- ‘Government will play leading role’
Taraba State Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku has described as “distasteful” and “highly embarrassing” a letter soliciting for donations to fund the burial of the late leader of the Kwararafa Kingdom, Aku Uka, Dr. Shekarau Angyu Masa-Ibi.
Ishaku was reacting to the letter purportedly written and signed by Bala Useni, Secretary, Wukari Traditional Council, on behalf of the Central Planning Committee.
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The Taraba governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. Bala Dan Abu, said “the Kwararafa people do not need to publicly solicit for funds to bury their traditional leader, a man who occupied one of Nigeria’s foremost traditional stools for about forty-five years and provided the most dedicated and patriotic service for which the nation remains eternally grateful to him.
“Governor Ishaku has, therefore, assured that the late Aku Uka could and would be honoured with one of the most outstanding rights of passage at the appropriate time with the state government playing a leading role.
“He, therefore, directed those behind the so-called letter soliciting for donations for this burial programmes to withdraw it immediately and to stop any further step that could further embarrass the state government and the entire Kwararafa people.”
