The Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over what it called the massive diversion of public funds in the state.

Damishi Sango, PDP State Chairman, claimed at a press briefing on Tuesday in Jos that the state had received more than N97 billion as revenue from the Federal Government in the last one year.

“But that huge sum was conspicuously diverted into private pockets.

“Instead of executing useful projects, government has opted for frivolous projects aimed at empowering families of those in government, their friends and few individuals.

“We make bold to say that the state government received over N97 billion as revenue in the past one year, yet these sums are not utilised toward alleviating the suffering of the people.

“In the last one year of his tenure, Gov. Lalong has collected bank loans to the tune of N18 billion without anything tangible to show for it.”

He also alleged that a N1.4 billion was used to purchase luxury cars for some government officials, while another N1.4 billion went into purchasing and installation of GPS tracking devices for the vehicles for a period of one year.

Reacting to the allegation, the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Mark Logyen, dismissed Sango’s claims saying it will be like ‘over-flogging a dead horse.’

“Reacting to the allegations will be like over-flogging a dead horse because Plateau people are already celebrating the achievements of the Lalong administration.

“The PDP administration left a lot of mess and we have already set up a Judicial Commission to unearth that; so Damishi has nothing to tell us now.” (Independent)

•Photo shows GovernorLalong.