Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has been accused of using government funds to acquire land from farmers and low-income residents under the guise of commercial farming and redevelopment.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tugga, claims that Governor Bala has neglected the state’s development despite a significant increase in allocated funds.

Tugga made these allegations in an interview with Liberty TV while responding to Governor Bala’s criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The minister said, “when it comes to money issues, the governor should not put his mouth there because the earnings and allocation he is getting has doubled but we have not seen any improvement, no change in what he is doing”.

According to Tugga, in October 2024, the governor received an N8.8bn allocation from the Federal Government, “but he has not shown us what he did with it. In November, he received another N9bn.

“Instead of using the money for social services and infrastructure, such as education, health, and addressing out-of-school children, he is busy using such funds to buy properties and land from the poor citizens of Bauchi. This affects both the rich and the poor.”

Tugga believes that the governor is “buying houses from the GRA; he evicts people from their house that they are going to do projects. This is another way of syphoning funds from the state coffers”.

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