Pensioners in Taraba State pass Vote of No confidence on the State Secretary Paul A. Tyav

 

By Yusuf Salihu Sansani, Jalingo

 Pensioners in Taraba Taraba State have unanimously passed "a vote of no confidence" on the State Secretary of the Union Mr. Paul A. Tyav and removed him from office with immediate effect.

In a Notification letter signed by the branch Chairmen of the Union in the sixteen Local Government Areas of the State as well as one State and one Local Government pensioner from all the branches,  the Pensioners said the current vote of no confidence on the State Secretary was first based on the report of a Committee set up by the State Council of the NUP last year to dialogue with retired Permanent Secretaries which indicted the Secretary for all the problems and woes of the Union in the State including the opting out of the retired permanent Secretaries from the Union and formation of their separate Association.

They said the State Secretary is always reversing the hand of the Clock backward for Pensioners by conducting all affairs of the Union in secrecy denying other Officials of the Union from performing their statutory responsibilities, the Secretary is in custody of all financial documents and records including cheques denying the State Treasurer who supposed to handle all financial matters and Once he is not around all activities of the Union in Taraba State stand still.

Members of the Union further noted that the State Secretary Paul A. Tyav is running a one-man Show regarding all members of the Union in the State as slaves who do not even know anything about the Union, any issue not initiated by him will not see the light of the day thereby frustrating all the efforts of officials of the Union in the State which they said they will no longer condone.

The Pensioners observed that the postures of disrespect to constituted Authorities, Senior officials of Government, and pension Administrators in the State by the State Secretary has made the payment of entitlements of pensioners very difficult because all the Agencies responsible for treating the issues of Pensioners are not happy with his attitudes compounding the problems of Pensioners in Taraba State.

More worrisome, the Pensioners lamented that the State Secretary Paul A Tyav has overstayed in office for eighteen consecutive years and he is not an indigene of Taraba State, saying that they are tired and need a change as everything in life is dynamic, not static where change is necessary all the time promising to replace the State Secretary with and indigene to secure the secrets of the Union in Taraba State.

They said more disturbing, the State Secretary Paul A Tyav is not a retiree in any way in Taraba State but if he insists that he is a retiree he should present all his retirement documents comprising his letter of First Appointment,   where he retires from Service, approval from CSC and Bureau for Establishments as well as from any of the two Pension Boards in Taraba State.

They maintained that for the past twelve years, Paul Tyav brought in only people he could manipulate as State officials of the Union, and when they refused to follow his dictates he planned a sinister means of removing them from Office and bringing in his cohorts so that he can continue to have a smooth ride accusing the National officer being always sent to Taraba State to handle all NUP issues Bunmi Ogunkolade of connivance with the State Secretary to overturn everything in favour of the Secretary warning the National Headquarters not to sent the officer Bunmi Ogunkolade again to Taraba State among other allegations.

They further advised the National Headquarters of the NUP in Abuja not to make the mistake of extending the tenure of the  NUP Caretaker Committee Constituted in Taraba State adding that the election must be held on December 5th, 2023 as scheduled vowing to stop the 1% being deducted as dues from their monthly pensions which the National Headquarters gets the lion share of 45% without them getting anything from the National Headquarters since the creation of Taraba State.

The Notification letter for the vote of no confidence by the Pensioners in Taraba State was copied to the  State Head of Civil Service and all Security Agencies in Taraba State.