Taraba state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has backed the citizens call for the withdrawal of the national honour confer on governor Darius Ishaku as Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).

Aaron Artimas, the state party publicity secretary and the Director of media and publicity for senator Emmanuel Bwacha gurbernatorial campaign council, made the party’s position know while addressing journalists in his office on Wednesday in Jalingo said, the APC in Taraba thought the award was a mere political courtesy for politicians who attained certain position in politics but since it has now been classified as a meritorious prestigious honour for credible nigeria leaders then, president Muhammedu Buhari should withdraw it from governor Darius Ishaku in other to mentain the award’s prestigious status.

Artimas on behalf of state APC, challenged that governor Ishaku is the worst performing governor among the current governors in Nigeria with only 191km of ruler road projects still under construction since 2015.

He lamented why president Buhari did not consult to be detailed about the governor’s performances if the award was base on credibility and appealed for immediate withdrawal of the honour.

Nigerian Tribune reports that residents of state have earlier after receiving the news of the honour, described it as an encouragement for a fail Nigeria and demanded for immediate withdrawal of the award from governor lshaku by president Muhammedu Buhari.

But Mr. Bala Dan Abu, special Adviser to governor Ishaku on media and publicity while reacting to the called said, those challenging the national honour on the governor were ungrateful citizens.

Dan Abu explained that the infrastructure revolution of the governor in the state earned him the position in president Buhari’s search for developmental minded nigerians for the award.  

Meanwhile, Mr. Aaron Artimas noted that, “we thought the national honour award is a mere political courtesy that the president do give to politicians who attained certain position in politics. We thought it was never meant as meritorious for credible nigeria leaders.

“Since it is for credibility, we join the call by citizens of Taraba state that president Muhammedu Buhari should please withdraw the honour on governor Darius Ishaku.

“We want president Buhari to come and see things for himself, he should come and see how the local government system has collapsed and almost all the 16 local government are dead.

“The governor has been bragging of water project in the state but you and I are aware that the project is a word Bank assisted program that was awarded since 2008 along with Oyo state which has since completed her own but due to Taraba state government’s inability to pay counterpart funds made the project to delay to this movement.

“The governor’s only completed project is the Green House which has already gone moribund since 2020 with 200 staff of the project automatically disengaged. He is constructing a 18 km dual carrage way in Jalingo that is expected to be refund by the federal government after completion but we are still wandering how the federal government would be convince by the amount he claimed the contract was awarded for. 52bn for a 18 km road, we think is questionable, it has clear evidence of fraud and should be investigated.
 
“Taraba state debt profile has risen now to over 200bn and we sincerely without any political sentiment don’t know what the governor is doing or has done for the development of the state therefore, we join other well meaning Tarabans to appeal to president Muhammedu Buhari to withdraw the national honour confer on governor Darius Ishaku as the award may either gear him to cripple the state more”. The APC called.