Taraba Government Denies ₦5.22bn Foreign Trips Report

The Taraba State government has dismissed as false, a report alleging that Governor Agbu Kefas spent ₦5.22 billion on foreign trips within six months in office.

The report, which cited the state government’s website and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), claimed the governor had incurred massive expenditures on international travel.

However, in a statement issued on Sunday, the Commissioner for Information and Reorientation, Zainab Jalingo, described the report as “a fabrication lacking any basis in official records.”

“This claim is entirely false. It is not based on any official record and constitutes a gross misrepresentation of facts, deliberately presented to mislead the public,” Jalingo said.

She explained that the alleged figure does not appear in the state’s budget, official portal, or NBS datasets, urging citizens to independently verify the claims.

“We have checked and urged the public to do the same. Until then, the ₦5.22 billion claim remains nothing but fiction,” she added.
Jalingo also used the opportunity to highlight some of the administration’s achievements, noting reforms in education, healthcare, and economic development as evidence of progress.

“Transformation is a gradual process, requiring deliberate planning, tough choices, and sustained effort. The results are beginning to manifest,” she said.

The government urged the public to disregard the report and rely on official sources for accurate information, reiterating its commitment to transparency, accountability, and truth.