I have no apology for criticizing Federal Govt policies Bauchi gov, Bala

From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi

The Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed has explained that he has no apology for criticizing the policies of the federal government that has inflicted hardship on Nigerians.
Governor Bala said this at the opening of the State Executive Council meeting held at the government house Bauchi.
He said as a leader at the national level, he had the responsibility to say things that later generated some controversies, adding that it was not meant to cause pain or insult anybody, or to cause any controversy but to put the situation in its right context.
Governor Bala said the recent protest is a wake-up call to every Nigerian, “not only to the presidency but to the sub-national.
“All of us here, as leaders, members of councils, commissioners representing local governments, know what is going on there, you represent them here. Of course, we know we had to listen when the cries of Nigerians were raised loud against bad governance in areas of limitations and inadequacies where the expectations of our people have not been met for whatever reasons.
“We have scarce resources to manage, that’s why I said we must use the little resources that we have to do so much. Nobody cares, nobody will listen to you if you begin to go to the back to complain and say this and that.
“In our style of leadership, we don’t blame our predecessors, that is why God brought us here to manage the situation, to make it better. We know we are not in charge of national policies and programmes, but we must be able to implement national programmes as loyal federalists while at the same time looking at our challenges and making sure we are connecting with the people.
“Certainly, when something is so spontaneous as a protest, you cannot be spared no matter how good you are, and so we are not just blaming the federal government for everything, we also have to look at ourselves and make sure we do things that will put food on our table and make things easier”.