Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has stated that he’s able to work with Peter Obi with a view to present good governance to Nigerians.
Mr Mohammed acknowledged this in Bauchi on Thursday when Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Get together, LP, within the 2023 common elections, paid him a ‘session go to’ on the state’s Presidential Lodge.
In accordance with him, the go to which additionally centred on how he and Obi may work intently collectively to handle poverty and criminality, transcended political, non secular or tribal traces.
“We mentioned state by state challenges and I really feel extremely appreciative of what he’s doing because the chief of the opposition as a result of whether or not we prefer it or not, he’s the chief of the opposition now in Nigeria.
“I wish to say at this degree, to not make a few of these doubting Thomases and mischievous minds to pre-empt what we’re doing, that I’m able to work with Peter Obi.
“We are going to make certain we come collectively, shut ranks, carry good governance to the nation, give vibrant opposition with information, timelines, visions in such a way that we’ll rescue and get better our nation.
“Our coming collectively is a message and the message goes to resonate as a result of all our colleagues, the PDP governors are behind this type of journey as a result of it’s a transcendental one.
“We’re coming collectively to work collectively no matter celebration, area, faith or another factor,” stated Mohammed.
In his remarks, Obi stated he determined to go to Gov Mohammed to debate Nigeria’s points and seek the advice of him, being the Chairman of the Individuals’s Democratic Get together, PDP, Governors’ discussion board and a crucial stakeholder in Nigeria’s politics in the present day.
“It’s only a session and dialogue assembly that can proceed to go on as we speak about the way forward for this nation.
“We have now to debate points taking place within the North. I’ve informed the governor in the present day that the North is a crucial part if we’re going to get it proper on this nation.
“There may be poverty in Nigeria. We have now to cope with the difficulty of poverty and till you clear up poverty, then you possibly can speak about criminality,” he stated.
Obi added that the nation wanted to speculate vastly in crucial areas to place individuals out of poverty in order to scale back criminality within the society.
Mr Obi was in a closed-door assembly with Gov Mohammed for greater than three hours earlier than addressing the press.NAN
