Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu
By Attai Mohammed
A group under the aegis of Coalition of Niger state APC Youths, has called on former governor of the state, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu to refrained from making utterances unbecoming of a statesman.
The group in a statement signed by its leader, Mohammed Umaru and made available to journalists on Wednesday said the recent attacks by the former governor popularly referred to as Chief Servant on the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s administration in the state was in bad taste.
The group said by describing the APC’s administration as a waste, the former leader was merely holding a mirror to himself, noting that no government since the creation of the state was as wasteful as administration he presided over.
“While we understand that it is a decoy by the Chief Servant who has squandered his political goodwill in the state to get patronage from the present administration of Rt Hon Mohammed Umaru Bago, we consider the antic as unbefitting of statesmanship.
“It is on record that he bracingly referred to the administration of his Predecessor late Engineer Abdulkadir Kure as a waste, yet he ended up doing worst things abandoning many projects like Minna city centre, Five star hotel , three arm zone ETC that he is at present laying claim to and left it for the immediate past government.
“We are quick to remind the Chief Servant on the whereabouts of ecological funds, Sure-p remittance for local government council’s , the 7.5percent contributory pension deduction for local government workers and teachers and many others
“The same administration he is referred to as a waste of eight years, cleared 7.5 percent deduction for state’s Civil Servants, make new pension laws to bridge the gap his administration created and has left pension burden on the immediate past government to resolve.
“The same administration he referred to, as a waste has constructed well over 100 intra city roads, intervene in many federal roads to ameliorate the suffering of the people, embarked on whole school approach, constructed many blocks of primary schools, completed abandoned Jummai Babangida Maternal and Neonatal hospital , reconstruct some primary health care facilities, constructed Ultra modern medical laboratory, renovate and equip some General Hospitals among others
“The administration he referred to as a waste continued the payment of all bonds collected under the chief Servant’s administration and even completed some of the road projects like the Minna old airport road,” the group said.
The group said the Immediate past Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello is politically more relevant than Dr Aliyu having delivered both governorship and presidential seats to his party and also contested and won the senate seat of Niger North, a feat the chief Servant tried and failed.
“We trust the immediate past Governor; that as a matured politician and a successful businessman, he will not be distracted to bindy words with the Chief Servant because it is not in his character but as concerned youths of Niger state we thought it wise to put the record straight .
“Moreover the Chief Servant claimed to be public sector policy expert, he is expected to have the know how that; every administration has it’s challenges and government is continuously a platform for improvement and consolidation, thus he has failed in an attempt to discredit the immediate past administration to gain favour in the present administration.
“The question is why the chief Servant is always against the immediate past Governor, since he resigned from his cabinet over 10 years ago based on principle, he hates Abu Lolo because he refused to be used as conduit pipe.
“We therefore advise him to focus on his political career that has nosedived or better look for something more meaningful to do, it is about time he understood that unguarded utterances have backlashes,” the group added.
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