Residents of three communities in Zungur ward in Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State have appealed to the Member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Aminu Aliyu Garu to as a matter of necessity revisit his promises to them during the electioneering campaigns before the 2023 heneral elections.
The Three villages are Rugan Fulani Kabba, Bakwal and Tamungas, all Fulani settlements who have been without a functional school for the past three years since the only teacher retired from service coupled with the complete dilapidation of the school building.
Speaking to a group of journalists who were at the area on a fact finding trip, the Ardo, Muhammadu Dauda said that, “This school was sited here by former Governor Isa Yuguda and he ensured that it was operating. We had over 300 pupils from the surrounding villages.”
According to him, “During the campaigns for the 2023 general elections, Aliyu Garu came here to campaign, in fact it was here in this school that we gathered to listen to him when he promised to fix the structure and ensure that our children got back to school.”
The Ardo however lamented that since then, after he won election as Member of the House of Representatives, “we have not seen him again and our children are still at home. As Fulani, we love education, we want our children to go to school.”
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The Communities however appealed to the State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir to as a matter of urgency come to their aid by bringing life back to the education and healthcare of the area.
The Ardo added that, “All of the teachers were posted from Bauchi, because they are not from here, they refused to stay, they will just come once in a while and disappear. After sometime, they all stopped coming leaving the Headmaster alone here.”
He added that, “We as a community contributed money to fix some part of the structure before it became completely dilapidated. Let the governor come to our aid, we know that he’s a kindhearted human being and he is working for the people of Bauchi State.”
The Village leader said that they have made several efforts to get attention of the government but nothing has been done in the past three years forcing their children to be at home for that long.