The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Senator Gyang Pwajok, has said the present administration under Governor Jonah Jang inherited a debt profile of over N80 billion. Pwajok, who spoke at a media forum organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Jos, said this did not mean that funds accruing to the state had been mismanaged.

He said politicians using the debt profile of the state as a campaign strategy were just being sensational as the said debt, which was put at about N100 billion, would have been accumulated over the years before the present administration. The PDP governorship candidate said the state had established a Debt Management Office (DMO), where official debt profile would be officially declared.

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Senator Gyang Pwajok, has said the present administration under Governor Jonah Jang inherited a debt profile of over N80 billion. Pwajok, who spoke at a media forum organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Jos, said this did not mean that funds accruing to the state had been mismanaged.

He said politicians using the debt profile of the state as a campaign strategy were just being sensational as the said debt, which was put at about N100 billion, would have been accumulated over the years before the present administration. The PDP governorship candidate said the state had established a Debt Management Office (DMO), where official debt profile would be officially declared.

He said: “The existence of debt does not mean mismanagement of fund as it is evident in the kind of infrastructure and development in the state that funds are not mismanaged.

“Some may have forgotten that we inherited a government which people had lost confidence in, 13 months unpaid salaries and over N80 billion debt but the fall in price of oil affected all states, including Plateau State.”

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Jang inherited N80bn debt profile – Pwajok