FIC Report (Bauchi State) – Mohammed Ali Pate Bauchi State Governorship Contact and Mobilization Group has commended the aspirant to the state exalted office for his patriotic zeal of shunning a global office only to contribute his quota to the socioeconomic and political transformation of his home country, Nigeria, ahead of the 2027 polls.
“Nigerian Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate is the exceptional personality who drop a global appointment where his monthly pay was in the region of $700, 000 (N1.7bn) only to patriotically pick up a ministerial appointment only to earn a paltry sum of N924, 000 as a minister.”
Giving these statements was a staunch member of the contact body, Dr. Ja’afar Ibrahim Dass at their meeting in Bauchi, where he requested for effective synergy among members, drawn from the 20 LGAs of the state to facilitate victory for all aspirants to elective offices at both state and national levels ahead of the 2027 polls.
Dass spoke at the Pate Contact and Mobilization Group meeting Tuesday in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu second term tenure in office, where he also assured of securing for the President no less than 45 percent of the to be cast votes for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential elections.
“Let’s us put up our best to ensure that the minister realize his vision for efficient health services delivery to citizens, especially the provision of a comprehensive healthcare centre in each the 20 LGAs of Bauchi state for easy access to medical facilities”, Dass told the meeting.
Dass, who holds the position of personal assistant to the minister, said that his boss was in 2019 advised to pull back from his governorship aspiration on the ground that he hasn’t enough electioneering campaigns funds to go about that governorship business, when the relinquishing FCT Minister Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed was opportune to contest the seat, perceived at that moment to be buoyant.
But, unknown to pate’s detractors, he had at that movement, no less than $3 billion in his account to vie for the governorship, but based on what the Bauchi stakeholders claimed that he hasn’t the capacity to contest the seat, Pate did not object the advice of pulling back from the race”, Ja’afar said.
“All those that made that decision for Pate not to contest to contest the governorship seat then, none of them is today with Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, none of them was in good terms with him, they were all in parallel lines. Pate therefore, then took up appointment with an international organization, namely, GAVY World Bank and left the country.
Dr. Ja’afar thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for identifying with the qualities of Professor Ali Pate through whom Bauchi is today enjoying the privilege of having two standard University Teaching Hospitals, as the only state in the federation having two of such facility, in addition to Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in the state.
The Minister’s aide said, “Pate has through his ‘Cigari Foundation’ has embarked on the provision of a comprehensive Primary Healthcare Centre in each of the 20 LGAs of the state, and where such facility avails, he would renovate the facility and upgrade it to a reasonable standard.
These and many more, according to the pate’s aide, were in addition provision of electricity project to a number of 21 different community in Bauchi state, also under the humanitarian gesture of the Cigari Foundation which has in the first few months, also gave free medical outreach to over 3, 000 beneficiaries across the state.
Signed
IBRAHIM ADAMU LADAN
HOC, FIC, Bauchi
