Gov. Sani Bello’s Anger Over Dilapidated State of IBB Hospital

 
Seeing as there is currently a case in court to establish a legitimate Chairman of the Niger State PDP, we were bemused to read a statement on the above subject matter signed by one Tanko Beji purporting to be the Chairman of the state’s PDP. Our confusion was further compounded, not even by how poorly written and badly punctuated the statement was, but by the fact that the entire thing seemed to have emanated from the mind of a person who appeared to not have comprehended the matter they set out to address, suggesting further that the words could be anything but the utterance of a “learned one.”
 
Beji has however, not denied the statement. As such, we are obligated to respond to him whether as an individual or as the questionable Chairman of a faction of the PDP. Here we begin by pointing out that the entire fracas of a statement could have altogether been avoided if Beji did not have a serious problem of comprehension. For example, in the second paragraph of his statement, he wondered why “…it took Governor Sani Bello his 6th year of the 8th to realize the damage… to the IBB Specialist Hospital.”
 
Mr. Beji, an attentive child would not have asked the above question because an attentive child would have heard Governor Bello saying that the administration indeed rehabilitated the IBB Specialist Hospital years before now. Taxpayers’ monies were committed to the total overhauling of the hospital including the installation of air-conditions, construction of new toilets and renovation of existing structure but the people responsible for maintenance did a poor job. An attentive child would have seen that that was why Governor Bello was displeased.
 
For a man who parades himself as the Chairman of an opposition party, Beji appears to have a poor understanding of the matters of state. This was demonstrated where he spoke about the recent fracas by drivers of assorted vehicles in the state; Beji held the State Government responsible for the responsibility of the Federal Government, conveniently overlooking the efforts of the State in the rehabilitation of Trunk A roads. The question I would have him answer is on the situation of the Maje-Minna road when PDP held sway, and the state of the very road today.
 
Beji went from his incomprehension to argue that the PDP left key infrastructures, vaguely mentioning a number including, in his own word, “universities.” Then further made the false assertion that the APC has not completed any projects.
 
This is a dishonesty taken too far for in Minna alone, over 15 roads have been reconstructed with many others on the verge of completion and they include:
 
1. Dualisation of Broadcasting road
2. Fadikpe road
3. Himma-Brighter road
4. Tungan Goro road
5. 3no Roads in London Street
6. Morris road
7. Tunga-Lowcost road
8. Sarkin Bosso Palace road
9. Reconstruction of City-Chanchaga road (ongoing)
10. Imani Hospital road(ongoing)
11. Shango road (ongoing)
12. Mustapha Clinic road
13. Tudun Fulani B road
14. Aliyu Babadoko road (ongoing)
15. Lady Fatima road (ongoing)
16. Completion of dualisation of Kure market-Kuta road
17. Reconstruction of Sabon Gari road etc
 
Further, to open up farming villages and give farmers easy access to markets, the administration of Governor Bello has constructed well over 700km of rural roads with their accompanying bridges, and even double coat asphalted over 235km of those rural roads.
 
Can Beji explain to us what they did about rural roads? Can they explain how monies were released but our people never received a promised stadium or a phantom 5-star hotel or the 3-arms zone and the scam called Minna City Center? And whatever became of the Ecological Funds? What happened to the scam called 10km roads in each LG during their days?
 
You want to discredit a Governor who has ensured that water supply now gets to a number of areas in Minna for the first time in 20 years? Go to Type B Quarters, Bosso Estate, Ungwan Daji, 123 Quarters and several other areas and ask questions.
 
Need we also mention to the self-appointed Chairman of PDP that Niger state has never had it this good in terms of Primary Healthcare with over 20 reconstructed to meet the required standard?
 
Or should we talk about Education; the wonder that is The Whole-School Approach initiative of Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello that saw the complete reconstruction and equipping of about 9 schools? I’m sure he is also not aware of the Teachers DevelopmentTraining Institute.
 
To the credit of the brilliant sons and daughters of our land working under the stewardship of Governor Bello, 2, 523 classrooms have been constructed, 22 Schools benefited from the Whole School Approach, 960 four-compartment VIP toilets were constructed, 15 schools enjoyed perimeter fencing, 70 boreholes drilled, 3 IQE integrated Quran Education centers renovated, 11 libraries renovated, 18 ICT centers fully equipped, 10, 243 Early childcare education development furniture supplied, 69,320 Primary 3 seater furniture, and 18,679 teachers furniture supplied.
 
We must pause here as the administration of Governor Abu Sani Bello has many more projects to its credit, which cannot be accommodated in this article. But we must say this: sauntering out of an administration that neither constructed nor rehabilitated a single boarding school, Beji should put his pride aside and commend Gov. Sani Bello seeing as His Excellency has constructed/rehabilitated more basic schools than any Governor in the history of Niger state.
 
If not for the above, this questionable Chairman should commend Gov. Abu Sani for completing the only primary healthcare in Beji and constructing a new police station. What you failed to persuade your government to give your people in 8 years, Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello did in less than 2 years.
 
Without doubt, the PDP left a number of infrastructures for the benefit of the state, many to the credit of the leadership of Late Abdulqadir Kure who worked assiduously to ensure the actualization of these developments. That is why Kure is softly remembered today.
 
What would Tanko Beji be remembered for? The missing funds intended for the Kafin-Koro road? Or in Beji, his own village, where his people are not unaware of the diverted funds meant for the electrification of Beji. Denied your own people electricity, Mr. Beji, isn’t that a shame?

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Hassan Wakili Idris
Caretaker Committee
Publicity Secretary
APC Niger State.