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Mohammed Jibrin Danbarde answering questions from newsmen
By Akanji Alowolodu, Gombe
Defeated APC gubernatorial aspirant in Gombe during the 2019 general elections, Mohammed Jibrin Danbarde, who recently dumped the ruling party for the opposition PDP has faulted the award of best State in doing business recently conferred on the State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya.
Danbarde said that Governor Inuwa Yahaya does not worth the award because it does not reflect the reality on ground because ccording to him, “Gombe is not a good example of a state with the ease of doing business because business men and their capital has been dissipated” .
The politician told journalists shortly after he held a meeting with officials of the PDP at its Secretariat that, “there is currently massive withdrawal of ownership of lands that belongs to orphans, businessmen, families in Gombe” as such, eroding so many people who have invested in land the privilege free business enterprise. “Do you call that ease of doing business?”.
He also wondered that, “who will come and invest in Gombe? If I invest my capital, inheritance in purchasing and doing business, suddenly government comes and take it, do you call that ease of doing business?”
Danbarde, who said that he left the APC because of bad governance in the State under Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, added that, “what Gombe State is witnessing today is “a government of a person, by a person, for a person and not the government of the people, for the people, by the people as democracy enshrine” .
He further berated Governor Inuwa Yahaya for engaging in callous statements saying, ” it goes as far as inciting unrest in the State”, which has tendency of dividing the interwoven, interrelated people of the State”.
In his words, “leadership is a sacred trust that has been entrusted by our forefathers in our hands, that trust must be carried along and protected at whatever cost for the brighter future of the State.
“What I have gathered when I went round is that the people want good governance but unfortunately, what we have in Gombe State at the moment is bad governance”, he stated.
Earlier, State Chairman of the PDP, Major-General Amnon Kalayi Kwaskebe (rtd), described the coming of Danbarde into the party as the result of relentless hard work by the party to correct it’s past mistakes.
The PDP Chairman added that, “We have been working relentlessly to correct our past mistakes and our people are coming back home and he is one out of so many that are on their way way. Many have returned we will formerlize their return”, he said.
It will be recalled that Governor Inuwa Yahaya was presented with the award of the best performing State and number one in the ease of doing business among the 36 States and the FCT by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa on 27th June, 2021, during Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 4th award dinner.
