Danbaba Is Not Incapacitated. - Commissioner

written by rhapsodi

Taraba State Government has debunked
insinuations in social media declaring
Governor Danbaba Suntai incapacitated.
The Commissioner of Justice and Attorney
General of the State Barrister Musa Tende
stated the position of the government while
breafing newsmen in Jalingo.
Barr. Tende said the state EXCO has no power
to declare Suntai incapacitated but only
experts could do so. He added that only the
Speaker of the State Assembly has the
constitutional power to use section 189 sub
section 4 of Nigerian constitution to set up a
medical panel to verify the declaration of the
Governor as stipulated
On the memo send to the Speaker by the
EXCO asking him to verify the health status of
Governor Suntai, Barr. Tende explained that
the constitution does not spell out any period
given to the Speaker but the Speaker should
consider the situation on ground to manage
the matter.