IN JUST 4 YEARS HE TURNED BAUCHI STATE TO A REFERENCE POINT- GOVERNOR BALA ABDULKADIR MOHAMMED KAURAN BAUCHI!#KSMF REPORTERS BAUCHI.

Kaura 4+4:  Why Governor Bala Deserves a Second Term

No doubt, His return will be better than how he began the journey, in 2019 he was elected to the office of the Governor of Bauchi state under the PDP, in just 4 years he turned Bauchi state to a reference Point for other states in Nigeria. He achieved what was impossible for the Previous Administration.

Bauchi is now great in every sphere of human development, the improvement seen on ground brought by the governor is beyond explanation.

Thus, if Bala Muhammad adds additional four years, no doubt no state would be compared with Bauchi in terms of human and capital development. Thousands of Bauchi Citizens are now smiling over Bala’s endless empowerment, he empowered both men and women, old and young, literate and illiterate, all in his quest to reduce the alarming rate of unemployment and poverty in the state. 

I can’t deny the fact that whatever effort he is making towards the progress of the state, opposition party is there doing harm to his administration to oust him.

But the reality is, even the opposition party knows that Governor Bala is a blessing to the great people of Bauchi state, what he has been doing to Bauchi populace no scale can actually measure him.

 The Bala Mohammed administration was quick to grab the bull by the horns without allowing for the precious time to waste away. He delved into the nitty-gritty to set the committee task force for the recovery of lost and stolen government properties and monies. A committee populated by persons from across party lines. The committee task force was able to discover and recover billions of naira to the state – monies that the Governor put to work immediately by reinvesting into the State by erecting lasting infrastructures such as roads [international standards], schools, water treatment plant, hospital upgrades and refurbishment, agriculture/farming, power and water supply to rural communities, and other critical sectors of the State.”

Bala Mohammed acted to begin the sanitization exercise by setting up a committee on Bank Verification Number (BVN) and authentication of civil servants on its payroll. The exercise immediately netted gains for the Bauchi people. This is as the Bauchi State Government removed 1115 employees from the payroll and saved N763,792,664.07. The committee which received a total of 279 petitions, complaints and whistle blower exposes, federal allocations, local and international loans, aids, grants, donations and other interventions, from primary and secondary sources – discovered the administrations of Isa Yuguda and Mohammed Abubakar had looted state owned properties and monies valued in the hundreds of billions.

Revamping Healthcare: The Bala Mohammed administration in Bauchi State launched a major campaign to revamp and upgrade the healthcare delivery systems in the State. His administration began with healthcare infrastructure. Within the first two years, 323 primary healthcare centers were constructed, renovated, upgraded and fully equipped across the rural communities under the BASG/NSHIP program. Within the same two-year period, the Bala Mohammed administration constructed, renovated, upgraded and fully equipped secondary healthcare centers such as the General Hospitals located across the various local government areas [LGAs] – ranging from construction of new General Hospital at Warji, Warji LGA, construction of new General Hospital at Dambam, Dambam LGA, construction of new cottage at Yelwan Duguri, and others spread across the LGAs of Bauchi State.

Revolution in Road Construction: In his three years as the Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has constructed over 250 km – and has already begun the process of constructing more roads into the rural communities and farmlands. Ongoing road construction of Burga to Yalwan – Duguri to Yashi is 68.4 km. Thus, links Tafawa Balewa LGA and Alkaleri LGA and shall reduce the rate of accidents. Itas to Gadau road is 24.5 km. Bulkachuwa to Udubo road is 36 km. Udubo to Gamawa road is 25 km, a federal road being renovated by Bala Mohammed administration. 

The said projects were abandoned by Bar. Mohammed Abubakar Esq, the former governor. Disina township road is 3.8 km –a town in Katagum senatorial zone. Sade township road is 2.8 km. Sade to Akuyam town is 16.8 km. Bununu township road is 2.8 km. Within the capital city – dualization of Kano road – from Awalah roundabout to airport – 22 km. Dualization of Maiduguri road from Awalah roundabout to Bauchi university in Yuli campus – 14 km. Dualization of Jos road from Total filling station in Bauchi metropolis to Dungal village about 12 km. Newly constructed road commissioned by President Jonathan is 6.4 km in Bauchi metropolis named after Goodluck E. Jonathan. Complete renovation of Adamu Jumba road about 1 km. Another road – Ibrahim bako estate road commissioned by Abubakar Atiku – and named after him – 4.8km.

To ensure no projects are left abandoned, Bala Mohammed's administration approved completing four major road construction projects which were initiated but abandoned by the previous administration: Mararrabar Ganye – Gwalfada road in Toro LGA, Darazo – Gafchiyari road in Darazo LGA, Giade Juguda – Kurda – Gulka road in Giade LGA, and Dass – Gajiwal – Bangim – Falantulu – Bununu in Dass & Tafawa Balewa LGAs.

Governance through Empowerment Programs:  The Bala Mohammed administration under the auspices of the Kaura Economic and Empowerment Programme (KEEP) formally launched the most successful and sustainable empowerment program in the history of Bauchi State. Some of the fruits of the program include the distribution of 156 commercial buses across the 20 LGAs, distribution of 1,500 tricycles, set up a micro grant of N10, 000 each to petty traders [woman] and funded the micro grant scheme with N200million, launched a N75million KEEP initiatives per LGA for youths and women, another sum of N500m reserved for soft loans to traders and artisans.

Upgrading Education: It is understood, the Governor values education, especially child education. He views child education as a right owed by the government. For this reason, he made education one of his priority agenda. So far, his government has spent over N8billion on education, and has also approved payment of NABTEB exams fees for all the 1,751 SS3 students of Government Technical Colleges along with all the 499 students sitting for NBAIS exams for Government Arabic Colleges.

Farming: In terms of farming, the Bala Mohammed administration had also prioritized agriculture as one of its valued agenda. Within the last two years, it procured over 4,000 metric tons of fertilizer for Bauchi State farmers and has sponsored 1000 students for training on better farming mechanisms. Over 5000 farmers were recipients of the fertilizers.

Housing: In the same spirit of upgrading the lives of the people of Bauchi to meet the levels for standard of living, the Governor embarked on a 1,500 Housing Estate at Dungal. This is in addition to the construction of the Bauchi Hajj Camp. His administration had sunk 1046 solar powered and hand-pump boreholes across the State. The upgrade of the Gubi Dam Water Treatment Plant and the Water Reservoir, near Zaranda Hotel – are both projects that have been completed.

What more do we need other than the former FCT Minister, The One Term Senator and The Governor of Bauchi state, a man who works under the sun or in the rain, His vision, ambition and mission will never let him rests until Bauchi is great again.

Long live Bauchi state, long live Nigeria, long live PDP!!!

Hashir Aliyu Jungudo

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