Governor Mohammed AbubakarThe Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar has attributed the spate of resignation by his aides to his determination to effect positive change in the way things were being done before, which he said ‘is very very difficult for people to accept.’
“If you think you can’t go at my pace, you stay and if you can’t go at my pace you resign.”
The governor, who spoke to news men at the Presidential Villa shortly after conferring with President Muhammadu Buhari, said: “people are used to a certain way of doing business and I have come to change that way of doing business. Because that way (of corruption) was destroying Bauchi State. So, we had to put a stop to it; we had to bring Bauchi state out of the dungeon.”
Referring to the recent resignation of his deputy in particular, the governor said that his letter from him did not indicate anything bad that transpired between the deputy governor and him.
He said that in the final paragraph, his deputy stressed that he remained loyal to his leader and his brother and that in his response, he eulogized him and wished him the best in his future endeavour and assured him of the support of the good people of Bauchi State.
“There was no problem whatsoever.
Governor Abubakar said that his working relation with his deputy was so cordial that for the two time he had gone a vacation since he became governor, he had always made him acting governor.
“Go to the House of Assembly and check. I went on official leave twice since I took over and each time I transmitted a letter to the House of Assembly making him the acting governor of Bauchi. I gave him the most important ministry; ministry of education where I have been allocating the largest share of the budget of Bauchi state since 2008.
“So, we had the most fantastic working relationship. In his words and you can ask him, he has said several times that he is the most pampered deputy governor in Nigeria.”
