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From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Youths under the auspices of Bauchi Consolidated Youth Association (BCYA) have carpeted former governor of Bauchi State, Isa yuguda over recent comments that there are only 18 doctors in all the hospitals in the state, saying such comment is mischievous.
Former governor Yuguda had berated incumbent Governor Bala Mohammed over the number of doctors serving in general hospitals and primary healthcare centres in the State.
Yuguda blamed his successors, Muhammed Abubakar and Bala Mohammed for the dwindling number of doctors serving in the State hospitals, saying that only 18 doctors are serving over seven million people in the State.
Former governor Yuguda had penultimate week addressed the press at his residence in Bauchi where he also blamed governor Muhammed for abandoning 22 hospitals and schools he (Yuguda) built during his tenure.
However, a statement by the Association’s Chairman, Lawal Sani Ningi said, “It is ridiculous for Isa Yuguda and his ilk to think they hide in their comfort zones and undermine the current administration’s effort in security, economy, infrastructure, health and education including efforts to protect our weak and vulnerable”.
While calling on youths in the state to resist misinformation campaigns by enemies of progress, Ningi urged them to prepare to assume the responsibilities to change the political culture from one that serves the leader, to one which creates leaders.
“Bauchi youth must learn from the mistakes and deliberate miscalculations of past leaders.
“We should instead support our current progressive administration to work to build an environment where Bauchi people will be safe and secured in Bauchi and wherever they choose to live and work in Nigeria, without discrimination or molestation.
“We should support our present governor’s efforts to stop millions of our children living wretched lives in the search for education, and wasting the greatest asset of Bauchi State which is human capital development.
“Only the people can solve the problems of Bauchi, but it is obvious by now, not all those seeking to lead the state are committed enough to work to solve our basic socio-cultural problems, our regressing economy or address our precarious future.
“Many who are seeking to replace Bala Mohammed today will prefer to leave the bulk of Bauchi State in poverty, fighting each other, so that they can continue to manipulate us during elections with none of them so far showing real commitment to reducing youth unemployment, insecurity and poverty.
“Bala as we can all see, has already tackled some of the most serious challenges facing our state today and is also playing a major role in rescuing our Northern region from the margins of irrelevance, impotence, inconsequence and decay in the context of the Nigerian nation which currently runs on the basis of values and practices that we need to understand, adapt to or create alternatives that suit our cultures, circumstances and interests”.
He pointed out that Governor Mohammed had already carved a glorious path for, “their development as a people, by standing with the Bauchi villager, the trader, the teacher, the farmer and the youth against attempts to make them second class citizens”.The statement added.
