Bauchi Gov. Interacts With NIPSS Participants


- Describes Budget Commissioner As Resourceful

Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has expressed confidence in the ability of his Budget and Economic Planning Commissioner, Dr. Aminu Hassan Gamawa, to deliver as expected of any assignment assigned to him.

The governor highlighted the qualities of his commissioner when he interacted via teleconference with participants of the Course 42 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS), Kuru.
 Governor Bala Mohammed described Dr. Aminu Gamawa as not only a resource person in the administration, but in the state in general.

The governor noted that people with vast experience and knowledge have been engaged to serve as members of the State Executive Council to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the policy of his administration. 

"Dr. Aminu Hassan is a resource person to us, a former lecturer with Harvard University, he is doing very good work for us in Bauchi."
 "We are proud of him and we are also very confident in his ability to deliver on any assignment."

The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Aminu Hassan Gamawa, who shed more light on the Population Growth and Human Capital Development of Bauchi State, said it is not only the population of Nigeria or Bauchi State that is growing, but it is the entire world that is growing in which some countries are managing it better than others because of the policies initiated over the years. 

He pointed out that statistics has shown that if population is growing more than their economic development, their wellbeing will be negatively affected.
 Dr. Aminu Hassan Gamawa who explained that the human capital development consists of knowledge, skills and the health of the people accumulated throughout their lives, said its impact is in the areas of education, health, agriculture, women and youth empowerment.

The Budget and Planning Commissioner said Bauchi has a huge landmass which if harnessed through modern agriculture with proper implements and human capital development, the economy of the state would be developed.

"In our Ministry of Budget and Planning, we take planning seriously, we are planning not only for a short-term, but for a long-term to ensure adequate planning for human capital development. We in Bauchi, our population growth is a challenge, but we also consider it as an opportunity."




 "In the 21st century, data is everything in proper economic planning and development, in Nigeria lack of proper economic planning is one of our challenges facing our population growth."

The Director General of the institute, Professor Habu Galadima, said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved Population Growth and Human Capital Development as theme for the study tour of the 2020 participants.

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