Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that his recent criticism of President Bola Tinubu over the #EndBadGovernance protest was constructive and in good faith.
The governor spoke in Bauchi on Wednesday, before the commencement of the State Executive Council, SEC, meeting
I spoke constructively as an opposition and somebody who means well for the president, the government and the people of Nigeria.
“I had not done it to cause any dis-affection or to insult anybody,” he said
It would be recalled that the governor criticised the President’ policies and programmes, saying they were not favourable to Nigerians.
He had also said that the speech made by the President on August 4, calling on the protesters to suspend the protest and come for dialogue, was ‘very empty”.
Some political leaders in the state, including former Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and a serving Senator, Shehu Buba, had, however, chided the governor over his action.
Addressing the Council, Mohammed noted that his outburst should not be seen in bad faith, but as a wakeup call to the Federal Government and the sub-nationals to hearken to the plights of the citizens.
The governor said it was wrong to heap all the blames of bad governance on the Federal Government, because the states were also culpable.
Mohammed stressed that governors were not left out from what he said, and it was not about partisan politics, but about responsibility.
Mohammed appreciated members of the Council for the support and sense of comradeship they had exhibited over the years