Former governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda has berated his successors, Mohammed Abubakar and incumbent Governor Bala Mohammed over what he described as abandonment of his legacy projects in the state.
Yuguda was speaking with the press at his residence in Bauchi recently, where he blamed Governor Bala Muhammed and his immediate successor for abandoning 22 hospitals and schools he built during his tenure.
“I left the state with 22 functional General Hospitals with 24 hours generators. We left schools where children of the poor could go and acquire education. But today, all are in a sorry state. Even the Yankari power plant was neglected by these administrations, calling it white elephant project. If they were confused about how to go about it, why didn’t they ask me?
“You can’t start constructing roads and government house when your society needs basic things like education and healthcare. A governor can’t start capital expenditure projects where he hasn’t finished with his recurrent expenditure,” he said.
Yuguda, who now supports the candidacy of APC’s Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar (rtd) said it is pertinent to elect all APC candidates to end Governor Bala Mohammed’s administration for not paying workers as and when due.
“It is very sad that someone will serve a state for 35 years and he won’t be paid pension and gratuity. It is very sad that our workers cannot get their payment,” he added.
Yuguda and the incumbent Governor of Bauchi State, in 2007, ran on the platform of the All Nigerians People’s Party (ANPP) for office of the Governor and Bauchi South Senatorial District respectively and won, before falling apart years later due to irreconcilable differences.
Former Governor Yuguda appreciated the people of Bauchi State for their support, adding that, “by God’s grace, if Sadique is elected, he will deliver the dividends of democracy equitably, and our workers will be paid at the end of every month.”
