The Acting Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Monday in Abuja picked the Peoples Democratic Party’s nomination forms ahead of the gubernatorial primaries slated for November 29.
The Media Adviser to the Acting Governor, Aaron Artimas, who confirmed this in Jalingo, said that the forms were delivered to the acting governor at his official lodge in Wuse II, Abuja.
Artimas said the National Administrative Secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Gurama Bawa, delivered the form to Umar in the presence of supporters and dignitaries from the state that had converged for the purpose.
He said the intent form cost N10 million, while the nomination form cost N1 million, adding that the forms were procured by businessmen, friends and well wishers of the acting governor.
Responding to the gesture, Umar thanked the people for the overwhelming support for his administration and his ambition.
He pledged to transform the rural communities of the state by opening up rural roads, constructing more health facilities and schools across the state.
Among those present at the occasion were some National Assembly members from Taraba, including Senator Abubakar Tutare, Hon. Ibrahim El-Sudi and Hon. Jerry Manwe.
They also included commissioners, special advisers, youths and women groups.
Umar is seeking to succeed his boss, Danbaba Suntai.
Suntai has been incapacitated for over one year following the accident he sustained from a plane crash.
He was piloting the plane when it crashed.
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