Gombe Gov doles out N5m transportation to Christian Community
….seeks forgiveness from Christian faithfuls
By Ben Ngwakwe
As part of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s campaign strategies to retain power in Gombe State, on Saturday, doled out N5m to Christian Community as transport fare for those in attendance.
The money to Christian Community came during an interactive meeting with him and attendees from 11 Local Government Areas of the state at the Banquet hall Gombe.
Yahaya also during the interactive meetings appealed to the people to vote wisely at the forthcoming Governorship and State House of Assembly elections scheduled on 11th March.
He explained that been mindful of the victory at the poll, the Governor reiterated that elections should be devoid of sentiments rather, “it should be achievements based and infrastructural development that has direct impact to the people as a guiding consideration.”
He equally apologised to Christian Community for any wrong doing done to them and promised not to repeat it at the second tenure of his administration if elected into office.
According to him, “as in every human endeavour me and this administration might have committed errors, i request the gathering to forgive and chart a new course for continued development of the state.”
While appreciating the people for giving him their mandate in 2019 enumerated some of his administration’s achievements to include provision of quality healthcare facilities, educational upliftment, road infrastructure and above all peace and security that are prevalent in the state and others.
The Governor noted that at the assumption of office in 2019, he inherited the accumulated huge debt and decayed infrastructure across all sectors which necessitated his administration to take drastic measures towards addressing them within the first term, calling on the Christian community to vote him again for sustainability of development of the state.
He used the occasion to encourage the electorate to come out en masse to vote for the All Progressives Congress, candidates in the forthcoming elections to align the state with the government at the centre in view of the inherent advantages contained therein.
Earlier, the Director- General APC Campaign Organisation,Barrister Muhammed Zubairu Umar, said the interactive meeting was informed by the need to offer clarifications on certain misconceptions and perceptions about the State Governor and the administration and appealed to the gathering to be honest in their contributions.
In his contribution, the Secretary to the State Government SSG Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, appreciated the Christian community for turning out in numbers for the meeting and admonished them to disregard all forms of negative audio-visual messages driven by sentiments going round media space.
Some speakers who include the North East CAN Chairman ,Rev. Abare Kalla, State CAN women leader and respected clerics commended the foresight of the Governor for convening the meeting as well as his frankness while addressing perceived misconceptions and also asking for forgiveness of the Christian community for any wrong doing either by him or his administration’s policies and programmes.
The Christian community at the end of the interactive meeting unanimously agreed to forgive the Governor and pledged to work assiduously towards the re-election bid of the Governor for a second term.
Meanwhile, attendees of the interactive meeting were drawn from leaders of various Christian groups and leadership of churches across the eleven local governments of Gombe State.
Also, the Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya also doled out ₦ 500 million naira to business community as grants in Gombe State.
Our correspondent reports that the occasion attracted both big and small medium business men and women in Gombe State for the disbursement.
