2027:  Bauchí Governor Declares Readiness To Work With Peter Obi

From Paul Orude Bauchi

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has promised to work with former Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (L) Peter Obi to rescue Nigeria from leadership of mediocrity.

Mohammed gave the assurance  while briefing journalists after a closed door meeting with Obi, on Thursday at Government House, Bauchi

Obi contested  for President in 2023 on the platform of the Labour Party after his bid to secure the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) failed. 

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar secured the PDP presidential ticket but lost to incumbent Ahmed Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)

The Bauchí State Chief Executive assured that he was ready to work with the former governor of Anambra State governor  to form a variant opposition and deliver the country “from mediocre parading themselves as leaders”. 

Mohammed claimed Obi is the leader of opposition in Nigeria, because of his position and pedigree.

“So I want to say to clear some of those doubting Thomas who want to preempt what we are doing. 

“Myself as a person, I’m ready to work with Peter Obi and to make sure we come together, close ranks, bring good governance to the country.

“We will give vibrant opposition with knowledge and timelines with vision in such a manner that would rescue and recover our country from these mediocres that are parading themselves as leaders, definitely time has come. But we must step out and we do things with fidelity, with sincerity and focus.

“I think our coming together is a message. And the message is going to resonate, I believe, because all our colleagues, the governors, are behind this kind of journey, because it is a transcendental one, and I want to say that we are very grateful to Governor Peter Obi for coming here, and we will take it up and take it further in a manner that going forward you will see more of this outing between us and Governor Obi, PDP governors, and PDP as a party.

The former Presidential candidate said he visited Mohammed basically to discuss the issues affecting the country.

Obi said he was in Bauchi to consult the governor , being the chairman of PDP Governors Forum, and a critical person in the country’s  politics

“With what our country is going through, I felt it is necessary for me to come and discuss the future of our dear country with him,” he said.

“So instead of a consultation, it’s a meeting that will continue to go on as we talk about the future of this country. All of you are aware where we are today, what is happening in our country and everything.

“And yet we have to discuss that. You have to discuss the issues that are happening in the North. Like I have told the governor today, that the North is a critical component if we are going to get it right in this country.

“There’s so much criminality in Nigeria, especially when people talk about it, and I say, no, there’s poverty in Nigeria. You have to deal with the issue of poverty. Until you solve poverty, you can’t talk about criminality. Because if people don’t know where the next mural will come from, nobody can know what they can do. 

“We can see poverty in the North, but there’s also a future that is everywhere. We can make more money today. Nigeria can be rich today from agriculture that will make for more yields. And I could see vast areas of uncultivated land that have been turning the government off everywhere I go. I’ve been visiting everywhere in the world. I just came back from a visit to Indonesia, the highest Muslim country in the world”

Obi said that Nigeria needed to invest in critical areas to put people out of poverty so the Nation could reduce criminality. 

He advocated for investment in children to avoid them involved in drug addiction and other vices. 

“We need education,” he said 

“We need to care about their health. But as you can see in the political space now, we are not discussing all this in the political space. What we are discussing in the political space are mundane things, whether it’s budget spending, whether it’s sexual harassment and people are hungry.

“We need to discuss hunger. We need to discuss poverty. We need to discuss education. We need to discuss health. What we are discussing should be the dignity of the political class. We are not in Hollywood.”