Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has declared unequivocally that his not a terrorist and has nothing to do with any acts of terrorism, nor does he condone such criminality.
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The Governor made the declaration on Wednesday at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office while receiving an Award of Excellence as a Safety Ambassador by the Safety Institute of Nigeria.
Bala Mohammed, who was visibly annoyed with the current travails of his Finance Commissioner in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), stated that the situation is a clear injustice to him and his administration.
According to him, “I’ve been an ambassador of safety. I didn’t know it was a big thing until the eloquent presenter spoke. I am so delighted that I am receiving this on behalf of the people of Bauchi State. I am dedicating this to the people of Bauchi State because it is here we worked, and we collectively earned the recognition.
Bala Mohammed added, “You see, the ironies of life are full of circumstances, so many ambiguities, issues that come to beat out one into each other, and there for us to see the negative and the positives of life. I was just waking up to the realisation that I was told that I’ve been accused of terrorism as a Governor.”
He stressed, “Someone who is the head of the opposition, my Commissioner has been kept incarcerated and will not be released by the EFCC. Even when I have immunity as a Governor, my name was stupendously mentioned in a motion in the formal law court in Nigeria. Me, Bala Mohammed, who is recognised without my inkling for this kind of reputation. God is wonderful.”
The Governor added that,”I don’t have to say anything, I don’t even have to go to the public court, but certainly, politics has become something else in Nigeria, but with these kind of people around, Mr Malgwi and his partners, there is still hope in the country.”
According to him,” Whatever is done to denounce you, to prosecute you, somehow God will bring something to absolve you of blame, of persecution. Because with the little resources we have and with the work we have done in Bauchi, somebody will accuse us of arbitrariness.”
He stressed that, “We have a country where 51 per cent of the resources are taken by the Federal Government. In my State, they have not constructed a one-kilometre road, no water, even the security agencies, I am the one paying them to work for us and yet, they have the guts to talk.”
He added, “This is a country when you work, you become a valiant, you become an idiot. I have kept quiet for too long. It is because of peace and security, because as politicians, we should not be seen to be overheating the polity, but I am not a coward.”
According to him, “I’m just keeping quiet for the sake of all of the common people. We don’t have to denounce and denigrate people before we get to power.”
Reacting to the implementation of the new tax law, the Governor declared,”The Federal Government should look into the issue of the tax law. In spite of all these impurities that we noticed in the tax law, they are still going ahead with its implementation, to the impoverishment of our people, the impoverishment of the subnationals, we are keeping quiet.”
He stressed that,”There is no security in the Northern part of the country more than that we have in Bauchi state. We have done this together, through community development. I have APC here, PDP here, and NNPP here. We are living in peace because of democratic governance. We tolerate ourselves.”
Bala Mohammed declared, “There is too much intolerance. The APC-led federal government thinks it can use the courts, the institutions of government like the EFCC, to persecute and prosecute Nigerians who are not within their own party. If they don’t stop, we are going to declare war.”
According to him,”I assure you, we are not going to keep quiet anymore. I won’t allow anybody to criminalise me because I’m not in the APC, and I refuse to join the APC. And I will not join the APC. My family members, my officials, have been taken like anything, locked up without any reason.”
“This award is inspiring me to talk; I have not talked. I didn’t want to talk, but we still have hope in the courts and in Nigerians. I thank the Institute for this opportunity, and I assure you it is not going to make us arrogant. Our humility and modesty will continue,” he added.
The Governor further states that, “We will use small things to make useful things and leave a landmark that will make Nigeria proud. And no Jupiter will stop us from doing this. Thank you for this. Sincerely conveying our appreciation to your organisation.”
Shortly before presenting the award to the Governor, a Life member of the Safety Institute of Nigeria, Dr Haruna Malgwi, commended the Governor for the measures his administration has put in place for the safety of the people of Bauchi State, particularly at the various points of service delivery.
According to him, “We considered four criteria before arriving at the point of acceptance, and His Excellency met all as he scored excellently well and deserved the award of Safety Ambassador.
He further stated that the Safety Institute of Nigeria does not give recognition until it is convinced that the awardee actually deserves such an award, stressing that, “I am not a politician, therefore, I will not speak as one. You have done well, and you deserve to be called Safety Ambassador.”
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