Nasarawa PDP Opposes Gov’s N30b Loan Plan

Chairman, Nasarawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Yunana Iliya on Sunday opposed the N30 billion loan proposed by the state Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s administration to finance the state.

A statement signed by the Iliya and made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the proposed loan would impoverish the state.

“The N30 billion loan is a dangerous precedence that will spell doom for the state. The state is yet to recover from the embezzlement of more than N40 billion collected in the past 17 months from the Federation Account apart from grants and excess crude oil funds and internal generated revenue.

“The government is trying to milk the state dry and leave it with debt,” he said.

He said the loan would mortgage the future of the state and leave subsequent governments in a dilemma.

The party chairman said that in spite of the dismissal of more than 7,000 workers and 26 permanent secretaries, the salaries of workers in the state remained static without reflecting the savings of the sacked workers’ salaries.

He urged the House of Assembly not to approve the proposed loan, and resist the temptations to support the government to take the loan.