The attention of the Adamawa State Government has been drawn to misleading information being peddled by Distinguish Senator IshakuAbbo, Senator representing Adamawa North in the National Assembly of a supposed feud between him and Governor AhmaduUmaruFintiri over efforts at reconnecting Michika and Madagali with electricity.
Senator Abbo claims to have hired consultants to assess the damage to the power lines of Michika and Madagali and has written letters to the Yola Electricity Distribution Company and the North East Development Commission, aside visiting the Minister of Power on the need to reconnect the area to the National Grid.
He also claims to have allocated resources towards the execution of the project whether these claims are true or not the most important issue here is to get the area reconnected with electricity.
Unfortunately, Senator Abbo has become paranoid and is attacking Governor Fintiri over His Excellency’s determined and evidently effective efforts at getting the Michika/Madagali axis to enjoy infrastructural facilities including electricity.
Senator IshakuAbbo who claimed to have started the process of restoring power to Michika and Madagali in October, 2019 and promised that the residents would celebrate Christmas with electricity, which gladdened the hearts of the Governor and people of the area clearly failed several months after the Senator’s promise.
The Senator, should know better that legislative business follows due process of sponsoring bills, motions, lobbying and budgetary allocation which the government has not yet seen him doing.
It is also on record that the extension of powers to Mubi, Michika and Madagali is from Damboa through UbaAskira and not from Mubi as claimed by the Senator, though, recently work is on progress to put Mubi and the other towns on the 33KVA Power line.
Governor AhmaduUmaruFintir’s resolve to ensure the people of Michika and Madagali return to the good days of power supply is not motivated by any consideration, but the welfare of the people. Senator Abbo’s action is an attempt to provide damaging narratives about the good intentions of Governor AhmaduUmaruFintiri.
Adamawa Government House is surprised that Senator IshakuAbbo has engaged in weaving conspiracy theories concerning the restoration of power supply to Michika and Madagali which have been cut off from National Grid following the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.
Governor Fintiri will not be distracted by the actions of the Senator. Accordingly his administration is committed to serving the people and ensuring the delivery of Democracy Dividend through its Eleven Point Agenda. The anti Fintiri Campaign is highly despicable, unjustified, embarrassingly shameful, uncalled for and is doomed to fail.
It will only be an act of feigning ignorance and mischief if anyone living in Adamawa State is in oblivion of the tremendous and daring policies and programmes that are making Adamawa work again.
The Adamawa State Government advises Senator Abbo and his cohorts to play politics with decorum, sincerity and a genuine desire to uplift the living standards of the people. Governor Fintiri is committed to these ideals and invites genuine patriots to join him in this onerous tasks.
