The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Alhasan, yesterday cried out on what she described as the abandonment of Taraba by the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progress administration.
The minister, who led other members of APC from Taraba state on a visit to the leadership of the party at the national secretariat yesterday regretted that despite all the contributions of the Taraba state chapter of the APC to the emergence of Buhari’s administration, the state has not been carried along by the administration in the distribution of positions.
While calling on the national leadership of the APC to intervene on behalf of Taraba State APC, Alhassan regretted that apart from her appointment and one Ambassadorial slot which are statutory and constitutional, “no any meaningful appointment from the state, adding that, the APC members from Taraba state are very worried.
“I have come as a party member and a leader, together with my brothers from Taraba state to air our problems.
“The government in the state is controlled by the PDP and we expected that, you, our parents and this government especially since you knew that we were muscled out, we should have been helped because we did our best.
“No opposition party performed as good as we did since 1999. but unfortunately, apart from my appointment which is statutory and constitutional, then that of the ambassadorial, we still do not have any meaningful appointment.”
Alhasan, who is popularly called ‘Mama Taraba’, warned the party leaders that if nothing is done to address the plight of her people, “we will not know our faith when the next election comes.”
Source: thebreakingtimes
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