Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya
Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya (born 9 October, 1961) is a Nigerian businessman and politician who has served as the governor of Gombe State since 2019.
Quotes
[edit]- Personally and I believe the whole of the people of Gombe State are behind the idea of having state police because that will take security closer to the people and we will be able to monitor more than somebody else monitoring or managing our own security.
- Even though it is said that the governors are the chief security officers, the men on the ground commanding the security agencies, that is, the general officers commanding (GOCs) or the commissioner of police, are answerable to their commanders here in Abuja.
- But with state police, we will be able to monitor the pulse and implement any decision hastily, and there will be results.
- Transmission and whatever electricity has been on the exclusive list before now but with the new Electricity Act, it means that states can now do from generation to transmission and marketing.
- Even at the last meeting of the North East governors, we resolved that each of us should generate 10 Megawatts of solar power so that we kick-start activities and all the governors are amiable to working with the new Electricity Act, knowing that so far, one leg has not been able to deliver us.
- Governor Inuwa Backs Calls For State Police Whatever we had before was not able to take us out of this situation.
- I didn’t seek power to be rich but to serve the people genuinely. I’m trying to assert and confirm that to the people; that is what is in my heart.
- I’m telling them to know so that they will key in and support whatever we are doing.
- I believe with what you saw, you are convinced that the people are with us, that’s the spirit and the essence of what I usually say in such meetings,” he said.
- That is a source of inspiration for me and that’s why I’m executing the Muhammadu Buhari Industrial Park and other projects so that we can be remembered and prayed for too.
- But principally because we are part of the Northeast; and from statistics and records, you would know that the Northeast and the Northwest are the lowest in terms of indices that record human development, especially economic development.
- Gombe state is down the ladder in terms of allocation from the federation account.
- And it’s equally down the ladder in terms of capacity to generate internal revenues for so many reasons.
- Without proper financial backing, there’s no way you can execute any plan that you make; whether social, economic, infrastructural, or whatever.
- The primary priority of businesses and investors is to a have a return on their investment; that cannot happen until the businesses are thriving.
- Gombe is among the states that have a large livestock compared to some other states. We have very high numbers of livestock, both cattle and the ruminants
- Government, should in fact, not be an employer, but government should enable employment to be generated from the private sector by commercial and industrial activities.
- For businesses to thrive, there has to be incentives, there has to be facilities, and activities that will support business. And I have the belief that it is not only the job of government.
- By the accounts, everybody should know by now that Gombe state attained the number one position in terms of enabling business environment as ranked by KPMG, a reputable consulting company on behalf of the Presidential Committee on Enabling Business Environment.
