The governor made the accusation in the Darazo Local Government Area of the state while distributing some empowerment items and cash to youths and women in the area.
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The governor made the accusation in Darazo Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday.
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has appointed Ibrahim Kashim as the new Secretary to the State Government with immediate…
He replaces Ladan Salihu, sacked on June 9 alongside Secretary to the State Government, Commissioners and other political appointees.
The governor revealed this in Zaki Local Government Area of the state while launching his empowerment programme to mark the Democracy Day.
The Governor also sacked Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Sabiu Baba and the Chief of Staff (CoS) Government House, Dr. Ladan Salihu.
Mohammed made the call in Bauchi on Tuesday at the start of the two-day public hearing on the 1999 Constitution by the House of Representatives at the Bauchi centre.
The governor made the pledge in Bauchi during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed acting Chief Judge (Grand Kadi) of Bauchi State Sharia Court, Mohammed Abubakar.
Jonathan made this known in Bauchi, while inaugurating the 6.25km Sabon Kaura-Jos by-pass road constructed by the Bauchi State Government.
The 14-member committee, headed by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, had recommended that the presidential ticket of the party be thrown open to all regions instead of resorting to a zoning arrangement, a position which has greatly angered Southern stakeholders in the party.
Mohammed made the call during the Fourth North-East Governors’ Forum meeting, held in Bauchi on Tuesday.
The two governors have engaged each other in a public spat over the proprietary of open grazing and Fulani herdsmen carrying assault rifles for protection.
The governor, who made the plea in his speech at the launch of the 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign held at the Galambi Cattle Ranch, Bauchi, on Wednesday, described the Fulani people as humble, simple, and humane.
Speaking after a meeting of the group’s leaders at Century Hotel, Okota, Lagos on Tuesday, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, alias Askari, Deputy President to the late OPC Founder, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, said the government had shown that it preferred to defend Fulani from outside Nigeria instead of protecting the country’s citizens and indigenes.
The governor said the primary objective of his comment was to avert the dangerous prospect of a nationwide backlash and generalisation of the Fulani clan as criminals.
Akeredolu said this in response to the position of Mohammed justifying the bearing of AK47 by killer herdsmen.
This was disclosed by the Governor’s spokesman, Mukhtar Gidado, in a statement on Saturday.
Mohammed, who made his concerns known in Bauchi at the swearing-in of eight appointees into various positions, said a lot had to be done by the state’s poverty alleviation programmes in 2021 to address the challenge.
Its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, stated this at an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, to mark the third year anniversary of the National Working Committee.
The governor made the appeal in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, in Bauchi on Sunday.