Residents of Taraba State, on Friday, urged Governor Darius Ishaku to explain why the N4bn Greenhouse Project located in Jalingo has failed within the lifespan of his administration.
Mohammed Adamu, Terna Ahur, and Yaboro Tanko of Taraba Rebirth Movement, Progressive Youth Union, and Taraba Youth Movement, respectively, said that the project, which has gulped over N2bn of Taraba’s lean resources, has suddenly gone moribund, throwing over 500 employees out of jobs.
While demanding for an explanation from Governor Ishaku regarding the state of the project, the groups also urged the governor to provide an update on the uncompleted 20-kilometer Lacheke –Pantisawa road more than five years after construction work started in 2017.
“The N2bn Green House project, which the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, commissioned in 2017, suddenly went moribund, and we were told that another N2bn loan was approved for the administration to revive the project, yet the site is overgrown by weeds.
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