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Bauchi State, Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he told former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to allow him contest the presidency because he is old and fatigued with Nigeria.

He said this in his speech while receiving the report of a and Consultation Committee which he established for his presidential ambition which held on Friday at the Old Banquet Hall of the Government House, Bauchi.

SUNDAY PUNCH reports that the Committee, headed by Senator Adamu Gumba, which was inaugurated 15th August, 2021, visited 16 northern states where it interacted with various stakeholders in those states.

Mohammed said, “I am aware that even in Bauchi, people are divided, my elder brother, Bala Hadith, had the courage to tell me that people of Bauchi don’t want me to go to the center and I appreciate him. This is because this is the opinion of Bauchi which is the appreciation of what we are doing together. Bauchi can be better if I’m at the center.

“But certainly, we have to manage the two together (Bauchi and the Presidential campaign). I told my younger brother and my colleague (deputy governor) that he should not be happy to send me forth so that he will take over the governorship, I will do the two together.

“One of my brothers, a formidable and astute politician, Matawalle Sokoto (Aminu Tambuwal) did it before, so we are going to also test it. And I will not give (the governorship seat) to hold forth, such a big man, he will not give me back when I come back, but if he will give me, I will give it to him.

“There is no need for us to be greedy; of course, my presidency will not cause division. You can see that at the heat of the time that my elder brother, Malam Adamu was going round, we invited our elder statesman, the one that we respect so much, the Waziri Adamawa (Atiku Abubakar), we named a road after him.

“We invited him to Bauchi and we interacted and I told him that in this game, I know he’s the most senior, he’s very qualified but because of his age and fatigue that he has suffered so much for Nigeria, he should allow his younger brother to be his spare tyre not to take over just like that. But if Nigerians prefer him, I will him. I am not too desperate but he should know that Nigerians like me too. And whatever he wants, I will do it for him, so this is our agreement, he has the highest respect from me.”

The former minister of the Federal Capital Territory said that Nigerians are disillusioned and in poverty adding that the selection process is one of the problems in the country.

“We have a lot of insecurity, we have a lot of poverty, people are disillusioned, governance has never been like before, even the centre is confused because our leadership recruitment is very poor. And today, for some of us that know, we have been trained in this job as federalists, we know the civil service, we know the bureaucracy, we know the institutions of the federal government and the states, we know the parliament, we know the politicians and the politics, so we should be given the opportunity.

“Reward system has never been so poor, politics is not the winner takes all. Even before we come in, we will make sure that there is complete redistribution of the national resources. There must be equitable distribution; nepotism should be done away with. We have so many positions other than the presidency which will make all the federating entities to be happy.

“All the presidential aspirants from all the sections of the country are eminently qualified, so we should be left to discuss with each other. At this moment, we should be most concerned with our unity and the economics of the country.”

“It will not just be the group of Bala Mohammed, we will change the narrative, we will make sure we get the best and those people that that will be going back to their micro-constituencies to drop something. Not those kind of people we have today that are sitting in Abuja, we don’t see them. We have to change the governance, the selection, the distribution, the mannerism and the reward system, this is how we need to do it.

“I am happy that I see so many people ing the PDP because that is where the hope is. We should be able to come into politics with hindsight of mandate from the people,” he stated.

https://punchng.com/i-told-atiku-hes-old-tired-to-lead-nigeria-bauchi-gov/

Toh

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Lol

Bala/Wike


What about South East that has served PDP for 24 years?

[color=#006600][/color]Tinubu is the right criminal for the job. I stand with Tinubu.

Fulani vs Fulani

The epic battle of the Ibo PDP masters


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Jerryherd:




Fulani vs Fulani

The epic battle of the Ibo PDP masters


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Bala is an Afonja man

helinues:


Bala is an Afonja man

**In the cancellers voice

Thunda scatter Bala

Insha alla Amin

Bala is a vagabond drug baron

Atiku 2023

Jerryherd:




**In the cancellers voice

Thunda scatter Bala

Insha alla Amin

Bala is a vagabond drug baron

Atiku 2023

NL Canceller that is now a vulcanizer apprentice.. As mods have not been allowing him to be doing his nonsense, guy man has no choice than to go and look for better job

helinues:


NL Canceller that is now a vulcanizer apprentice.. As mods have not been allowing him to be doing his nonsense, guy man has no choice than to go and look for better job

This bala man is funny and can't stop laughing,power can be intoxicating sha,you want to be president and still want to remain a governor at the same time...and talking about the governor seat as his family birth right haha what are we not going to see in this country

Please try invite tinubu and tell him same thing..

The same thing I will tell Tinubu when he visits me by meddle of next month

How northern politicians started clamoring for power to remain in the north after eight years of wickedness under APC is worrisome. How they came up with the theory that they have been cheated since 1999 is mind boggling.

One does not need a prophet to predict the disintegration of APC in 2023 because of their shortsighted, leadership failure and the hardship inflicted on the citizens in seven years of misrule.

PDP has strong candidates, youthful and with what is required to lead this country to greater heights. Opportunity must be given to professionals in politics in the south to lead this nation and not the north. PDP must not lose the next election otherwise beyond 2023, this country will go from bad to worse.

So the man that said all that, in that incoherent manner, wants to be Nigerian President?

Chai! Who do this country?!

All of you should go and die

See all those veterans in politics should go and sit down

Bala fighting for his own pocket...no wonder he said as far as PDP Zoning is concerned....the North is the next to have the presidential ticket.

Niaja for show.

Isn't this greed? You want to give a shot at the presidency and still want to have the chance to contest as governor of your state. Oga choose one

Normally for naija if you never old you no fit get money. The funniest part of everything is in the next 20 years all this old people will be dead. Tinubu and buhari that are using football age are atiku mate

On what pedigree and antecedents is Bala Mohammed relying on to aspire for the presidency?

Or his only qualification is being a "northerner"?

What was his achievement as FCT minister?

What has he achieved as Bauchi governor? Or has he been stockpiling Bauchi funds in preparation for his presidential bid?

It is on public record that this idiot picked on Samuel Ortom for causing hatred against the Fulani because Ortom is constantly throwing their sins at their faces.

It is also on public record that this idiot defended herdsmen bearing AK-47.

If PDP likes, let them waste their ticket on him.

I'm pro-PDP, but if the presidential election comes down to Bala Mohammed v. Tinubu, I will vote Tinubu.

As much as I hate Tinubu, I will choose Tinubu over Bala and Tambuwal.

Las las, Peter Obi for President!

kahal29:

https://punchng.com/i-told-atiku-hes-old-tired-to-lead-nigeria-bauchi-gov/

Mr Governor go sitdown jooooor

Atiku is a reasonable man. He was directing Buhari government in the beginning for efficiency before the West brought Bubu ,uproot Kyari and everything messed up.


Buhari was a very good and ionate man. He wanted the best for Nigeria.

The Nelson Madela that was jailed was different from the one that ruled.

If they want Tinubu and we complain about his age and health. Don't be surprised, they will give us a young agile and healthy Tinubu during election period and this cycle will continue.

WHEN OLD MEN WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A STATEMEN REFUSE TO STAY ASIDE,ALWAYS HUNGRY TO RULE NOT LEAD,WITH NOTHING TO OFFER LETS BE SMART,OUK HAS BEEN TESTED AND TRUSTED ORJI UZOR KALU LETS GO!!!!

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Hmm

All of you are old fools! No one is excluded

Someone is misleading this non performing Governor