The Chief Comvener of the Alternative Movement, a political pressure group, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has praised Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad, for his outstanding leadership and commitment to good governance of the state.
The Ogun State gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Otunba Segun Showunmi, commended the governor while interacting with a selected group of journalists in Bauchi on Friday, shortly after having a town hall meeting with stakeholders under his Alternative Movement.
The governor was commended for delivering real dividends of democracy to the people of Bauchi State even beyond his campaign promises but in line with democracy and democratic government.
He said, “Let me tell you, I never expected what I have seen on the ground in terms of developmental projects since I came in. The man had done massive development for the good of the people of the state.”
Segun Showunmi added that, “I have known the governor of this state for a long time because I’m a PDP man from the beginning. And he knows me; I’ve never visited the state with the eye of searching for any value like that.”
According to him, “But since we started this alternative movement, I’ve started looking at all of them from the eye of value. And, you know what I see, I cannot even imagine that Governor Bala Mohammed has done such phenomenal work here.”
“I went to his conference room, where he has his Executive Council meeting, yesterday. They just showed me just to look like a tourist reload. I was so excited. Ah, ah, in this Nigeria, no such in any Governor’s Office in this country. I went to some of the roads; I saw locations where, for more than 40 years since 1976, nobody has done anything.”
He stressed that “Nigerians need to know what he is doing; these are the kind of people we need to lead the country. He is not a one-sided person; I have seen roads in areas described as Christian-dominated.”
He added, “I appreciate him for what he is doing; he has taken it upon himself to replicate what the late Abubakar Tafawa Balewa did for the entire nation. He is really doing great.”
The politician added that “I was at the Palace of the Emir of Bauchi to pay homage; I was just looking at him as he was speaking. I’m not a government person, but he spoke well about the governor.”
“He said he had carried the traditional institution along. He said, Remember the last time you came to my palace; it was not like this; he has renovated all our palaces. He takes our opinion in governance, and he’s doing well here,” he added.
According to him, That was not what I went for, but that is really why we came—to find leaders among us, who we will hear that are good. And then we begin to look at them, and I’m sure it will be the same all over. Nobody should look down on us.”
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