THE FRAME

By  Ibraheem A. Waziri  In Nigeria the media generally and  some Muslim  pundits, are highly cautious, in identifying strongly with Muslims groupings, in the event of  the Muslims being victims of violence by the others. This could - probably - be due to the fear that in showing support for Muslims in such circumstances, many, might feel emboldened to charge to the streets and display their anger in a form of a revenge that will worsen the situation. This - if so - goes a long way, in demonstrating  that either of the following two things, could be true of the Northern Nigerian Muslims at all times: 1. They are misfits in the modern social system dynamics that the current Nigeria presents and everybody knows that. Infact the best of their pundits know better! This is why their issues are fit for  touch only with the long sticks and on the surfaces. They always bring misfortune to their neighbours on their own without prompting. So when ther...

BAUCHI STATE Since February 1976, there was only one person from the Northern Zone that became the elected executive governor of Bauchi State. That was Late Alhaji Abubakar Tatari Ali. He was duly elected in 1979 as the first civilian Governor of the State and the administration was cut short in 1983 following a military coup that brought the Federal Military Government of Major General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. The needed term in Bauchi State politics is  “synergy”, which suggests or can be referred to as a happy outcome of cooperation, with different groups pitching in to make progress in ways that they could not achieve separately. But in the 1983 political days, we are increasingly seeing a dark side of “synergy” in our State as well, in political pitching to sidelines certain camps that were underrated or undermine In the politico-governance of Bauchi State.  The political history of Bauchi could not be more than the stories of bereavement, the dichotomy of Bauc...

People like me are thinking about such things as an educational progression in our State, looking at the State of decadence the sector found itself. Education is a capital intensive investment that needs a holistic approach to attain its height, a political will is equally needed to make a reality on this, to achieve that, the government as an investor need to put more effort to make it a reality and affordable to all, which is the Herculean challenge the sector is facing in our State, if not the whole country. Bauchi State is not exceptional in these problems, it is bedevilling the State for time immemorial and it is susceptible which need a rescue. To smooth the sponsorship and funding of the sector, FGN was able to create a trust fund to cover all the unforeseen expenses education might need which is not directly captured in the National budgets, hence the creation of the Tertiary Education Trust fund. Tertiary Education Trust Fund, abbreviated as TETFUND, is a scheme es...