Bala Dawaki views on New Electoral Act
By Urube Peter, Abuja
Hon mustapha Bala Dawaki, representative of Dawakin kuduwari federal constituency of Kano state has faulted the electoral process in which not too many of his colleagues were able to scale during the their party primaries in the just concluded exercise across the country.
Dawaki reservations was made known to journalists in an interview in his office at the national assembly house of representative Abuja.
He said we are not happy with the outcome at all a situation whereby majority of our colleagues lost out in their primary not because they did not do well or are not love by their people but do to game changed. Usually, it is the members of the EXCOs, now they were screened out of the system to be delegates.
He acknowledged the fact that some worked and merit their return tickets unopposed. Sighting his own case, “i have 30 wards, 810 desks officials at ward level, I’m in charged of two local government areas in Kano state. In 2019 I was overwhelmingly endorsed as single candidate by the people from two local government areas this they said credent to my performance. Again this year, 2022 nobody contested with me, it was a unanimous decision by my stateholders that I’m doing well.
Whereas, the case is different for so many of my colleagues else where the delegates system arrangement is a big case and so we are proposing other side of amendment to correct the issues observed in this one.
The astute kano born politician, Dawaki reference other society where standard of legislative tenents are upheld better by giving older members some previleges to return. Reasons been that, it’ll take the whole legislative year for new members to catch-up with the doctrine of legislations.
Few things You Need To Know About this political heavy weight
Alhaji Hon. Mustapha Bala (Mai Gidan Ruwa, Baya Goya Marayu) was born in Dawakin Kudu LGA of Kano State, Nigeria on October 2nd, 1968.
He is one of the most hard-working Nigerian politicians representing Dawakin-Kudu and
Warawa Federal Constituency at the Federal House of Representatives.
He attended Government Secondary Commercial School (GSCS) in Wudil, Kano State in the year 1982 and obtained the General Certificate of Examination (GCE) in 1986.
He attended the prestigious Bayero University Kano and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in commerce in 1990, a Master’s degree in Software Development at Coventry University, UK in 2003, MBA in Corporate Finance in 2009 from the Dundee Business School, Scotland, his competence and professionalism developed in him a mindset of a professional career on accounting and banking. He is an entrepreneur and worked in the oil and gas sector.
His doggedness determination, dedication, patience, diligence and courage aroused his urge to
empathized and sympathized with the needy and orphans in the society. This led him to humanitarian services which
eventually made him the preferred candidate to be elected into the Federal House of Representatives to represent
Dawakin Kudu and Warawa Constituency of Kano State in 2011, 2015 and2019. He
served as a member in several House committees, such as Navy, Finance, Banking & Currency,
Pension, Special Duties, and Diaspora Matters. He was also the Vice Chairman at Science &
Technology Committee.
His participation in these committees make him built and trained many young adults on various
capacities and showed a keen interest in education empowerment, construction and renovation of
schools, Hospitals, boreholes, roads, sports and water treatment plants. He can best be described as a political elite and a fundraiser for entrepreneurship, and he helped and empowered internally
displaced people and people living with disabilities (PWD), orphans widows and poor people
within his constituency and in Northern part of the country.
His achievement in the first tenure granted him an opportunity to be reelected in the year 2015.
He was appointed as Chairman, Housing and Appropriation Committee, he is among the best
Nigerian politicians in the House of Representatives of the 9th Assembly. During his stay in this
positions, he brought many developmental projects to dawakin kudu and Warawa with (500) job
offers, 20 road constructions and renovations, over 20 schools’ construction and renovations and
over (1000) youths’ empowerment. His dedication and sacrifices for his people and the
communities cannot be overemphasized, he is the most diligent House of Representatives
member that Dawakin kudu and warawa ever had in Kano state, Nigeria.
His target Achievement(s) is to transform the House of Representatives with Redeeming image, credibility and integrity with Legislative Interests in Corporate Governance, transparency and
Accountability in governance.
Currently, Mustapha Bala Dawakin Kudu (Mai Gidan Ruwa) is the Chairman
of the committee on Housing and Habitat until May 2023, from May 2011 to May 2019 he was
the Chairman, Housing Committee (Reps) and Vice-Chairman at Science & Technology
Committee (Reps), from May 2015 he serves as Committee Member, Special Duties (Reps).
From May 2015 he was a Committee Member, Diaspora Matters (Reps) from May 2015
Committee Member, Pension (Reps), from May 2015 a Committee Member, Banking &
Currency (Reps), from May 2015 Committee Member, Finance (Reps), from May 2015
Committee Member, Navy (Reps)
