Emir of Daura urges ministers to repay Buhari's faith in them by locating facilities in the town

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's ministers and political appointees have been urged by the Emir of Daura Dr Umar Faruq Umar to repay the favours they have been granted by locating facilities and infrastructural projects in the town.

Speaking yesterday while receiving the minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Audu Ogbeh who was on working visit paid homage to the town, Dr Umar said his people are hungry and not getting enough from the centre despite the fact that their son the president of Nigeria. He thus urged ministers who benefitted from appointments of President Buhari to reciprocate the gesture by coming to the aid of people of his constituents through developmental projects and farm inputs.

According to the emir, the ministers appointed by President Buhari are not doing enough to assist his hometown, Daura with a viable projects. He added that President Buhari would not want to be seen as favuoring his own people, so it is up to his ministers to take the initiative and assist Daura.

Dr Umar said: “Buhari by his nature will not influence the sighting of any projects in Daura but his ministers who benefitted from his appointment should reciprocate by bringing developmental projects to Daura, his birth place. It is a call to duty for the ministers to make provision in their ministries' budget, ensuring that Daura benefitted immensely from the Buhari administration.

“If the ministers failed to cite any projects to Daura, they have betrayed the president and people of Daura. Like the rice production in Kebbi State, Katsina has prospects in rice production and irrigation farming and has dams and irrigation sites like Sabke, Jibia, Zobe, Daberan, Mai Ruwa dams and if utilised and reciprocated has potentials of feeding the state and its neighbours."

Dr  Ogbeh said plans are underway to establish a tomatoes farm and processing plants that with create about 6,000 jobs for farmers growing tomatoes and also stop their importation into the country. He added that his ministry will look into the issue of establishing a rice mill in the town as well as providing improved seeds to create jobs in the Daura emirate.

“I urge you to go back, look inwards and search for what, how you can assist people of Daura. You see, Daura is faced with an absence of projects for its development and its people are hungry and need federal government assistance,” Dr Umar added.