THE tears on the faces of the teeming masses of Karim-Lamido, a constituency in Karim-Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State, have started to give way to smiles, as the much-needed social amenities, which were not available in the past, are now being installed in the community.

The deliberate refusal of the government at both state and federal levels’ to provide such amenities had resulted in pains for the peace-loving people of the community, who had no hope of this being alleviated in the nearest future.

The Guardian learnt that the people have always voted massively for the PDP at the state and federal levels in all elections. And as such, they could not fathom why the government of a political party they have been supporting for so long never for once deem it fit to reciprocate in like manner and make life better for the various communities that made up the constituency.

But for the timely intervention of Charles Maijankai, a member of the state House of Assembly representing the constituency, the people were already on the verge of transferring their loyalty, The Guardian gathered.

Maijankai’s generous gesture was recently extended to one of the oldest secondary schools in the area. “ But for the timely intervention of Charles Maijankai, we don’t really know what would have been our fate eventually,” said the principal.

The school management, which had been going cap in hand to the government and other individuals to seek for funds to reconstruct some of its dilapidated structures, was becoming hopeless, as no support was forthcoming. To compound the problem, some of the students and teachers have started fleeing the school in search of greener pastures and more conducive learning environment elsewhere.

“I must confess to you that the population of both the teachers and students has being diminishing so fast but since he (Maijankai) came to our aid by erecting an examination hall in the school, the story has totally changed,”

It is the same good news being narrated by village heads and religion leaders, as regards the hand of friendship extended to the people of the community by the former Minority Leader of the state House of Assembly.

Women and youths were also not left out of Maijankai’s empowerment scheme, as many of them are recipients of grinding and sewing machines.

A widow in her early 70s is ever so grateful for the kindness shown her, as she said: “If not for him, my grandchildren would not have been able to write their SSCE talk less of applying for the Joint Matriculation Examination (JAMB).

Speaking through an interpreter, the widow who gave her name as Asabe said, “apart from the grinding machine, which I benefited from him, he still went ahead to give scholarship to two of my grandchildren.”

Even though the former deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Danladi is said to have hailed from the Council, the people lamented the fact that apart from Maijankai, ‘no other politician from the area, the state and the federal government, has remembered us.”

Projects executed by him in the various wards and villages of the community, which the people described as the first of its kinds, include examination halls in some of the secondary schools, blocks of classrooms and boreholes among others.

In a telephone conversation with The Guardian Maijankai said: “With the myriads of problems confronting the people, I have no option than to act positively. Even when constituency allowances are not made available to the members of the House of Assembly by the relevant authority, I decided to take out of my meager resources to wipe away the tears on the faces of my people.

“I have to give back to them because if not for these people, there is no way I could have been where I am today. So, I appreciate God and the great people of my constituency.”