Governor Bala Muhammed of Bauchi State has expressedthe readiness of the state government to partner with the Federal Government toaddress socio-economic challenges facing the state. The governor stated this when he briefed State Housecorrespondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari atthe State House, Abuja. Muhammed, who defeated an incumbent governor underthe platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mohammed Abubakar at thelast gubernatorial election in the state, said the people of Bauchi had nooption than to support and cooperate with the Buhari administration. To this end, the governor expressed the willingnessof the state to participate fully in the Ruga Settlement scheme of the federalgovernment. Muhammed maintained that the people of the state,whom he said, love President Buhari more than any other person in Nigeria,would continue to work with the federal government to ensure speedysocio-economic transformation of the country.