Governor Bala Mohammed has inaugurated a 53 man transition committee. Members are mandated to review performance that gave birth for his re-election.
Speaking during the inauguration at the Government House Bauchi recently, Bala Mohammed expressed appreciation and thanks to Almighty God for having him re-elected for another four years.
He emphasized that his re-election by the good people of Bauchi State was informed by his administration’s unprecedented performance in various aspects of developments, ranging from road constructions across the nooks and crannies of the state, construction and rehabilitation of schools, hospitals, water, human capital development, among others.
“I must appreciate and commend the sagacity of my compatriots here for giving us the mandate to continue to serve them for another four years”, Bala Mohammed said.
“Ordinarily, there would be no need for any transition, but we have however, decided to constitute the transition committee not for the purpose of handing over to any government but for a seamless transition to higher level of performance by our government”, he said.
Bala said his administration is irrevocably committed to ensuring that by the end of his renewed four years tenure, Bauchi can be favorably compared to any state in Nigeria.
“As you are aware, ministries, departments and agencies are the vehicles for the realization of the developmental objectives of any government through the implementation of policies and programmes”, the governor noted.
“Let me use this opportunity to commend the MDAs in the state for executing the various projects that have made Bauchi State one of the best states in the provision of infrastructure and other amenities”, he added.
Bala while commending the heads and staff of all the MDAs for their financial and moral discipline in carrying out their responsibilities, said such attributes made his administration to execute many projects with very little resources.
“There is therefore the need for hand over notes to be prepared so as to adequately acquaint the incoming commissioners of the structures of responsibilities of the MDAs”, he said.
According to him, “the hand over notes becomes imperative in view of the need for the MDAs to optimally perform towards the realization of my Bauchi project”.
Bala who said that committee was been constituted for the purpose of transiting to higher performance, said that members of the committee were drawn from 20 local government areas of the state for inclusiveness and geopolitical representation.
He said merit was not compromised in the process of selecting the committee members which has former Deputy Governor of the state, Architect Audu Sule Katagum as its chairman as well the Governor’s private principal Secretary, Alhaji Sama’ila Burga as the secretary of the committee.
Bala said the names of members of the committee could not be made available at the time of the inauguration, therefore, the rest of the members would be carefully selected to guarantee inclusivity.
According to the governor, the committee is expected to collect handing over notes from all Ministries, Departments and Agencies and provide comprehensive data on the programmes and projects executed by the present administration from 2019 to date.
He said that the rest of the terms of reference of the committee is to also look into problems of the Ministries, Departments, Agencies and their effects on his campaign promises, provide a roadmap for the new Bauchi State and to ascertain if there is any outstanding recurrent expenditure, in the areas of salaries, pensions in all MDAs and local government areas.
Speaking on behalf of the committee, its chairman, Architect Audu Sule Katagum promised to justify the confidence reposed in them by the governor.
