Incredible: Gov. Bala Mohammed Appoints Special Assistant On Unmarried Woman |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Governor Bala Mohammed has done the incredible.

The Bauchi State Governor has just appointed the chairperson, Association of Divorcees in the State, Balaraba Ibrahim, as his Special Assistant on Unmarried Women in the Women Affairs Ministry of the State.

He did so in a letter dated August 4, 2020, with reference number GO/SS/POL/S/83, and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mohammed Baba.

The letter read in part, “I am pleased to convey the approval of his Excellency Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed CON, the Governor of Bauchi State, for your appointment as Special Assistant, Women Affairs (Unmarried).

“The appointment is based on your knowledge, experience and personal qualities of hard work, honesty and absolute loyalty. I would expect you to utilise all these qualities in facing the challenges of your office to facilitate the attainment of our collective goal and the expectation of our electorate.

“The terms and conditions of your appointment as enunciated in the regular government policies as applicable.”

Last year, Balaraba set up counselling centres for intending couples across the state in an effort to address challenges leading to broken homes.

His intention, he said,  for creating those centers was to establish partnership with Muslim and Christian clerics to prepare the minds of intending couples.

According to him, the increase in the number of young divorced girls is becoming worrisome and constitutes a menace to the society.

For the records , this is not the first time that Nigerian state governors would be making unusual appointments.

It would be recalled that former Imo State Governor, Rochas  Owelle Okorocha in 2017 appointed his biological younger sister, Ogechi Ololo, as Commissioner for Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment.

But  Mohammed’s appointment of a Special Assistant on Unmarried women takes the cake. It has been condemned as frivolous, unserious, insulting and a waste of Government’s scarce resources.