Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has purchased Sports Utility Vehicles worth N600m for some traditional rulers in the state despite the fact tha
Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has purchased Sports Utility Vehicles worth N600m for some traditional rulers in the state despite the fact that some public schools in the state have leaky roofs with pupils resorting to sitting on the floor for lessons while the roof is almost collapsing on their heads.
According to SaharaReporters, Buni, who gifted 14 emirs one of the vehicles and a bus each, is owing retired civil servants in the state gratuities running into several billions of naira. Besides, Yobe State has one of the highest poverty rates in Nigeria with 2.2 million people out of its 2.3 million residents living below $1 – N360 – per day.
The literacy level in the state, which stands at 24.3 per cent, is one of the lowest in the country according to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics. But rather than fix the abysmal educational system in the state or compensating retired civil servants, Buni went on a spending spree for the traditional rulers to reward them for convincing their subjects to vote him into power.
However, some lawmakers from the state are of the opinion that the action of the governor was slowing down governance in the state.
“People are dying, things are not going well. We want the governor to re-evaluate his decisions and prioritize the people,” one of the lawmakers said.
