Former Speaker of the House Representative, Yakubu Dogara, has hit back at the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, over his (governor) comment that the Federal Government is inviting poverty, hunger and economic hardship to the country.
Recall that the governor had on Wednesday during the Peoples Democratic Party local government elections campaign flag-off held at the state Government House accused President Tinubu of implementing policies that are not citizens-friendly.
Bala Mohammed emphasised that the problem was for all the leaders “from the presidency, to sub-national and to the local government.”
He added, “The new policies brought by the federal government are not working. We can see the manifestation of it in different coloration. From the North to the South.”
Dogara, who wrote in a release issued on Saturday titled ‘In Governor Bala Mohammed’s latest tirade and truculent buffoonery,” testified that Nigeria was in a trying moment with lots of nerves in the air and lots of spitting into the political wind.
The former lawmaker said the responsibility of leaders, irrespective of the political tribe they belong, “is to ensure that we bring this crisis to a responsible end by appealing to governments at all levels to scramble to meet some of the legitimate demands of the protesters, most especially hunger and pervasive insecurity in the national interest.
“It is certainly not a time to engage in blowing all the dog whistles at once in the irresponsible manner Governor Bala Mohammed did.”
In the statement, Dogara noted, “I am penning these lines to further disavow him and to tell those who don’t know that, although Governor Bala Mohammed is one of us, he is not all of us.”
The former speaker maintained that Bauchi State remained a home to tested leaders who were not raised like mushrooms and who would not speak or operate in a manner that reveals contempt for rules, precedent, order, stability, and national cohesion.
Dogara challenged the governor to tell the world which of the hospitals in the state was “fully functional” and how many doctors had been employed.