Forum Calls For Medical Panel To Ascertain Suntai’s Health User Rating: / 0 Poor Best RATE SOME indigenes of Taraba State under the aegis of Mambilla Concern Citizen Forum have called on the national headquarters of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to compel Taraba State executive council and lawmakers to enforce Section 189 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, so as to address the long absence of Gov. Danbaba Suntai from office. Wondering why the issue has continued to drag on in spite of the constitutional provision, the forum said that adequate steps should be taken to compel the state executive council to constitute a five-man medical team to go to the United States of America (USA) to ascertain the true health condition of the governor. The spokesman of the forum, Mr. Salihu M Tafiwarwar, told journalists Friday in Jalingo that the forum is very concerned about the unity and growth of the state, hence its call for the adherence to Section 189 of the Constitution. Section 189 of the 1999 Constitution as amended says the governor or deputy governor of a state shall cease to hold office if by a resolution passed by two- thirds majority of all members of the executive council of the state (the body of commissioners of the government of the state) it is declared that the governor or deputy governor is incapable of discharging the functions of his office. This declaration has to, however, be verified by a five- man medical panel (one of whom must be the personal physician of the holder of the office concerned) to be appointed by the speaker of the state house of assembly. The former deputy speaker of the House of Assembly went ahead to beckon on both the acting governor and the speaker of the House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, to “use their good office to ensure that the provision of Section 189 of the 1999 Constitution as amended is complied with in order to move the state forward.”
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:43:04 +0000
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