SAFETY FIRST: Mr. President Postpones Visit to Bauchi State Due to Poor Weather Conditions

President Muhammadu Buhari was scheduled to pay a visit to Bauchi State today. Part of the activities lined up was the opening of the Nigerian Air Force Base, the commissioning of the 60 bed standard Air Force hospital, and other projects. 

The President however postponed the visit this morning on the inability for aircrafts to take off from Abuja airport. It is reported that as at this morning, visibility was below 300m due to the harmattan haze.

Speaking to the press, Gov. Abubakar said the visit will be rescheduled. He told Bauchi indigenes that the weather condition have restricted air transportation in the country’s capital. He thanked the great people of Bauchi for turning out en masse to welcome Mr. President stating that the visit will become a reality soonest.

PRESIDENT BUHARI EXPRESSES REGRET AS BAD WEATHER DISRUPTS TRIP TO BAUCHI

President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Bauchi scheduled to take place December 29 has been postponed arising from the prevailing weather conditions in the country.

Uncooperative weather which has been the bane of air travel in the current harmattan season, leading to the delay and cancellation of flights, reared its head in Abuja Airport this morning, preventing the take-off of the President’s plane for the trip to Bauchi.

Technical information received from the weather station showed that visibility as at this morning was 600 meters, 200 metres short of the 800 metres minimally required for a safe aircraft take-off.

According to the information available, the visibility was expected to drop to 300 metres before improving to permissible limit later in the day.

We must end the vicious circle of poverty in Nigeria says Speaker Yakubu Dogara

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has called on leaders and top ranking public officials to engage in direct intervention to alleviate the suffering of the people in their communities and give them better living conditions.

The Speaker, who made this call in the National Assembly when he received a non profit organisation that engages in medical outreaches in the urban areas, Doctors On The Move Africa, in his office, said he has resolved to continue to reach out through medical missions to the people with a view to alleviating poverty and improve their living conditions.

Dogara, who partnered with the organisation to provide free medical services in Bauchi State recently, said the success of the mission and the positive feedback received from the people is a signal to him and all other top ranking Nigerians to continue to do everything to lift them from the clutches of poverty.

Chinese Shenfen group donates 100 trucks to Bauchi State (PHOTONEWS)

The efforts of Gov Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar to make Bauchi State a model and developed state is yielding monumental results, as Shenfen group, a Chinese conglomerate that donates equipments to developing countries donated 100 trucks to Bauchi State.
Shamsuddeen Lukman Abubakar, SA Communications to Governor of Bauchi who confirmed the development to the public said after inspecting the trucks, the governor thanked the group and assured them of his commitment to ensuring Bauchi State grows beyond leaps and bounds. 

BREAKING NEWS: CONFAB Delegate Member, Hamma Misau Is Dead

Late CONFAB  Delegate Member,  Hamma Misau

A retired police AIG, Hamma Misau, one of the sleeping delegates at the ongoing National confab is dead. Mallam Misau died last night at the National Hospital in Abuja of an undisclosed illness at the age of 67.

NEWS PUNCH reports that Barrister Mohammed Hamma, a cousin to the retired police officer confirmed his demise. 

He said a Muslim funeral is due shortly in Bauchi for the late delegate. 

Mallam Hamma Misau hails from Misau in Bauchi state.