The race to occupy the Government House in Bauchi is realistically between Governor Bala Mohammed of the PDP and Sadique Abubakar, Nigeria's former chief of air staff who is the candidate of the APC.
A close analysis of political developments in the state indicates that Governor Muhammed has a mountain to climb to retain his seat on Saturday.
This year, Atiku won in all the local government areas in Bauchi southern senatorial zone, including Bogoro, Tafawa Balewa, Dass, Kirfi, Alkaleri, Toro, and Bauchi. But all the National Assembly seats in the areas – where a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and another top political enemy of Governor Mohammed, Bello Kirfi, are influential – were won by candidates of the APC .
In the 2019 election, Governor Mohammed got his winning margin from the base of Mr Dogara. The former Speaker has now endorsed the APC governorship candidate, Mr Abubakar, for Saturday;s election.
Outside the political side, a major challenge the governor is facing in the state is the failure of his governmet to pay workers’ salaries regularly and retirees’ pension and gratuities. This was one of the major reasons that the former APC governor, Mr Abubakar, lost reelection in 2019. “He did not execute any tangible project anywhere across the state. All the projects he executed are within the Bauchi metropolis, which revealed his tribalistic and sectionalist attitude toward other parts of the state,” Mr Jalla added.
“During his tenure, most of the students in the boarding schools were deboarded and sent back to day schools, which led to so many young girls getting unwanted pregnancies, which terminated their educational careers”, the APC spokesperson said.
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