My absence from Tinubu’s Home go to not political – Bauchi gov

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has stated political that means shouldn’t be learn into his absence from the governors’ New 12 months go to to President Bola Tinubu’s residence in Lagos on Wednesday.

On New 12 months’s Day, the governors, underneath the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors Discussion board, visited the President at his residence on Bordillon Highway in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Among the many governors current had been Abba Yusuf (Kano), Sharif Oborifori (Delta), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Siminalai Fubara (Rivers) and Fortunate Ayedatiwa (Ondo). The others are Babagana Zulum (Borno), Monday Okpepolu (Edo), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Hope Uzodimma (Imo) and Usman Odudu (Kogi).

Governor Bala Mohammed, who can be the chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Celebration Governors Discussion board, was noticeably absent from the go to.

This absence has sparked hypothesis, particularly in mild of latest tensions between Mohammed and the presidency over tax reforms proposed by President Tinubu.

Earlier this week, the presidency accused the governor of issuing threats in opposition to the president, whereas Mohammed responded by accusing the presidency of blackmail and reiterated his opposition to the reforms.

Responding to queries on Thursday, Particular Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado, denied any political overtones to Mohammed’s absence from visiting Tinubu’s residence.

Gidado defined that the governor was mourning his 102-year-old stepmother, Hawa Dujuri, who handed away on New 12 months’s Day.

“The governor’s stepmother, Eve Dujuri, died on Wednesday, the identical day because the New 12 months’s go to,” Gidado stated. “The governor is agitated. As I converse to you, we’re at his nation home in Dugori, mourning her loss.

He added that “there isn’t any must hyperlink the governor’s absence to his latest exchanges with the Presidency of the Republic,” declaring that Muhammad continues to be receiving sympathizers providing condolences.