{"id":359272,"date":"2021-05-31T21:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T20:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=359272"},"modified":"2021-05-31T22:03:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T21:03:38","slug":"constitution-review-bauchi-governor-pleads-for-the-creation-of-katagum-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=359272","title":{"rendered":"Constitution review: Bauchi governor pleads for the creation of Katagum state"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state has pleaded with the House of Representatives\u2019 committee on the Zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution to consider the agitations for the creation of Katagum state, out of the present Bauchi state.
\nSpeaking on Monday when he received the committee, who paid him a courtesy visit, the governor described the area as the biggest second town in any part of Northern Nigeria after the state capital.
\n\u201cIn Katagum now, you can see there is a sprawling metropolis in Azare that is the biggest second town in any part of Northern Nigeria, after the state capital.
\n\u201cWe are urging you to please look at our agitation for the creation of Katagum state because it will bring development closer to the people,\u201d said the governor.
\nNewsmen report that the committee paid the governor a visit ahead of the public hearing exercise slated to hold from June 1 to June 3.
\nThe zonal public hearings are taking place simultaneously across the country\u2019s six geopolitical zones with each zone having two centres.
\nThe North-East has Bauchi centre, which consists of Bauchi, Borno and Yobe states, while the Yola centre would host Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe States.
\nRep. Aminu Suleiman, Chairman of the committee, who led the team to the Bauchi centre, said the purpose of their assignment was to listen to the yearnings of the people on various issues of concern.
\n\u201cWe are here to listen to the yearnings of the people as they relate to various areas of concern that have been on the front burner of public discourse for quite some time.
\n\u201cWe are but the servants of the people, we shall not in any way interfere with what is going to emanate from the proceedings that will commence from tomorrow.
\n\u201cI have no doubt in my mind that the government of Bauchi state will mobilise people to ensure that all areas of interest as they relate to our own people, region, faith and culture are adequately presented,\u201d he said.
\nThe chairman said that the committee was happy at the number of projects executed by the state governor within two years of its existence.
\nHe said: \u201dgood governance is possible in Nigeria, we have seen some of the projects your administration has executed and let me tell you, we were taken aback.
\n\u201cThe conclusion some of us had was to the effect that good governance is truly possible in Nigeria with committed leadership.
\n\u201cWe are happy that we are in Bauchi state and we are taking away two things, the outcome of the constitution review and of course, your stewardship within just two years. This is quite exciting and encouraging\u201d, Suleiman said.
\nEarlier, Mohammed, expressed joy that the committee found it necessary not only to pay him a courtesy call, but also took time out to visit the administration\u2019s project sites.
\nHe urged them to take the assignment seriously by looking into the agitations of the people with justice and equity.
\nNAN recalls that on May 25, Mohammed also received the Senate zonal committee on Public Hearing for the review of the 1999 Constitution before it commenced the two-day exercise that ended on May 27.<\/p>\n

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