The Deputy Governor of Bauchi
State, Engr. Nuhu Gidado has resigned, his spokesman Yakubu Adamu confirmed to
Daily Trust last night.
Gidado reportedly conveyed his
decision to resign from his position through a letter dated May 16.
In the letter, which became
public yesterday, Gidado told Governor Mohammed Abubakar that: “Indeed, along
the way in the early days of our this administration, I did reiterate my
commitment to serve for a single term and, ordinarily, I should have remained
up to the end of the tenure, but, with the currently dampened spirit and waning
zeal as it relates to my official engagements, my continued stay will not be fair and
truthful to you as my brother and leader, the system we are serving and, above
all, to my conscience before the Almighty Allah.
“In this regard, I feel sure
that, Your Excellency will readily recollect the most recent one-on-one
discussion we had, precisely, on Thursday, April 19th, 2018, in your office,
where, among other issues, I expressed to you my contemplation to ‘step aside’,
if need be, in order to free my conscience.
“Despite all sir, I regret to
say that, it has become necessary to yield to that inner calling, and may this
development be in accordance with the blessed will and guidance of Allah (SWT),
Ameen.”
Meanwhile, sources close to the
two politicians told the Daily Trust last night that the deputy governor
resigned because of “irreconcilable differences” with Governor Abubakar.
A source close to the former
deputy governor said Engr. Gidado and Gov. Abubakar had been “strange bed
fellows” right from the onset of the administration in 2015.
“Deputy Governor Gidado and
Governor Abubakar actually parted ways not more than a year after they were
sworn-in because their perspective about governance is different,” the source said.
“Gidado who felt side-lined in
the scheme of things had wanted to leave long ago but for theinterventions of
some First Class emirs in the state, including the emirs of Bauchi and that of
Jama’are,” the source said.
He alleged that Governor
Abubakar always took decisions without recourse to other members of the state executive council,
including the deputy governor.
Another source said Gidado’s
travails were compounded by the politics of 2019.
“The truth is that Governor
Abubakar wants a second term but he has lost grip of Bauchi South because of
his fight with Speaker Yakub Dogara and other politicians, he has to look elsewhere.
Gidado is from Jama’are Local Government but the people of Katagum, that is
Azare, have assured him of bulk votes in the event he picks his deputy from
there,” he said.
But sources close to Governor
Abubakar said Gidado left without cogent reasons. “He was never sidelined by the
governor; he is just too ambitious,” one of them said.
He, however, admitted that
Gidado had issues with his boss right from the beginning.
“Remember that Gidado also
contested for the governorship; it was after Abubakar won the ticket that he
picked him as deputy and since their inauguration, he tends to behave as if he
is the governor whenever the governor is out of town.
“Sometimes he would switch off
his phones and remained inaccessible to even the governor and on many
occasions, he would not even attend state functions.
“In the last one year, he
stopped participating in governance and it was even contemplated that
he should be sacked if not for the intervention of some people,” he said.
Our reporter contacted
Governor Abubakar’s Press Secretary, Abubakar El-Sadique on
telephone who promised to call back whenever he got details but did not at the
time of filing this report.
Gidado is the third senior
government functionary in Bauchi to have resigned recently.
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