Groups Faults Bauchi Emirate Decision, Over Reversal of Mujaddadi Title
By Adamu IMAM Bauchi
Groups of concern citizens under the auspices of human rights community in Nigeria HURICON Bauchi state chapter has faulted the decision taken by the Bauchi emirate council over recent comment to the governor of Bauchi by Senator Shehu Buba Umar, during APC inaugural campaign rally in a build up to the local government elections in the state
Kabir Adam stated this during a press conference held at NUJ Secretariat Bauchi.
They says the decision is purely political, which according to them the emirate should not and cannot be used by politicians to satisfy their want, instead of the usual ways in handling issues that concerns publics
The further stated that, as stakeholders in the Bauchi state project, we are alarmed at how things are taking turns for the worse since some stakeholders,
leaders and senior citizens in our dear state notably Senator Shehu Buba Umar from Bauchi South Senatorial District joined the debate about the state of affairs in Bauchi,
particularly the germane issues and questions he raised about how the Governor Bala Mohammed PDP-led administration has been handling various financial and other material intervention, support packages and measures taken by the Federal Government aimed at ameliorating the suffering faced by the average, poor and other vulnerable groups in the state.
It is most unfortunate, condemnable and a clear abuse of power that rather than address the basic issues on the ground as highlighted by Senator Buba and other stakeholders like one of the groups participating in these mega joint press Conference,
Bauchi State Government ended up proving the allegations leveled against it by its actions and inactions on the issues which have been dominating the public space for sometime now.
RIDICULING AND SOILING THE IMAGE OF THE TRADITIONAL INSTITUTION ON THE ALTAR OF POLITICS
"We note with great concern and warning that the decision by the Bauchi Emirate Council to withdraw the traditional title of Mujaddadin Bauchi earlier conferred on Distinguished Senator Shehu Buba and the reasons adduced for that has further confirmed a consistent pattern and habit of the incumbent
administration to drag the revered traditional institution into politics with the consequence that it is daily losing the remnant of public trust and confidence left in it."
They continue that, "Bauchi State, available records has shown that the number of title holders removed or suspended apparently at the behest of the PDP led administration in its nearly 6 years in office so far among which the cases of the holder of the titles of Wakilin Birni (May, 2021) , Jakkadan Bauchi (January, 2022), Wazirin Bauch (January 2023i, Kauran Ningi (November, 2023)and now Mujaddadin Bauchi are prominent examples is more than the number of such decisions taken by the six emirates in the state put together since independence. He stressed.
This is more when the focus is on suspension or outright removal having political undertones.
Another valid point to observe which also lend credence to the fact that Governor Bala Mohammad is behind all these removals and what have you is the fact that virtually all the title holders involved belonged to rival political parties and the decision is taken after they engaged in open disagreement with the governor.
This is most unfortunate. It is a bad omen as regards the role, status and estimation of the traditional institution in the eyes of right thinking members of the society and therefore the negative and most condemnable trend has to stop.
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