One common feature of politicians in Nigeria is their ability to talk more than they act, while their immediate responsibility suffers the untoward reality of deterioration and dilapidation. Many wonder why politicians talk more and act less, but the truth might not be farfetched, after all. Many of the so called political/public administrators are nothing more than mere politicians whose aim is to make much noise to gain relevance and after, maybe, they are favoured with responsibility, floundered terribly because they have not the faintest idea of leadership and its requirements.
One famous axiom has it that leaders are born and not made. That is, to be able to lead, one has to be bestowed with the innate ability to carry out leadership. This is a far cry from many of our political jobbers whom we make the mistake of referring to as leaders.
Among the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory’s Ministers that have achieved much development and therefore claim the leadership ability is Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed. He has been responsible for the administration of the territory for the past four years, right from when President Goodluck Jonathan was acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Senator Bala was given the mandate of developing the FCT and he has remained consistent to deliver on such mandate towards maintaining and advancing the standard of FCT as a true federal capital of Nigeria, one of the most populous black nations in the world.
The minister has been saying that the administration has designed a resettlement programme for the affected people. He has also outlined his challenges, including the fact that the fund allocation to FCT Adminitration was below what was needed for the development of the FCT. He added that this has made the Administration to incur an accumulated debt of N1.3 trillion.
It is on record that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts have variously commended the minister’s scorecard. One of such chieftains is the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu who expressed appreciation to him for his numerous achievements. The PDP chairman lauded the development strides in the federal capital under the leadership of Mohammed.
With his personal and official achievements, one wonders what Senator Bala will do if he is given the opportunity to serve in higher office, like the position of governor of his home state, Bauchi. There is no doubt that the people of the state will be better for it.
Biu is an Abuja based Journalist. [myad]
