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How Bauchi Gov Financed [N18m] The Removal Of Student Union President

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Information reaching 247ureports.com indicates that the recent attempt to suspend the President of the Bauchi State Union, Mohammed Gamawa may have been carried out illegally through the monetary influence of the Governor of Bauchi State, Barrister Abubakar.

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As gathered, the President of the Student Union had been suspended by a supposed Board of Senate that reached a resolution on February 26/27 based on an allegation of embezzling and/or misappropriating a N3million donation by the State government. The resolution which was reached hurriedly recommended for the immediate suspension of the President.

But information pointing to the illegality of the supposed suspension suggests that the suspension will not stand. The Senate body according to reliable sources were never elected. The Body was said to have been put together to effect the suspension of the Union President. 247ureports.com gathered authoritatively that the Governor’s involvement in the sack of the Student Union Head went beyond mere cohesion. “He financed it greatly“, said our source who pointed out that the Governor’s people shared N450,000 a piece to each involve party to effect the conspiracy to suspend the President. “In total, the Governor’s people gave about 40 people hundreds of thousand” in order to get them to agree to charge the president with steal money. [Below is statement from the student union clarifying the illegality of the Senate Body]

PUBLIC CLARIFICATION WITH REGARD TO THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL SUSPENSION OF MUHAMMAD SALEES GAMAWA

Since the issue concern dealt with LBRA, let sincerely consider the constitutional provisions so as to brief the masses. It does not sound new to us since we expected more of it from them..
1. WHO CAN PRESIDE OVER THE SENATE MEETING?
***Article five(30:1) says that, The legislative council shall consist of the DULY ELECTED presidents, secretaries and financial Secretaries of all registered local branches of tertiary institutions in the country.
In regard to the above, Senate President can never be a CARETAKER COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN as he was not elected but rather appointed which directly go against the provision of the mentioned above law of governance. Thencely, any LBRA sitting with a caretaker member as its leader is termed illegal and hence shall not be given any due concern nor consideration.
2. APPOINTMENTS OF SPECIAL ASSISTANCE:
***ARTICLE ONE(PART TWO:2) states that, the motto of the union shall be unity and progress.
***ARTICLE TWO (13: 14:1): To promote unity among the students of Bauchi state.
Its obviously clear that, the leadership of our noble union some years back was limited to some selected angles of the state and to inclusively consider all, there is need for taking everyone along and there is no harm upon commencing it. They are aides to the president and it happens in both the State House as well as
Federal government house.
3. NUBASS RETRIEVING COMMITTEE (NRC):
***Article four(21:B,C and I ) states that, shall coordinate the implementation of programs and decisions of the union, shall observe and ensure the observance of the fundamental aims and objectives as provided in this constitution, shall have the right to make decision(s) which is reasonable necessary in the interest of the union in case of emergency.
With the above, he formulated the committee just to ensure sanity same as how our father and a mentor, the Governor of the Bauchi state conducted as led by Air Commondo Tijjani Baba in accordance to retrieving public properties. Salis learnt from the Governor and he remarkably achieved his target.
4. 3M NAIRA TAKE UP GRAND
*** Article four(21:k) says that, shall account for his administration at the end of his tenure or any other time he may be required to do so.
In regard to the above, the president never receives any formal request on it. Although he is not the financial secretary but he is ever ready to give financial breakdown of it hitherto to this, when the money was given by the state house he was on admission at hospital that’s the time he had an accident and its before the eyes of the media. With all the above, he is accounted for rendering emergency information upon his spendings to any genuine and concern body.
5. SUSPENSION
***Article Ten(4): The punishment of such a deviant officer(s) shall range range from
a. Suspension
b. Fine or
c. Any other punishment that the JC may find appropriate.
With the above provision, LBRA shall not suspend any officer but doing it is termed as the work of Judicial Council. In regard to it, the letter is dimensionless since it was aired from illegal house leadership.
6. EMERGENCY MEETINGS
**Article 13(66:5 and 6) States that, emergency session of the LBRA shall be summoned by the senate president on the request of the EXCO or by written REQUEST of at least ONE-THIRD members of LBRA standing the business to be discussed.
– TWO THIRD members of the LBRA shall form the quorum of LBRA sitting.
Its indeed sadornic that, you failed to comply with the above rule. On request or upon summoning the emergency delivery of the meeting you must consider 1/3 of the house while for decision making you must have 2/3 of the quorum. Do you really have the attendance of the above with clear evidence.
The general public shall discard the illegal doings of these people which doesn’t mean peace for the society but rather a work of the enemies of progress.
6. APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL COUNCIL
***  Article six(38.1): members and the officers of the council shall be appointed by outgoing national president subject to the approval  of the members of the LBRA ,not later than one  week before the national convention.
How on earth can senate constitutes JC , this is shameful to leadership of the house and shall not be accepted henceforth.
8. IS THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT ALLOWED TO HAIL FROM SAME CAMPUS?
***Article five (32): There shall be for the union a senate president of LBRA who shall be a president of a particular local branch , but not the
same branch where the national President emerged.
For you to know that, this leadership is in no way the realistic face of justified product of senate, they asked the VP to take over from Salis. VP hails from Mautech as well as the claimed senate president whom happened to be from same campus. Is this not an abuse of law. Please we should not let our personal interests turn us to be as blind as mother’s love.
Accept electoral failure and come toward changing our union and the state for a better society. Considering every sector of the constitution you have failed but we spare our time just to make public clarification.

Interestingly, the said N3million that the Governor’s group claim may have been misappropriated appears to be factually wrong – with documentary evidence. As our correspondent gathered, the said N3million was paid into a Bank account managed by the executive council of the student union. The money was managed particularly by the Financial Secretary, Rilwanu Bala. Rilwanu Bala is close friend to Muhammad A. Jibo, SA to Bauchi Governor on Students Matters – who was a former President of the Union. On December 9, 2015, Rilwanu Bala made the ‘infamous’ deposit to the Student Union account to the tuned of N3million – and then withdrew N1.5million the next day on December 10, 2016. Then on December 16, 2015, he withdrew N1.16million and on December 21, 2015 he withdrew 188,000. On January 7, 2016, the same Rilwanu Bala made another withdrawal of 151,000 – leaving a balance of N1,111.69. [see bank report below]

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Further investigations reveal that it was through the SA to the Governor on Student Matters and the Financial Secretary that the Governor carried out the hurried removal of the student union head. According to a source from the executive council of the students union, “it is through this two that the governor’s machinations were carried out“.

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247ureports.com reached out to the Bauchi State Media aide to the Governor, Yakubu Ibn Mohammed for response to the allegation against the Governor but he failed to respond.

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