Taraba Speaker Warns New APC Lawmaker Against Personal Interest

Hon. Shitu Abner, the caller lawmaker representing Karim I Constituency successful the Taraba State House of Assembly, has been charged not to let idiosyncratic involvement oregon outer forces struggle with his legislative duties.

Abner, was elected connected August 23, 2025, connected the level of the All Progressives Congress (APC), aft the erstwhile occupant of the bureau resigned for higher work with the authorities government.

The Speaker, John Kizito Bonzena, gave the complaint aft the swearing-in during the House proceedings successful Jalingo yesterday.

Bonzena, who congratulated the subordinate connected his triumph astatine the polls, urged him not to let interests from immoderate quarters jeopardise his legislative functions

he said, “Be precise adjacent to your colleagues successful sharing ideas; it is lone successful that mode that Taraba State volition determination forward.

“Do not let yourself to beryllium utilized by immoderate radical against your colleagues, against the advancement of the state. You request the extortion and enactment of your colleagues to win successful delivering the dividends of ideology to the people.”

The talker further urged the lawmaker to de-emphasise the usage of parties, arsenic thing that promotes the authorities should beryllium prioritized for the wide improvement of Taraba State.

Abner, who dedicated his triumph to the radical of his constituency, pledged to enactment for each irrespective of their enactment differences.

He said his tenure would prioritise the information of his constituents, the grooming of youths successful assorted skills acquisition, arsenic good arsenic to pull improvement to the area.