Yobe lawmakers, prioritise wellbeing of constituents

It is fast emerging that those representing us at the National Assembly are there for themselves.    Representatives of the people must be seen to put the interests of their constituents far above theirs. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in Yobe.    Our people, especially the inhabitants of rural areas, don’t have access to […]

It is fast emerging that those representing us at the National Assembly are there for themselves.   

Representatives of the people must be seen to put the interests of their constituents far above theirs. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in Yobe.   

Our people, especially the inhabitants of rural areas, don’t have access to potable water in order to mitigate the risk of contracting cholera.

In the same vein, our people, both dwellers in rural and urban areas, have called severally on its lawmakers to construct new and reconstruct conducive learning environments. Most of our classrooms are dilapidated and children learn under leaking classrooms.    

Although, it is undeniable that those responsible for the execution of these kind of projects receive full release of allocation; regrettably, they put their interests over thousands of innocent people of the state.

Sadly, these politicians have set their supporters against the voice of the truth. They set poverty as a weapon of control over some youth.   

Maslow was correct to have set a pyramid that indicates the most important weapon of control is to place restrictions on people’s physiological needs. Poverty, hunger, ignorance, and diseases (PHID) are effectively being used in Yobe against the youth.

Now, the truth is being unveiled; these politicians have hijacked projects that have a direct bearing on the poor and the youth and hoard them in their warehouses for personal use.

Just recently, ICPC officials tracking the execution of constituency projects did not see evidence of the execution of eight of such projects in Potiskum/Nangere Federal Constituency of Yobe when they went on inspection.

According to the ICPC, almost the majority of these parliament members have diverted/hijacked the constituency projects’ facilities meant for the constituents.

This is therefore the best time to come to terms with the realities of things on the ground. We must differentiate between constructive criticism and destructive criticism.   

Kasim Isa Muhammad wrote from Potiskum, Yobe State