Dogara slams Mohammed over comments against Tinubu

Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has condemned the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, over his comments against the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu.

Dogara in a statement he signed on Saturday criticised the governor’s achievements, saying that the administration of Mohammed has “no functional social amenities. Bauchi State under him is one of the states with the highest number of out of school children in Nigeria, yet he has built no functional school.”

The lawmaker faulted the Governor’s speech when he launched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign for the local government election coming next week. Mohammed criticised Tinubu, saying that the economic policies of the President caused more pain and should be reviewed.

But Dogara said that: “It is certainly not a time to engage in blowing all the dog whistles at once in the irresponsible manner Gov Bala Mohammed did.

“For me it didn’t come as a surprise because I had long ago, both in writing and on live TV, denounced him as a thug who speaks in the manner of thugs and understands only the language of thuggery.

“I am penning these lines to further disavow him and to tell those who don’t know that, although Gov Bala Mohammed is one of us, he is not all of us. Bauchi State is home to tested leaders who were not raised like mushrooms and who will not dare speak or operate in a manner that reveals contempt for rules, precedent, order, stability and national cohesion.

“But Gov Bala Mohammed does not only do so, he thrives in it. Not long ago, I said of him, “any time the Governor speaks either by himself or through his aides, it is always an outburst of profanity which debases and demeans all of us. A Leader is supposed to nurture and inspire the people he leads into positive action as against indulging in wanton self-adulation and praise”.

“Bala Mohammed has run Bauchi State for a little over six years now with no functional social amenities. Bauchi State under him is one of the states with highest number of out of school children in Nigeria, yet he has built no functional school. Just one example: my Alma Mater, the famous Bauchi Teachers College located right under his nose, now lies in ruins.

“Let him tell the world which of the hospitals in the state is fully functional and how many doctors he has employed. The list is endless.

“Yet in the midst of destitution and squalor that Bauchi State found itself under his watch, he has built the biggest Government house for himself and his family and the best family house in Northern Nigeria, if not in the whole of the country. Next, he wants to build flyovers in a city that has no traffic congestion albeit for KEKE and OKADA riders. If anyone has ever wondered what the bottom of misgovernance looks like; this is it.

“The irony is that when the youths he has refused to build schools for, who have no access to affordable health care and employment opportunities, chose to revolt, it is PBAT’s (Tinubu) policies that is the cause. What a display of ravenously wayward sense of entitlement.

“Just merely looking at what H.E Nyesom Wike achieved in just one year as FCT Minister which totally dwarfed what Bala Mohammed achieved in his 6years as FCT Minister, is an open rebuke to his inept and visionless leadership which is now self-evident in Bauchi State.”