The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara has explained the reasons why he left the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing Governor Bala Mohammed of N4.6billion fraud. In a letter of resignation addressed to the Bogoro ‘C’ Ward Chairman of the PDP dated July 24, 2020, Hon Dogara alluded to failure or breakdown of governance in his native state of Bauchi under the administration of Governor Bala Mohammed whom he helped install as a governor in the 2019 elections.
Dogara who raised questions on issues relating to the failure of governance in Bauchi State noted that he cannot successfully ask questions about those issues without being accused of disloyalty if he were to remain in the PDP.
He argued that if he abdicates this responsibility of telling the truth to power in Bauchi State, having done the same under the administrations of former Governors Isa Yuguda and Mohammed Abubakar he will be the most irresponsible and unprincipled politician in Bauchi State.
24/07/2020
See Below Letter of Resignation.
The Chairman
People’s Democratic Party,
Bogoro ‘C’ Ward,
Bogoro LGA,
Bauchi State.
LETTER OF RESIGNATION OF MY MEMBERSHIP OF THE PDP
The above subject matter refers.
I write to intimate you of my decision to resign my membership of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
This became necessary because the same reasons why we fought hard in
2019 to effect changes in the Governance of our dear state are festering
now.
I intend to bring these issues to the front burners once again as the
fight to install decent
and egalitarian government in our dear state continues.
Specifically, I intend to ask questions about the following:
- What has happened to LGA allocations since May 2019?
- What happened to our campaign promise to conduct LGA elections within
six months of the PDP government?
- What happened to the N4.6 billion loan taken from a bank and paid
directly into a private company’s account?
- Why are we segmenting salaries and why is payment of salaries of
state workers outsourced to a private firm as consultants?
- Why are contracts inflated, awarded and payment of mobilisation done
in violation of extant rules on procurement?
- Why are our highly revered Traditional Rulers and Elders treated with
odium contrary to the guarantee we gave during the campaign that such
will not happen under a PDP government?
Mr. Chairman, you will agree with me that I cannot raise these issues
and many more questions without a charge of disloyalty levelled against
me if I were to remain a member of the PDP.
I cannot also fail to raise these questions now, having raised similar
ones during the administrations of Governors Isa Yuguda and Mohammed A.
Abubakar. If I abdicate this responsibility on the altar of partisan
loyalty, I will be the most irresponsible and unprincipled politician in
Bauchi State.
Thus, by this letter, I have resigned my membership of the PDP to enable
me keep faith with my principle of fighting for good governance in our
Dear State.
Thank you for your kind considerations.
Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara
