The Gombe State Investment and Property Development Company heartily rejoice with His Excellency the Executive Governor of Gombe State Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (Dan Majen Gombe) on his conferment as the Leadership Governor of the Year (2021) by the Leadership Newspaper.
Your Excellency this honour is a clear manifestation of your sterling leadership qualities that encapsulate into transparent and purpose driven leadership of Gombe State.
The reforms that you undertook in the last three years in sectors such as road, health, education, environment and the economy has since led to an unprecedented transformation of the State as a one stop shop in the ease of doing business in the country.
Sir, your choice as the leadership Governor of the year 2021 is a clear testament of your administrative acumen and political sagacity towards putting Gombe State on the path of sustainable social economic and infrastructural development.
Once again congratulations Your Excellency.
Sign; Muawuya Umar Faruq MD Gombe State Government and Property Development Company.
The Secretary to the Gombe State Government Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi (Madakin Kaltungo) wishes to express his profound appreciation to APC supporters who turned out enmass on the 15th of May 2022 at his country home in Kaltungo to participate in a unity feast.
Special thanks goes to the Executive Governor of Gombe State His Excellency Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (Dan Majen Gombe), the Majority Leader of the Gombe State House of Assembly and other Honourable Members of the House, the Commissioner of Higher Education, the chairman of Shongom Local Government Area and other senior political appointees to the Governor of Gombe State.
Others include bigwigs of the All Progressives Congress APC in the State, political support groups and their members and the hundreds of APC supporters from within and outside Kaltungo Local Government Area.
I am indeed overwhelmed and proud by believe and steadfastness in the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya in particular and APC in General.
It is my strong belief that all those who participated at the Unity feast got to their various destinations in sound health.
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, earlier today, appeared before the All Progressives Congress, APC Governorship screening committee headed by Sen. Abubakar Sodangi ahead of the party’s primary elections.
Governor Inuwa, who is standing unopposed in the APC Governorship primary election in Gombe State, arrived the screening venue, Fraser Suites, Central Business District, Abuja around 2:pm and was received by party officials and panel members.
In a brief chat with newsmen after his screening, the Governor described the process as smooth and commended the panel members as well as the party leadership.
Recall that, while submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms which were purchased and presented to him by friends, associates and political support groups, the Governor was upbeat about victory for APC in Gombe State and the country at large.
Ismaila Uba Misilli Director-General ( Press Affairs) Government House Gombe
……Says Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s second term bid non negotiable.
The last may not have been heard of the just celebrated Eid el fitri festival, this is because the Secretary to the Gombe State Government Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi has organised a reception to unwind with APC stalwarts and supporters in the spirit of celebration.
Addressing participants at the reception the chief scribe of Gombe State Professor Ibrahim Njodi thanked them to honouring the invitation which is aimed cementing relationship among the people of the area irrespective of ethno religious affiliations.
Professor Njodi extends Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s best wishes to the members of the Gombe State House from Gombe South Senatorial district for their support and solidarity throughout administration so far.
He said as the Secretary to the Gombe State Government he will continue to work for the benefit and progress of the Inuwa Yahaya’s administration.
The Commissioner of higher education Meshack Audu Lauco said Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s political disposition to Gombe south sentorial is one that is devoid of sentiments as some people tend to portray.
He said under the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa institutions of higher learning in the State have given their pride of place in the advancement of academic breakthroughs.
The chairman of Shongom Local Government Area Yohanna Nahari thanked the SSG for organising the reception to celebrate with the people of Kaltungo in the spirit of the just concluded eid el fitri festival.
He commended the SSG for been an excellent leader and a worthy ambassador to Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s administration.
Nahari called on the people of Kaltungo Local Government Area to keep supporting those in position of authority so they can continue to provide the dividends of democracy. The Shongom Local Government chairman described the concept of continuity in governance as imperative to the steady growth and development of any given society.
He also harp on the need for the people of Gombe south Senatorial district to unite and forge a common front as without unity of purpose no development can be achieved.
The majority leader of the Gombe State House of Assembly Hon Ladan Yerima Gaule commended the SSG for organising the reception to further cement the relationship that exists among the people of Gombe south Senatorial district.
He said the time has come for the people of Gombe south Senatorial district to unite and work for the common good of the people by amassing their political thoughts and actions towards his second term bid of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya.
He described the relationship between the Executive and legislature in Gombe State as cordial for the overall interest and benefit of the people of the State.
The Gombe South zonal Chairman of the APC Musa Wali Awak observed that the Secretary to the Gombe State Government is literally the only political appointee that projecting the party’s and Governor Inuwa Yahaya’s political ideology.
He said Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi will continue to occupy an important position in the political permutation of Kaltungo Local Government Area in particular and Gombe south in General.
The zonal chairman remarked that Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya deserves every support he can get from the people of Gombe south in order to actualize his second term ambition.
There were goodwill messages from some party bigwigs endorsing the second term bid of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya.
Joshua Danmalam information officer SSG’S Office 15/5/22
The secretary to the State Government Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi has tasks the Chairman and board members of Gombe State Water Board to redouble their efforts towards effective water supply which is key to human survival.
Professor Njodi threw the challenge when he granted audience to the newly constituted board members of the board by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya in his office Friday.
Njodi said as board members much is expected from them to deliver on the mandate given by government. ” You are to look at the issues on ground that needed government attention to ensure that water is provided to the citizenry as promised by present administration of Governor Inuwa Yahaya”
He further said that government on it part is spending a lot adding that the delivery of the commodity lies on the board and management urging them not relent in their mandate.
He advised them to prepare their roadmap with a view of presenting it to the governor during a courtesy anytime soon.
Earlier the Chairman of Water Board Engr. Yakubu El-rasheed said they were in the SSGs office to appreciate Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for finding them worthy for the appointment as Chairman and board members of the water board.
Yakubu who described Water as issue pegged to life says they will put in their best in towards the discharge of the tasks assign to them.
Joshua Danmalam information officer SSG’S Office. 13/5/22
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms for his re-election bid on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The forms were returned on behalf of the Governor by his Chief of Staff, Abubakar Inuwa Kari at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, accompanied by party stalwarts, officials and political associates.
Recall that both the expression of interest and nomination forms were earlier purchased and presented to the Governor by friends, associates and political support groups to enable him seek re-election in the 2023 gubernatorial election. The Governor is standing unopposed in the APC Governorship primary election like his Borno, Lagos and Kwara counterparts.
Speaking with newsmen after submitting the nomination forms on behalf of the Governor, the Chief of Staff, expressed confidence that Governor Inuwa will win both the APC ticket and his re-election in 2023 general elections.
He said: “We have a saying in Gombe and I will say it in Hausa, ‘Ko Gezau’ either today, tomorrow or now we are ready for the elections, no shaking.”
He also ruled out the recent defection in the state as a threat to Inuwa’s re-election in 2023.
He said: “We are taking the campaigns from the PDP, nobody is leaving the APC, yes we had a few defections a few months ago but people are trooping into the APC. We are solidly on ground and we are fully ready.
“Any person that goes to Gombe state now knows that Governor Inuwa Yahaya has transformed the state over the last three years. The people of Gombe are grateful for what he has done. You go to Gombe today, you know you’ll see a new Gombe. And like one of his colleagues said when he came a few weeks ago, he called my principal the quiet storm and reference point of purposeful leadership. Gombe has changed and Gombe is for the better. So I invite you to come to Gombe and see for yourselves. The Governor has succeeded in creating a clear development roadmap and has placed Gombe State on the trajectory of sustainable development through a 10-year plan known as Development Agenda for Gombe State”.
The Chief of Staff was accompanied by the Gombe State Commissioner of Finance, Malam Muhammad Gambo Magaji, APC Deputy National Financial Secretary, Hon. Hamma Adama Dattuwa Ali Kumo, Hon. Usman Aliyu Garry, board member, Gombe State Investment and Property Development Company, Auwwal Musa Bashir and other associates.
Ismaila Uba Misilli Director-General ( Press Affairs) Government House Gombe
…Tasks Them To Recommend Implementatable Policies, Strategies To Address Nation’s Challenges
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has challenged participants of Executive Course 44 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS not to see their study tour on Local Government Administration in the State as a mere routine but a call to service towards proffering practical and workable implementation strategies and solutions that will address the challenges of the country, especially at the grassroots level.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya gave this indication when he granted audience to NIPSS officials and participants of executive course 44 who are on a study tour of Local Government Administration in Gombe State.
The Governor stressed that the study undertaken by EC44 and other fellows should be truthful and objective so that Government at all levels can leverage on such report for better administrative performance.
“We know our problems better than anybody who’ll come to study or under study but we need to relate; so tell us the truth so we can rectify but be on the side of justice and make sure you recommend proper implementation strategy”.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya observed that lack of implementing previous reports and findings by research institutions and other relevant bodies has been the bane of Nigeria’s social, economic and political underdevelopment.
He told the team to assess local governance and performance in the state that the local system in Nigeria is rotten and needs an honest approach to be addressed.
He said: “You have come to study our local governments principally and I believe you have seen the rots, but I know you will do justice to what you have seen, but all I will ask you to do is to, when you make up your report, please take them on side of implementation.
“Don’t just go and file them and stock them somewhere else. We know our problems better than anybody, but we need to relate, tell us the truth so that we will rectify, but be on the side of justice, make sure you recommend proper implementation,” the governor said.
The Governor noted with dismay that inspite of the comparative advantage Nigeria has over China in terms of natural resources, the Asia country has since advanced to become one of the leading players in global economy and politics.
This quantum leap, Governor Inuwa Yahaya maintained, was made possible due to the foresight, visionary and exceptional leadership qualities produced by Beijing and other Asia countries like Singapore and Malaysia.
He noted that Nigeria has diviated from prioritising productivity to becoming a consuming nation, saying it is practically impossible for country to consume what it did not produce and expect to stay afloat.
On current security challenges rocking the country, especially the North East sub-region, Governor Inuwa Yahaya applauded efforts by security Agencies in the State but called for more proactiveness in dealing with the situation.
“Like any other State in this country, especially up north, our greatest challenge at the moment is security. Yes compared to other states ours is relatively peaceful, but we are getting the threat because the pressure that has been exerted on the insurgents from the Eastern end of Borno and Yobe and equally from the bandits, cattle rustlers and kidnappers from the North West “.
He said due to the relative peace in Gombe State and its location at the centre of the North East , criminal elements often take advantage of the quiet environment to hibernate and plan their nefarious acts, saying his administration, in collaboration with security Agencies, is doing all that is necessary to wade off possible breakdown of law and order.
Earlier in his remarks, the team lead of the Executive Course 44 of NIPSS, Dr. Emmanuel Mamman explained that they were in the State to undertake a study of Local Government administration in the State.
He said the theme for this year’s course is Strengthening Local Governance in Nigeria: challenges, options and opportunities.
Dr. Emmanuel Mamman commended Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his developmental stride in infrastructural development such as health, road networks and economic empowerment.
Ismaila Uba Misilli Director-General ( Press Affairs) Government House Gombe
The Mai Kaltungo Engineer Saleh Mohammed has advocated for credible elections at the Local Government level to alalow for patriotic and committed individuals to emerge leaders.
Addressing the participants of Executive Course 44 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in his palace, Engineer Saleh Mohammed said this is the only way the third tier of government will deliver on it’s mandate.
Engineer Saleh Mohammed described as unfortunate the shabby elections that produces unpatriotic leaders as chairmen and councillors breeding corruption at the detriment of the people’s development.
He explained that local government autonomy can only be meaningful if those to run their affairs are chosen by the people in a modest and transparent manner
Commenting on the role of the traditional institution in advancement of local governance, the Mai said the they don’t need constitutional backing to contribute as peaceful coexistence remain their primary concern.
The team lead of the Executive Course 44 of NIPSS participants Dr. Emmanuel Sambo Mamman explained that the team is researching the theme “strengthening local governance” with emphasis on challenges, options and opportunities in Gombe State.
Dr. Emmanuel Mamman said study is aimed at advising on ways to improve service delivery at the grassroot.
The team had earlier interacted with leadership and management staff of Akko and Shongom local governments in addition to inspection of the on-going construction of Kumo General Hospital.
Joshua Danmalam information officer SSG’S Office 11/5/22
The team lead of the Executive Course 44 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies Kuru,Dr Emmanuel Sambo Mamman,mni has commended the foresight and effort of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya in promoting basic education.
Dr. Emmanuel Mamman gave the commendation yesterday when he led his team to inspect the Alabura primary and junior secondary school under construction at Kumbi-kumbiya quarters in Gombe metropolis.
He noted that the project testifies the government’s desire to boost enrollment and bring learning to the door steps of the people.
Dr. Mamman encouraged the Governor to also consider recruiting and equipping teachers that will work to drive the vision of the administration in the development of education in the State.
Briefing the team earlier on the government’s conception of the school, the Chairman State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr, Babaji Babadidi explained that the project was designed to serve three main objectives that include providing the area the opportunity to comfortably assess quality education, decongest the over crowded Hassan central primary school and to help in mopping up a great number of out of school children.
Mr. Babaji Babadidi further disclosed that the project which was awarded at the cost of 32 million is being co-founded with 50 percent support by the Universal Basic Education Commission.
The team had earlier visited and interacted with the Chairman and Senior Management of staff of Nafada Local Government where they challenged them to explore more revenue generating avenues rather than depending solely on Federal allocation for it’s operations.
The Chairman of Nafada Local Government, Musa Abubakar who briefed the the visiting NIPSS participants on the challenges and limitations of the Council however commended Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for granting them administrative and financial autonomy.
The Chairman later led them to inspect a bridge along Biri road jointly constructed by Nafada,Funakaye and Dukku local governments in partnership with the State Government.
The team also inspected the remodeling of the General Hospital Bajoga and the Gombe Mega Park.
Joshua Danmalam information officer SSG’S Office. 11/5/22
…As Governor Inuwa Describes Former Lagos State Governor As Politician Par Excellence
Preparatory to the All Progressives Congress, APC’s presidential primaries, the national leader of the party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has visited Gombe State to seek for support from delegates and stakeholders as a precursor to actualizing his nomination as the party’s flag bearer.
At the palace of the Emir of Gombe, which was his first port of call, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, told the royal father that he was in his palace to seek for prayers and blessings of the exalted stool on his ambition to become the president of Nigeria.
The APC National leader described the blessings of the traditional rulers as necessary for the ascending of prayers and achievement of dreams and therefore thanked the Emir of Gombe for making out time to receive him.
Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu disclosed that discussions are on between himself and Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya on practical ways to advance the development of Gombe State.
“For us, we are always talking peace, stability, the unity of our dear country; I am glad I find a titled Yoruba eminent personality here and that is how Nigeria should be so that we all can continue to be one and one single entity”.
The presidential hopeful observed that Nigerians, irrespective of geopolitical zones, are linked with common culture and therefore prayed God to give the nation joy and happiness so that its inhabitants can enjoy the growth and prosperity that abound in the years to come.
He explained that Nigeria stands at a vantage position to engage in meaningful venture such as agriculture for local production, consumption and export.
Senator Tinubu assured that if elected as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, himself and Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya will work together to make things better, banish hunger and reset Nigeria’s prosperity.
Earlier in his address of welcome, Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya described Tinubu as a prominent leader and politician par excellence who has the qualities to lead Nigeria.
“It is a known fact that Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu needs no introduction anywhere in this country; he is a prominent politician par excellence and a leader examplified”.
“Today is another special day for us; we are showcasing yet another very important person that we feel has those qualities that can lead this country and take it to the promise land and as such and I have the belief that all the people of Gombe are really happy receiving you”.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya described Gombe as home of the All Progressives Congress APC and equally a place of abode for the party’s national leader.
The Emir of Gombe, Dr Abubakar Shehu Abubakar lll noted that the name Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a household name in Nigerian politics, describing his record as a former Governor of Lagos State and subsequently National leader of APC as incredible.
“As a former Lagos Governor, your success on internal revenue generation has set Lagos on the part of sustainable economic independence”.
The royal father noted that Senator Bola Tinubu has carved a niche for himself in the nation’s political history as a mentor to leaders and frontline politicians.
The royal father equally showered encomiums on Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his examplary leadership and commitment to the development of Gombe State.
He used the occasion to appeal to politicians and their followers to observe decency and decorum during political debates and campaigns in order to shun all forms of violence and disorder, praying for peaceful primary elections for all political parties and the General elections.
The former Lagos State Governor later had a meeting with APC delegates and other critical stakeholders.
Ismaila Uba Misilli Director-General ( Press Affairs) Government House Gombe
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