Aware of the numerous huddles to cross before being re-elected in the forthcoming political dispensation slated for 2019 The Taraba state governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku and his teams as noticed by
Naija247News seems not to be leaving any stone that would obstruct their dreams of piloting  the affairs of the state till 2023 unturned.
One of such moves, that has continue to endear him to the people of the grassroots, is  the recent payment of two months salary arrears to council workers, which includes local government pensioners, traditional rulers, primary school teachers to mention just a few.
The payment which will henceforth be  carried out through the
said workers bank accounts, have been viewed by the workers themselves as a welcome development that will put an end to the pilfering of local government workers salaries.
The development which our reporter noticed has suddenly chased away wrinkles vehemently competing for the available spaces on the faces of the workers in the past, has began to make them see the governor as the much awaited messiah the people especially council workers have being patiently longing to arrive and dismantle the chains  that have being weighing them down like Paul and Silas.
Unlike his counterparts, that are finding it cumbersome to reach out to workers at the state levels, the situation which have made civil servants in such states to turned their backs at such states government, the reverse seems to be the case with Governor Ishaku too.
Apart from the fact that local government councils have now become beehive of activities, as workers no longer experience massive deduction of the salaries as it use to be when their payments are not made through banks, state government workers are as well not dreaming of downing their work implements as their salaries are paid as at when due.
His decision to also lift the long years banned on employment, as have seen by our state correspondent, has again accelerated the political profile of the governor, whose body language has being on how to emerge victorious in the next poll.
Some workers from the various councils across the state who bared the minds to our state correspondent have not only vowed to ensure his re-election provided he did not cease speeding smiles on their faces, but also promised to continue their quota to the ‘ Rescue Agenda’ of the governor.
Overwhelmed by the action of the governor, the Permanent Secretary Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Bello Yero, said the action would go a long way to address the sharp practices at the local government level.
For those who are playing politics of sentiments, he admonished them to as a matter of urgency desist and throw their weights behind the governor whom he said is working tirelessly round the clock to take the state to greater heights.
Noting that the governor is trying to correct the ills in the state, the planned biometric exercise to be carried out at the council, he said should not be view as political vendetta, but should be anxiously accepted with open hands as it is designed ” to correct all the wrongs in our state civil service.”
The ongoing gestures to council workers as made known by him, was also extended to  all the traditional rulers stating that ” this settlement of two months salary arrears is cutting across primary school teachers, traditional rulers, local government pensioners etc.”
Yero who would not want to dive into issues outside his area of jurisdiction is optimistic that the ongoing hand of friendship being extended to workers by the governor him he described as ” an architect of development” has further won him a political point before the people.
Charging workers to reciprocate by giving the much needed helping hands to the governor to achieving his dream of making the state the most peaceful state in the country ” all that the governor is asking us to give him” according to Yero ” is peace.”
” The governor” he said ” want us to give him peace so that he will in turn give us development. So I am calling on all our workers especially those at the local government councils to go extra legitimate mile to make peace available in their councils.”
To the the council chairmen, he urged them to begin to look inward by exploring all the available opportunities to increase the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state as that according to him would assist the governor to achieve its dream of relying on funds from the crude oil for the payment of workers remunerations.
Yero who also took his time to speak on the lifting of ban on employment said the action has not only earned the governor more popularly, but would also go a long way to curb vices that are necessitated as a result of unemployment among the youths.
For the governor to continue to herald the much needed growth to the state, all hands according to him must be on deck ” so we have to put aside sentiment because this governor has great passion for this state and our people.”
Adding that ” if you look at the present economy situation of the country you will agree with me that our governor is one of the governors that don’t joke with workers salaries.”
Believing that his numerous records of achievements will speak for him in the next poll, the people of the state whom he said are not only ” wise” would as well tread all legitimate paths to ensure his victory.
Collaborating Bello, some council chairmen, lauded the efforts the governor and the leadership of the Burrau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, whom they said have being working hand in hands to restructure and reform the local government councils.
Should the governor continue in this feat, they believed he would not sweat to emerged as the People’ Democratic Party governorship candidate for the state in the 2019 general elections, as well as the next governor of the state.
Seeking for pen protection, one of the council chairmen told The Guardian that ” since the very day that Governor Ishaku decided to appoint Yero to oversee the affairs of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, we knew that there is going to be great change at the local government. So I must confess to you that we are very proud of him a dour governor.”
On the decision for qualified graduates seeking for employment to dust their certificate an apply for job in the state civil service, the chairmen are of the view that such a step ” in the right direction” is enough to make the governor triumph in 2019.
Also on his own part the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Peter Gambo,who spoke to Naija247News in a telephone, said the lifting of ban on employment and the payment of council workers two months salary arrears is a welcome development to the entire people of the state.
Some political analysts who believed that the governor has done what no past governors have done since the creation of the state 25 years ago, opinions no amount of heat would debarred him from being re-elected come next political dispensation.