- Assembly confirms 16 council caretaker nominees
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed yesterday led a special prayer for rain as drought situation worsened in the state.
Speaking shortly after the session, Mohammed said the state has been experiencing delayed rainfall, hence the prayer for divine intervention.
He enjoined residents of the state to sustain the prayers for rain to enable farmers to record bumper harvest at the end of this year’s farming season.
Represented by his deputy, Auwal Jatau, Mohammed commended the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Adamu, Islamic clerics and others, for organising the prayer.
He urged the people to support the government’s policies and programmes to enable it to execute viable projects for sustainable development of the state.
Mohammed said that his administration had provided fertilisers and inputs at affordable prices to the farmers.
The governor reiterated government commitment to provide adequate security to the farmers in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that community and religious leaders have been organising special prayers to seek divine intervention for rains in the past one week.
The special prayer session was led by the Deputy Chief Imam of Bauchi Central Mosque, Ahmad Inuwa-Na’ibi.
The session was attended by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ibrahim Kashim, the Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Yahuza Adamu, among others.
Meanwhile, the Bauchi State House of Assembly has confirmed 16 out of the 20 council caretaker committee nominees sent by the governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed.
Speaking during the confirmation at plenary yesterday, the Speaker of the Assembly, Abubakar Sulaiman, said that the lawmakers had made good submissions during the screening.
He said out of the 20 nominees sent by Mohammmed to the state assembly, only 16 appeared before it and the remaining four nominees were indisposed.
The speaker said after the committee meeting, the 16 caretaker committee nominees were unanimously confirmed by the House.
According to him, the caretaker chairmen committee of the 16 local government areas was screened alongside with their deputies during the plenary.
He noted that the screening was done in accordance with the State Local Government Administration Amendments which empowered the Assembly to confirm the governor’s nominees.