Bauchi Deputy Governor Resigns...
The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Nuhu Gidado, has resigned.
Gidado submitted his resignation letter to Governor Mohammed Abubakar yesterday, citing his waning enthusiasm for the job as reason for leaving.
The letter, dated May 16 and obtained by Channels Television, read: “Ordinarily, I should have remained up to the end of the tenure, but with the currently dampened spirit and waning zeal as it relates to my official engagements, my continued stay will not be fair and truthful to you as my brother and leader.”
The deputy governor also said that staying on in office would be unfair to the system and his conscience.
He reminded the governor that during their meeting on April 19, he had informed him that he was thinking about stepping aside.
The former deputy governor thanked the governor and the people of the state for the opportunity to serve as deputy governor of the state.
Gidado’s departure brings to three the number of high-ranking officials that have left the Bauchi governor’s cabinet.
In December 2017, the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Shehu Ningi, resigned from his position.
Ningi stepped down a day after Abubakar presented the 2017 budget estimates to the state’s House of Assembly.
The then commissioner said he left because the governor did not encourage members of his cabinet to offer advice on how to run the state.
Ningi explained that the environment in which he would have exercised his advisory role as member of the State Executive Council was “unaccommodating, debilitating and non-adviser friendly”.
In March, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Investment, Samaila Sanusi, also resigned due to “unfriendly working environment.”
Sanusi said all avenues to hold talks with the state governor on official issues and development were unsuccessful.
Also around the same time, Munnir Yisin, deputy caretaker chairman of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area, also tendered his resignation.
Efforts to speak with the governor’s media aide, Sabo Mohammed on the deputy governor’s resignation proved abortive as his mobile phone was switched off.