitation
sent to both men to appear before it on Friday (today).
Earlier, while addressing the newly inaugurated
administrators, Nyako charged them to pay close attention to the provision of
dividends of democracy especially for the people at the grassroots, who form
the bulk of those deserving of government’s attention.
Nyako also urged them to also ensure “mass mobilization for
sustained peace and peaceful co-existence among the diverse people of the
state.”
In a related development, some of the lawmakers who have
been linked with the impeachment move against Nyako and his deputy, Bala
Ngillari, have had their Ramadan gifts rejected by their constituents.
Some of those affected include the members representing,
Mubi North, Abubakar Umar Jaringo, Girei constituency, Abubakar Umar, and the
member representing Maiha Local Government, Hassan Kaigama.
It was gathered that the constituents took the unusual step
to show their displeasure over the alleged involvement of the affected
lawmakers in the impeachment plot.
A resident of Gerei, Malam Saidu Girei said, “We may be poor
but we have not lost our sense of fairness. We cannot accept gifts from
traitors.”
Mr. Yohanna David, who spoke to reporters on behalf of a
group of Maiha indigenes under the aegis of the Maiha Concerned Citizens said,
“We expected them to consult us before they blindly supported the move for the
impeachment of Governor Nyako and his deputy. We call on our lawmaker to
retrace his step with immediate effect before it is too late.”
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