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| Hon. Abudullahi Bego and NUJ Chairman Yobe State, Comrade Rajab Mohammed at the briefing yesterday |
By JOE Hemba
Yobe State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Hon. Abdullahi Bego has dissonance claims by some people in the state that Gov. Mai Mala Buni has abandoned his job as governor of the state at the altar of his adhoc job as the acting National Chairman of the APC.
The commissioner who was fielding questions from journalists at the opening of the Ministerial press briefing organized by the NUJ, Yobe State in Damaturu said, Gov. Buni’s commitment to the development of Yobe State has not changed.
According to him, Yobe should be proud that their governor among many other governors in the county is saddled with the responsibility of repositioning such a large party with a huge followership across the country.
“I must say that the involvement of Gov. Buni with the APC assignment at the National level should be a thing of pride to the people of Yobe and should attract the kind of criticism that people are insinuating.
“For the records, His Excellency’s choice for the job is as a result of his master-class quality of a peace makers and he was chosen among his colleagues to reposition our party that has a very huge followership. That’s a thing of pride.
“I must also tell you that His Excellency Gov. Mai Mala Buni has never forgotten to attend to Yobe issues whether he is in Damaturu or in Abuja or any other part of the world. Everyone can testify that the governor has been making strategic visits to people that matter in Abuja. Recently, you saw him visit the Chief of Defense Staff, Chief of Army Staff, the Commandant NSCDC and a host of other very important personalities to discuss the security of the state and I am confident that we will start seeing the results on ground.
“The job that governor Buni is doing now is a critical, but a time limited National assignment and he needs our prayers to succeed because the job is for the benefit of all Nigerians including Yobe State,” Hon. Bego said.
ImpactOnlineNigeria investigation gathered that there is growing apprehension among the people of the state over Gov. Buni’s continuous stay in Abuja attending to the APC national politics instead of staying with the people that elected him.
Further findings has also revealed that the popularity of the governor on the streets of Damaturu has also dwindled as he now longer receives the thunders cheers from residents any time he drives in or out of the town.
Unlike in the past, our correspondent gathered that Gov. Buni was booed at the central roundabout in Damaturu when he drove into the city last week to mark the Sallah celebration in the State capital. It was also gathered that a section of crowd were not happy with governor Buni as he was driving for the Central Mosque in Damaturu for the Eid prayers.
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