A pressure Group based in Misau LGA has said that allegations of marginalization in selecting Ministerial Appointees from Bauchi...
A pressure Group based in Misau LGA has said that allegations of marginalization in selecting Ministerial Appointees from Bauchi by some individuals are baseless and have no justification.
The Group Misau Integrated Trade Unions and Civil Societies Organization in a rejoinder on allegations of marginalization by the Amalgamation of APC Support Group said the group has no moral standing to criticise the appointments just because no nominee came from their zone.
In a letter addressed to the State APC chairman and signed by Muhammed Hamma Esq and Aliyu Musa Chairman and Secretary respectively, the group said there is no basis for marginalization as the two ministers designated came from different political zones of the state.
Read the full statement:
Our attention has been drawn to a letter of complaint with respect to the recent ministerial appointments made by His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Letter of complaint was written by the so-called Amalgamation of APC Support Groups seeking reconsideration of the ministerial appointees from Bauchi State on grounds of Marginalization.
The letter that went viral on social media was not dated. If not for the interest of the general public, we did not even intend to say anything about this baseless letter written by anonymous cowards without a date and reference number.
Suffice it to say "Res ipsa loquitor!" Those who signed the letter, the purported chairman and secretary of this ghost
the group failed to even mention their names.
When was this claptrap of the letter written, only God knows, as it was not dated.
Overlooking the numerous errors and blunders of the letter, we wish to respond to the general message of the letter on behalf of Bauchi Central Senatorial Zone.
The anonymous writers claimed marginalization of their area which is Bauchi South Senatorial Zone in the ministerial appointment as the president appointed two ministers and none of them is from Bauchi South Senatorial Zone.
On this claim, we suggest that you call the attention of the writers of this letter to tell them to consult history from the return to democracy have so far been appointed as ministers central zone.
With all due respect to History in 1999 to date to see how many people and how many of them have been from the
Bauchi South. and we don't have a problem with aes listed for appointment the writers, because we believe in Bauchi State. Mal Isa Yuguda was appointed minister twice when Alhaji Ahmad Adamu Mu'azu from the same Bauchi South was serving as Governor, yet the ghostwriters of the complaint letter brought his name again
suggesting that he deserved the appointment as minister (which never held the position to see how many people have so far been appointed as ministers and how many of them have been from the central zone.
With all due respect to Bauchi South and we don't have a problem with all the personalities listed for appointment by the writers, because we believe in unity and one Bauchi State.
Mal Isa Yuguda who was appointed minister twice when Alhaji Ahmad Adamu Mu'azu from the same Bauchi South was serving as the Governor, the complain letter brought his name again.
Historically, the Bauchi Central Senatorial Zone (which never held the position of governorship since the creation of Bauchi State) produce a minister once from 1999 to date and that was just a minister of State in the person of Barrister Habibu Aliyu from Warji Local Government Area. This is also apart from Ali Pate who coincidently also served as a State Minister.
In the Bauchi South, so many federal appointments were made now and before.
Mal Isa Yuguda, and Yakubu Lame (of blessed memory) were appointed as ministers from the Bauchi South. In terms of federal appointments during the Buhari's administration, we have eleven (11)
appointees from Bauchi State and five (5) of them are from Bauchi South, four (4) from Northern Senatorial Zone, and only two (2) have been from Bauchi Central (this Signifies some imbalance). These appointees served when Hon. Yakubu Dogara from Bogoro was the speaker of the House of Representatives, Col. Hamid Ali is the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs and Prof. Sulaiman Bogoro also served as the Executive Secretary of the TETFUND. So, where are those claiming the marginalization of the Bauchi South Senatorial Zone? Do they think ministerial appointment is the only federal appointment?
We, the people of Bauchi Central can conclude that the letter of complaint was written against Bauchi Central to challenge the appointment of the gentle Prof. Ali Pate. If this conclusion of ours were not right, why did this group and its So- called leaders failed to raise eye brows when two people from same ward were appointed as ministers in the previous administration?
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