Former Minister of Information under the administration of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Labaran Maku has said Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nassarawa State will end up selling the Government House one day if adequate measures are not put in place to stop him.
The former minister therefore challenged the governor to conduct a referendum on the planned sale of some assets belonging to the state which are in Lagos, Kaduna and Plateau states.
Maku, who made the call while addressing journalists in Adevi, said it was only a referendum that would justify the state government’s position on the sale of the assets.
He said, “I challenge him (Al-Makura) to conduct a referendum and find out whether the people of Nasarawa State want the assets to be sold.”
The former minister argued that the states needed assets to function well.
Maku added, “How can a state be without assets? If we do not stop Governor Al-Makura from selling the assets, one day, he will sell the Government House and the next governor will have to pay rent to occupy it.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Maku contested the governorship election in Nassarawa State in 2015 but lost to the incumbent governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura.