Bauchi assembly receives three petitions on land dispute, others

Bauchi State House of Assembly has received three different petitions from the people of Kangere in Bauchi Local Government on the land dispute in the area; a complaint against the Provost of AD Rufai College of Education and Islamic Studies Misau, Dr Auwal Ibrahim on financial mismanagement of the Institution and against the Chairman and Head of Administration of Gamawa Local Government Council.

While presenting the petitions, the Chairman of the House Committee on Petition and Human Rights, Bala Ali representing Dass Constituency explained that the first petition came Kangere community calling on the House to intervene on the matter of land dispute in the area to avert the communal clash.

The House referred the three petitions to the House Committee on Petitions and Human Rights for further legislative action directing the Committee to report back to the House within a short period.

During the Wednesday plenary, Yusuf Muhammad Bako Pali representing Pali Constituency moved a motion calling on the State Government to establish more dialysis centres and make dialysis free to all citizens of Bauchi State.

Leading debate on the motion, Yusuf Bako explained that hemodialysis which is the most common type of dialysis, is carried out 3 days a week and each session lasting around 4 hours costs about N20000 to N40000 which is difficult to be afforded by people in the rural areas.

“Dialysis treatment is very expensive and patients are increasing every day which is attributed to the rising incidents of hypertension and diabetes among people.” He added.

Yusuf Muhammad Bako therefore prayed that government should establish two additional dialysis centres in the North and the Central Senatorial Districts since there is one in the Specialist Hospital Bauchi in order to increase access to services and alleviate the suffering of the people.

He also urged that government should make dialysis free to all citizens of the State and mandate the Ministry of Health to increase awareness campaigns in the media to reduce the prevalence of kidney diseases.

In his contribution, Deputy Speaker, Danlami Ahmed Kawule representing Zungur/Galambi Constituency opined that due to the nature of health facilities in the country, dialysis centres should not be made free but be made available.

The Deputy Speaker said that making the centres available rather than free will make it easy and subsidized to people.

Minority Leader, Bakoji Aliyu Bobbo representing Chiroma Constituency commended the mover of the motion but observed that if dialysis is made free government cannot maintain the centres, instead the House should recommend subsidy for dialysis in the State.

He added that there are many deadly diseases more dangerous than kidneys that are not made free and disagreed with the claim that dialysis is free in Yobe State, he affirmed that it is not free.

The Minority Leader suggested that the House should recommend what government can afford to do not what the government will keep aside and further argued that if dialysis is made free, some people will come from other States to enjoy it therefore recommended 50 per cent subsidy for dialysis in the State.

Yunusa Ahmad representing Warji Constituency disagreed with the Deputy Speaker and Majority Leader’s suggestion explaining that considering the nature of the disease, it does not discriminate against the poor or the rich and looking at the cost and the fact that not all patients can afford dialysis, and to make people feel the impact of government, it should be made free.

He argued that if States like Yobe that are poorer than Bauchi can do it free there is no reason why it cannot be done in Bauchi.

Babayo Muhammad representing Hardawa Constituency said that the State doesn’t have the requisite manpower to handle the dialysis machines if provided, he therefore suggested that the State government should train its personnel to handle the machines.

Baballe Abubakar Dambam representing Dambam/Dagauda/Jalam Constituency also suggested that dialysis should not be made free because according to him, the existing ones are not being used optimally therefore there is no need of creating more and argued that any service that is rendered free, will be abused by people.

In his own contribution, Sabo Bako Sade representing Sade Constituency opined that health is better than anything, therefore dialysis should be made free because people are dying from kidney diseases adding that there is required manpower in the State to handle the centres.

Sabo Bako stated that people are being carried from Bauchi to Yobe State for free treatment, thus government can afford anything and it can afford free dialysis centres.

The House adopted the prayers but agreed that the dialysis centres should not be made free but be subsidized by 50 per cent.

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