Sir, here holds for you a greeting of peace, solidarity and of goodwill. I trust this letter finds you in good health and spirit.
I was persuaded by the realization upon serious thinking in my most hushed hour that Gombi/Hong federal constituency is shrinking, that the majority of the people of the constituency are unutterably unhappy and helpless. I wonder whether you are aware of this abominable wretchedness to which the people of the once vibrant, growing and blooming constituency have been confined. But once upon a time, this same Hong that has come to so much ruination today has looked set for an unprecedented strides of development under your watch.
In those days you were variously and quite truly called ‘the Barguma of success’; and you rowed the people of the constituency along happily in a boat of success bearing goods of various shapes and forms of infrastructure, improved quality of life, strengthened economic base and the road to the attainments of overall dividends of democratic development was more open, more promising and more dynamic.
Things were better. They were predictable. We had Hong of people and our pride. Now we have nothing. Nay, we have lost too much. The much touted bright legacies of your era, only mere relics remain. These things I reflected upon with a nostalgic perplexity and a sorrow sinks upon me, forcing my thoughts upon you, Hassan Barguma, the great leader who has not his equal among the leaders in the history of Hong, and yet so unlikely is there to be found your equal in that territory soon.
My dear Honourable, I am writing this letter because of the situations I have tried to describe above and the many more appalling fate that has befallen us since you left the state House of Assembly as a majority leader. For the glowing achievements you recorded in your time as a majority leader of the State House of Assembly, because all the goodies of leadership which you got us accustomed to have been taken away; and because we stand in the middle of a transition where we cannot remain standing, you are wanted highly to represent the good people of Gombi/ Hong constituency in the House of Representatives.
Sir, Unemployment amongst our youth remain high and rising, our roads are riddled with ugly, deep potholes that damage our transport, our educational system and institutions are in a terrible state of collapse, agriculture, the mainstay of our economy which you were wont to advance has frustrating remained subsistent and Indeed, things have fallen apart and the prospect of a likely redemption appears quite slim, persuading over 70 percent of the citizens of the area to look back and forth in search of a way out.
All around the constituency, the toll of abject poverty is visible. No new feature of development is in place and only weakened, neglected and abandoned vestigial elements of the development witnessed in your brief period of stewardship in the state house of assembly can be seen. If Hong is like that, you can imagine it worse for Gombi. Out of the discontent for this deplorable status quo, I write you this open letter.
Sir, I am not alone in this line of thoughts. But along with a good many others who are already aware of the acutely desperate situation of the people of Hong and its conflicted leadership posture over the past three years and the finest hour you engendered, I find you a clear-sighted, constructive, visionary and eminently positive –minded leader. You are therefore wanted back to contest for the seat of the House of Representatives once more to sanitize our environment, restore hopes, bring the glow back to our communities, boost the people’s happiness and morale.
You are wanted again. You are wanted, Sir, to replace Hong in its status of pride in the committee of constituency. Barguma, please come back. Come and put an end to the gnashing of teeth, and the lamentation and wailing over our continued helplessness.
My dear Hon Hassan Barguma, it is said that no matter how kind one treats a sleeping child, whenever he wakes up he will look for his mother. This is even truer when he gets treated unkindly. Your people are looking for you.
Sir, we still can’t find any replacement for you. So come back and raise us again from the dust of penury and of underdevelopment. There is really no cause. It’s only that you are the best and when u left, you took away your vision with you. All success upon your ways!
– Musa Wada
Hong, Adamawa state.
