Governor Murtala H. Nyako of Adamawa State has congratulated the Government and people of Yobe State on the successful conduct of Local Government Elections in the state on Saturday 28th December 2013. A statement by Ahmed Sajoh,the governor’s spokesman said “The massive turn-out of voters and the peaceful manner the process was conducted has proved all skeptics about possibility of conducting 2015 elections in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa totally wrong.
“Governor Nyako has joined his brother the Governor of Yobe State in calling on the political exiles in Abuja to stop misleading the Presidency, INEC and Security Agencies about the real situations in our states. They are advised to see reason and stop fighting the people of our States in the name politics or advancing their political interests. Like Governor Geidam has said, we are the ones on ground and we are the only ones capable of correctly interpreting the socio-political and security situations in our states.
Nyako added that the successful conduct of the Local Government elections in Yobe State has proved beyond any doubt that those flying the kite about non-conduct of elections in our States in 2015 are just playing out an evil agenda aimed at disenfranchising us as a people due to the fear that they habour about the possibility of losing any free and fair contest in the three States in the 2015 elections. They should also know that the consequences of not conducting elections in the three states are grave for democracy and the polity,the governor said.
Governor Murtala Nyako also observed with concern the remarks made by the Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku on the security situation in the North-East and the ₦2 Billion proposed intervention by the Federal Government in the region. The governor observed that throughout the duration of the phone in programme by Mr. Maku on FRCN Network on Saturday the 28th of December, 2013, he only spoke about security concerns and gains achieved in Borno and Yobe States. He skipped Adamawa State during most of the discussions. This is further proof that the State of Emergency imposed on Adamawa State is needless and indeed politically motivated.
“We in Adamawa State further reiterate our stand that ₦2 Billion intervention fund proposed for the six states of the North-East by the Presidency is grossly inadequate and insensitive. It is unfair and unjust in view of the amount spent as intervention in other regions of the Country with far less devastating security challenges. The Governor joins other patriotic Nigerians in advising the Nigerian Presidency to display greater capacity to see Nigeria as one country with citizens who have equal rights” Nyako said.
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