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If you are to ask 80% of the chilbdren and youths in Taraba state where they want to be in the nearest future, a large percentage of them would boldly tell you that they would love to live abroad. Not because most of them have ever been there or their parents, but because of the things they’ve been told or the amazing pictures they see in the television.
This feeling and intense desire have been gradually nurtured over the years because of the discomforting situation at home. From bad roads to no electricity,to unhealthy water, to unavailable healthcare, to substandard and unaffordable basic education among others.
It would be hypocritical to say all is well, when all is not well. Poverty is gradually eating into the fabrics of many Tarabians because of the poor access to the basic amenities they ought to freely enjoy. Whilst our youth crave and yawn for a better quality of life with little or no attention from the government, most of them have been forced to take unimaginable means to leave this country for other countries for greener pasture. That is to tell the leaders that the desperation of many Nigerians to leave the country is increasingly beyond control. How then do we expect positive changes when young talents and vision builders maneuver their ways abroad to invest and build other people’s land.
Needless to say, the hardship most of these youths and many other Nigerians face can be traced to poor infrastructural development in the land. The land is becoming unbearably difficult for many average Nigerian and those from underrepresented backgrounds, because many of them don’t have access to the kind infrastructural knowhow that citizens in other countries enjoy.
Let’s talk about provision of electricity for instance. Many businesses in Taraba could no longer run efficiently because of the poor or no power supply. And majority that find an alternative to getting a sustainable power supply for their businesses end up selling their goods at high prices. This makes the business climate unfriendly.
That being said, we cannot but talk about the bad roads that have hindered many farmers from transporting their goods to the market. Words cannot describe the agony and distress these farmers have been experiencing to get their farm products to the market. As a result, many end up selling their goods at ridiculously cheaper prices. As a matter of fact, many farmers are looking into other professions that have less risk. What then would be the future of a country and a state like Taraba without a standard agricultural projection?
For people in Taraba state to live comfortable lives, the government should put good policies in place for better vision and bring about a conducive business environment. Infrastructural development (road construction, power supply, water supply, etc) will help to foster the economic growth in Taraba state and in a long run skyrocket high productivity and growth in every sector.
To achieve this, Tarabians need to ensure competent leadership recruitment from grassroots to the state level. This is because it is only competent and visionary leadership that can rescue Taraba State from political and economic doldrums into an Eldorado like Dubai, and of sorts.
It is no doubt that Chief David Sabo Kente, (DSK) is synonymously to infrastructural development in Taraba state. For a better Taraba, DSK is sin-qua-none.
