2023: Vote for politicians with fresh ideas in Taraba – Group
Residents of Taraba State have been advised to embrace politicians fresh ideas into governance in 2023.
Taraba Must Progress Movement, a non-governmental organisation, on Sunday, during an interactive session with the media in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, stated this was necessary to address fundamental basis of growth of the state.
Dr Joshua Garba, Chairman of the group, pleaded with the electorate in the state to employ their permanent voter’s cards in ensuring that fresh people emerged as leaders in the forthcoming election.
The group, while noting that old politicians in the State have failed over the years, said “it is time for Tarabans to wake up and change those who have been in the corridors of power since 1999.
“They have in the last 23 years served the State but where do we find ourselves? These politicians are the problem of Taraba State, they have lived all their lives on our State resources, they have accumulated wealth for themselves and brought poverty upon the State and its people.”
The group wondered why such a group of politicians should still be “planning to continue in 2023”, urging the people “to rise and stop them.”
The group further stressed that Taraba “needs a new crop of leaders, especially in the political arena”, adding that “2023 elections provide another opportunity, and another expectation by our people, as they need strategic leaders who can set a new direction for the state, mobilise the resources of the State, mobilize the people and ensure that the challenges that have hampered the development of Taraba State are overcome.”