By Umar Sa’id Moh’d Bauchi
Bauchi State Government through the State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has given all the political parties including PDP, NNPP, APC seven day ultimatum to remove and dismantle all campaign billboards, signboards, shanties, posters and every other form of campaign materials that are in public places across the state.
Speaking to journalists on the development in his office yesterday, Director General of BASEPA, Dr. Ibrahim Kabiru, said that, considering the 2023 elections are over, there is need for all sundry to give room for act of governance.
He said the 7 days ultimatum was issued by the Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) and directed the affected political parties in the state to immediately remove all shanties that have campaign insignia within that period.
He advised political parties to ensure that the campaign materials within the state capital and across the 20 local government areas of the state were removed otherwise, the Agency will be left with no option other than to be forceful.
Ibrahim Kabiru stressed that if at the end of the ultimatum, any political party or its supporters failed to heed the directives, the agency would have no choice but to render them as wastes that would be removed and disposed off.
“We want to call the attention of political parties especially the APC, the PDP, NNPP and all others and their supporters regarding what we call at this time, something that is unnecessary. Earlier on, before the elections, we know that there were billboards, signboards and other materials that were used in order to showcase the candidates contesting for one position or the other.”
,“we are in a time of governance. And the issue of governance had nothing to do with different political parties. Any party that won the election will have to take the lead and make sure that it is just for everyone despite differences in political parties.”
Ibrahim Kabiru called on the general public, political parties, candidates and their followers that within the next one week, starting from today, this Monday to the 15th of this month, to evacuate anything that has to do with political show off in terms of the billboards, signboards and posters with in the state and across the 20 local government areas of the state, saying its the mandate of the agency to ensure that the metropolis and the local government areas are tidy.
