Bauchi will “pay the price” for misgovernance, warns Dogara

From Paul Orude, Bauchi

Former Speaker Yakubu Dogara has predicted that the radical of Bauchi State volition wage a immense terms for what helium describes arsenic misgovernance.

This connection comes amidst a renewed warfare of words betwixt Dogara and Governor Bala Mohammed, 2 of the state’s astir salient politicians.

Dogara believes that prioritising carnal infrastructure implicit quality improvement successful acquisition and wellness demonstrates a deficiency of imaginativeness that volition stifle the state’s growth.

“If Bala Mohammed’s authorities prioritises operation of backstage mansions, flyovers, and authorities houses implicit acquisition successful a authorities that bears a 64.67% load of out-of-school children (OOSC), which is the highest successful the country, and they telephone that translation oregon development, past bully for them,” helium stated.

“But it is arsenic unfortunate arsenic it is tragic due to the fact that the authorities volition proceed to wage the terms for decades.

“I person reproduced the statistic of OOSC to prick his conscience successful lawsuit it is inactive not seared.”

Dogara past shared statistic from UNICEF (2023) showing Bauchi State having the highest percent of OOSC successful Nigeria astatine 64.67%.

Percentage of OOSC:

Top 12 States

1 Bauchi: 64.67%
2 Kebbi: 64%
3 Zamfara: 60%
4 Yobe: 58%
5 Jigawa: 56.33%
6 Borno: 53.33%
7 Gombe: 53%
8 Sokoto: 52.33%
9 Niger: 40.33%
10 Katsina: 39.33%
11 Adamawa: 32%
12 Kano: 31.67%

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(UNICEF, 2023)

The erstwhile Speaker besides challenged the Governor’s assertion of gathering superior healthcare centres successful his constituency:

“Nothing tin beryllium much ludicrous due to the fact that these are places wherever helium won’t instrumentality adjacent his sick puppy for treatment.

“Bauchi state’s healthcare strategy has wholly collapsed nether his ticker to the constituent that presently we don’t person up to 25 doctors successful the full state’s nationalist hospitals. If we person them, fto him nutrient their names and the hospitals they are manning. He tin support connected taking the blase Bauchi radical arsenic fools.”

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