Nazir Auwal
It is totally against my tradition to write a rejoinder especially on matters that are solely someone’s opinion but for three reasons, I will do so. Firstly, in order to keep the record straight and healthy for the younger generations. Secondly, to help maintain the relative peace we are enjoying here at Doguwa/T/Wada federal constituency and thirdly, to serve as an encouragement to the Leader (Hon Alhassan Ado Doguwa) to continue with the good work he has been doing. Everybody has the right to express his opinion, but in doing so, it should be with utmost sincerity of purpose (positive) as well as self-quotient on what we should feed the nationals with so as to avoid sowing seed of discourse where there should be none.
I read with total dismay and finds it difficult to comprehend what one Alhassan Bala Burji – a ghost as he didn’t exist – wrote accusing the current majority leader of House of Representatives on what he tagged as a total nonchalant attitude of the Leader to his immediate constituents on job creation and developmental projects, Infrastructural and Educational, despite the longevity he enjoyed. This alone made his submission a self-contradictory. Doguwa/T/Wada federal constituency is one of the few elites constituencies you can find within rural areas. How can literate communities like ours could on consecutive basis be reaffirming their support to a person they felt he has not meet their expectations? Is Bala saying that, we are blind enough to the extent that we couldn’t differentiate our left from right?
let’s us buttress what Bala has claimed to find if there is an iota of truth. In the piece, Bala claimed that, Burji is the second most populous town from the constituency, did he mean in terms of number of graduates or population or voting strength? Bala lied in all the cases. In each case, Burji town, surely, fall behind the likes of Doguwa, Riruwai, T/Wada, Burum-Burum, Dadin-Kowa and many other towns within the constituency. The writer also, claimed that Rt Hon Doguwa is a 5 times member since 2003. Yes, he is, but not from 2003. Hon Alhassan was first elected into the green chamber in 1992 and got reelected on four occasions consecutively since 2007 and not 2003. This reaffirmed my earlier position that Bala lied throughout his submission.
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On the issue of employment, just like all other federal constituencies, this area is not and will never be satisfactory looking vis a vis the number of graduates produced on yearly basis and the available vacancies coupled with the fact that, it is not a primary duty of a legislator to provide employment for his people but rather, to provide enabling ground for the government to create investments thereby bringing employment to the nationals. This is what the Leader has been doing.
Hon Doguwa has made a gigantic effort and need to be appreciated on the restoration of international flights at MAKIA that has eased the suffering of not only Kanawa but all northerners that made Bala and his sponsors angry. Let me thank God that, even with the hatred Bala and his sponsors have on the Leader, they couldn’t say he is a bench warmer. But despite that, Rt Hon Alhassan has shown uncommon love to the constituents, at least three hundred fresh and experience graduates were given jobs in lucrative MDAs in his courtesy. The record is there for everyone to see. Even from Bala’s ward, many were employed to the services of National Assembly, Federal Universities and others.
It shows ignorance, even if what Bala quote is true, to think that as principal officer and Chief Whip one cannot serve other nationals except those from his constituency. Principal officers have Nigeria as their constituency. Their immediate constituency is where they hailed from. But the letter the writer claimed to have emanated from the then Chief Whip’s office is another lie and theory of conspiracy. It was designed by mischievous people like Bala whose ill – efforts were vehemently rejected by the teeming populace of the constituency at the polls.
They connive to badly portrayed the image of Hon Doguwa which they fail woefully and they will continue to fail. If it is true, let Bala and/or his sponsors provide a clear proof. The people whose names, addresses and letters of employment contained in the fabricated letter should be publish for larger consumption. I challenge Bala to do so. In that case, we would all succumb to their untruthful assertions.
On the issue of infrastructure, the writer claimed that, no Infrastructural or educational development was brought to the constituency by the Leader. This is another lie. Our Leader has done excellently well. Let me remind Bala and his cohorts and sponsors that, no matter the level of their professionalism in conspiracy, they would and can never change the truth. Uncountable number of projects were brought to the constituency.
Some were already completed while some are ongoing. Can Bala told me that he and/or his sponsors are not aware of the ongoing N8.2B Tagwaye – Zainabi road construction, the Hundredth of Millions Naira bridges at Karefa, Unguwar Malamai, Unguwar Tanko, Dalawa and Summana villages that has eased transportation services. The construction of Karefa tarred road. Upgrade of Riruwai cottage hospital. Is Bala not aware of the multi million naira ultramodern market for T/Wada rice vendors? What of the blocks of classrooms everywhere, the solar light, Paediatric hospital, township roads and drainages? Can Bala say that he is not aware of the Hon Doguwa’s bill of an act to establish a Federal College of Education T/Wada that has passed the second reading at the green chamber? The Abuja based Burjian have lost touch with his community as he is not aware that 60% of GSS Burji classrooms were built by the Leader and may be the reason he is fabricating and spreading lies all across the landscape.
If the Abuja based Burjian is not aware, let him find out who pushed for relocation of military training and recruitment exercises to the Falgore game reserve? The Leader made the fruitful effort and we’re all sleeping with all our eyes closed. The insecurity bedeviling our LG in particular and other Nigerians passing through the dark forest has drastically reduced. Is this the kind of progress Bala and his sponsors are envying?
On the heading selective spread, though the writer portrayed the hatred he and his sponsors have on the Leader, is Bala saying that his only complained is how the opportunities gotten by the Leader were spread? This has also contradict what he wasted all his efforts in the body of the ill- will piece. To the selective spread claimed, there is no iota of true. Let the writer come out and state ward by ward of the constituency against the number of those employed by the leader for us to clearly understand what he meant by selective spread.
We should always be magnanimous in saying the truth even if will cost us. We should give credit to whom it deserve. We should think twice when we want to play the bidding of others. Bala and his sponsors should have done their homework diligently well and consult widely before coming to disgrace themselves and by extension disgracing our constituency before the enlightened public. Their efforts to drag the leader’s image into mud shall never stand. Doguwa/T/Wada remain resolute and unshaking. We’re for Leader and no amount of lies could change this fact. We would remain undeterred in this just cause.
Before I conclude, since Bala is an Abuja based Burjian, then let him find out from the Chairman of the Abuja based Burji elites that, is it not Hon Doguwa that have made frantic efforts to ensure the Burji community have portable drinking water? Let Bala also ask who singlehandedly renovated the already dilapidated Dogon Kawo primary school? Is late Lawan Sani not from Burji and whose employee was he until his demise? Who allocated LG legislative speakership position consecutively on two occasions to the Dogon Kawo/Burji Ward? If Alhassan Bala don’t know who is the Chairman, I can assist him, Badamasi Burji is the one and will help him and his sponsors with answers to the raised questions. I rest my case.
Nazir Auwal writes from Burji on behalf of DAN-ADO DYNASTY, a coalition of employment beneficiaries of Rt Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa..
