The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have been engaged in a war of words over Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku’s interaction with one of Nigeria’s privately-owned national television on his achievements in Taraba State.
The PDP said that the APC’s claim that the Governor has made no developmental impact in the state is malicious, and a miscalculated political move to make itself relevant in Taraba politics once again.
A question and answer session by Taraba State Governor on one of Nigeria’s privately-owned television stations has become the bone of contention between the PDP and the APC in Taraba State.
In the said media intervention, Governor Ishaku mentioned having developmental projects in all the 168 wards in the 16 local government areas of the state.
However, Taraba State Chairman of the APC, Ibrahim El-Sudi, said that the Governor’s statement is frivolous, as the PDP-led government has been scored poor in all sectors by his party, except for few projects.
Taraba PDP, however, described the APC in the state as sour losers that are present in the state only during elections and so cannot know the achievements of the government.
Representatives of the Taraba State government said the developmental impact by the Governor is there for all to see, and cautioned against politicizing governance.
Taraba APC has remained a major political rival to the ruling PDP but a media war between both parties is not a common happening.
Political watchers believe that this could be a prelude to the 2023 electioneering.