{"id":62347,"date":"2018-05-24T14:35:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62347"},"modified":"2018-05-24T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T13:35:08","slug":"why-bauchi-governor-resigned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/why-bauchi-governor-resigned\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Why Bauchi Governor Resigned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Engr. Nuhu Gidado has resigned, his<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">spokesman Yakubu Adamu confirmed to Daily Trust last night.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Gidado reportedly conveyed his decision to resign from his position<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">through a letter dated May 16.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In the letter, which became public yesterday, Gidado told Governor<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Mohammed Abubakar that: \u201cIndeed, along the way in the early days of our<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">this administration, I did reiterate my commitment to serve for a single<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">term and, ordinarily, I should have remained up to the end of the tenure,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">but, with the currently dampened spirit and waning zeal as it relates to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">my official engagements, my continued stay will not be fair and truthful<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to you as my brother and leader, the system we are serving and, above all,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to my conscience before the Almighty Allah.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn this regard, I feel sure that, Your Excellency will readily recollect<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the most recent one-on-one discussion we had, precisely, on Thursday,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">April 19th, 2018, in your office, where, among other issues, I expressed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to you my contemplation to \u2018step aside\u2019, if need be, in order to free my<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">conscience.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDespite all sir, I regret to say that, it has become necessary to yield<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to that inner calling, and may this development be in accordance with the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">blessed will and guidance of Allah (SWT), Ameen.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, sources close to the two politicians told the Daily Trust last<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">night that the deputy governor resigned because of \u201cirreconcilable<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">differences\u201d with Governor Abubakar.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A source close to the former deputy governor said Engr. Gidado and Gov.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Abubakar had been \u201cstrange bed fellows\u201d right from the onset of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">administration in 2015.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDeputy Governor Gidado and Governor Abubakar actually parted ways not<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">more than a year after they were sworn-in because their perspective about<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governance is different,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGidado who felt side-lined in the scheme of things had wanted to leave<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">long ago but for the interventions of some First Class emirs in the state,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">including the emirs of Bauchi and that of Jama\u2019are,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He alleged that Governor Abubakar always took decisions without recourse<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">to other members of the state executive council, including the deputy<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Another source said Gidado\u2019s travails were compounded by the politics of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe truth is that Governor Abubakar wants a second term but he has lost<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">grip of Bauchi South because of his fight with Speaker Yakub Dogara and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">other politicians, he has to look elsewhere. Gidado is from Jama\u2019are Local<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Government but the people of Katagum, that is Azare, have assured him of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">bulk votes in the event he picks his deputy from there,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">But sources close to Governor Abubakar said Gidado left without cogent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">reasons. \u201cHe was never sidelined by the governor; he is just too<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">ambitious,\u201d one of them said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He, however, admitted that Gidado had issues with his boss right from the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">beginning.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cRemember that Gidado also contested for the governorship; it was after<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Abubakar won the ticket that he picked him as deputy and since their<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">inauguration, he tends to behave as if he is the governor whenever the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">governor is out of town.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSometimes he would switch off his phones and remained inaccessible to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">even the governor and on many occasions, he would not even attend state<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">functions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn the last one year, he stopped participating in governance and it was<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">even contemplated that he should be sacked if not for the intervention of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">some people,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Our reporter contacted Governor\u00a0 Abubakar\u2019s Press Secretary,\u00a0 Abubakar<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">El-Sadique on telephone who promised to call back whenever he got details<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">but did not at the time of filing this report.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Gidado is the third senior government functionary in Bauchi to have<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">resigned recently.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Engr. 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