Sadiya Umar Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, has been warned by a political group known as the APC Initiative for Good Governance to stay out of Bauchi State politics, saying she should focus on her ministerial responsibilities to avoid heating up the state’s political scene.
The warning was contained in a statement released yesterday by Nasiru Cigari, the Coordinator of the APC Initiative for Good Governance in Bauchi State.
The group claimed that the minister, who is married to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate Saddique Baba Abubakar, was interfering in political issues that did not concern her.
According to the group, she should mind her own business and avoid interfering in matters that do not concern her.
“It is no longer news that the ticket of the APC House of Representatives of Bauchi Federal constituency is vacant, following the withdrawal of its standard-bearer, Hon Shehu Aliyu Musa, who was nominated to serve as the running mate of Bauchi state APC gubernatorial candidate, Ambassador Baba Sadique Abubakar from Giade LGA of Bauchi North Senatorial zone of the state.”
“This development necessitated the party calling for a new nomination to fill the vacant position.” However, recent moves and schemes by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, who also doubles as the Governorship candidate’s wife, to impose the current Member (who was previously rejected by his constituents and whose membership in the party was called into question) are condemned by all voices of reason.”
“To be clear, the Minister has no interest in the politics of Bauchi state or, by extension, Bauchi LGA.” If she has any moral obligation to do so, she should do so in Shira/Giade Federal Constituency (her husband’s adopted constituency).” The group stated.
