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Hon. Ngamdu: Between Expectations & Reality By Abba Bukar Abba Masta


I have read and have been inundated with calls from friends from Kaga/Magumeri/Gubio Federal constituency over the forth coming elections slated for 2019 and the desirability or suitability of my principal Hon. Mohammed Sanda Ngamdu popularly known as (Matches) to contest the elections. Some of these calls and opinions have insinuated that Hon. Ngamdu who is on his second term at the House of Representatives is under representing the people of his constituency and should rather allow another person to represent the area.

As an insider and an aide of Hon. Ngamdu and as a youth leader who is aware of the sufferings and expectations of the people not to talk of the activities of my principal towards elevating the sufferings of his constituents, I think it is high time I address the issue in order to make people understand that Hon. Sanda Ngamdu is not a sit or bench warmer but one of the members who have performed incredibly well since his election into the green chambers in 2011.

First and foremost I must stress that I appreciate the concerns of those who have been raising questions as to the achievements of Hon. Ngamdu which most times they have viewed from the prism of his non passage of any bills or motions in the green chambers. As much as I appreciate their concern, it is important that I stress that a member who has been voted into parliament does not have to present only bills and motions alone in order to be seen to be working. I know a lot of members that have presented frivolous bills and motions that end up not seeing the light of the day. Some are usually in the spotlight but end up not getting re-elected into the House again because they fail to address the main issue that gets people get re-election.

This is not the case of Hon. Ngamdu who has performed and achieved silently without raising too much dusts. Under the period in which he has represented the good people of Kaga/ Magumeri/Gubio federal constituency, Hon. Ngamdu has impacted on the lives of the people of the constituency in a way that has made people from other constituencies very jealous. He has done so much in the area of human capital development paving ways for people from the constituency to get job placements in various ministries/agencies/parastatals.

Those who have benefitted from his proactiveness in this area can attest to what he has done to better their lives and the people involved here are not in tens but in hundreds. As I write this piece today, more than 300 people have benefitted from his energetic approach in providing job opportunities for his people. His zeal to provide job opportunities for his people was bolstered with his being a member of the House Committee on Federal Character. With his membership of this committee, it is on record that he has not failed the people of his constituency because as soon as information on job opportunities is made known, he immediately swings into action ensuring that people from his constituency are not left out in benefitting. Imagine the number of households that have benefitted from such magnanimous representation.

Apart from this very important aspect of representation, Hon. Sanda Ngamdu has done a lot in attracting projects to his constituency. He has engaged in drilling lots of boreholes, skill acquisition centres, feeder roads, dispensaries, supply of drugs to various clinics and hospitals not to talk of several medical consumables. He has also been with the people even during the insurgencies that affected the area. I am aware of the strong role he played when people who were prospecting for crude in the constituency as well as lecturers were murdered in cold blood by insurgents from the dreaded Boko Haram sect. His attachment to the people who were affected cannot be overemphasised also. In all these, he has not been verbose as others would want to do rather he has been the kind of silent achiever he has always been. Quiet, purposeful and focused.

Like I earlier stated, I understand the position of people who think the Honourable has been a sit warmer. Their view is borne out of his silent nature which has seen him out of the press. This I may understand but to say that Hon. Mohammed Sanda Ngamdu is not performing as a member will be a fallacy which people who know him and are aware of what he is doing will attest to.

As days go by, I will not fail to keep members of his constituency up to date with his activities in order to erase this erroneous impression which is promoted by his rivals who clearly cannot match up to his ideals.

Writes from Abuja.

27.10.2017

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