The Adamawa House of Assembly has decided that the appointment of Alhaji Bakura Iya as the Madagali District head was not done...
The Adamawa House of Assembly has decided that the appointment of Alhaji Bakura Iya as the Madagali District head was not done with due regard for popular votes.
The recommendations of the legislators, articulated at the Wednesday plenary followed the consideration and adoption of a report of the House Standing Committee on Public Petitions presented before the House by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Shuaibu Babas. It said the Emirate and the District Head told the Committee that of the four persons who voted during the exercise, three voted for one Yerima Mustapha Iya while one voted for Bakura Iya.The Committee told the House further that the Mubi Emirate Council recommended the name of Bakura Iya who got one vote, and that Sen Jibrilla Bindow who was Governor at the time, approved Bakura Iya who consequently became the Madagali district head.
At the plenary session presided by Speaker Aminu Iya Abbas, the members directed the Mubi Emirate Council to reverse the appointment of Bakura Iya with immediate effect.
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