By Abubakar Sadiq Mohd, Zaria Dr. Mahe Dange, a traditional title holder in the Caliphate and Yeriman Sokoto has said North is ...
By Abubakar Sadiq Mohd, Zaria
Dr. Mahe Dange, a traditional title holder in the Caliphate and Yeriman Sokoto has said North is gradually becoming a failed and divided region, while becoming the poverty hub of the nation.
Dange who said he had never seen the region in such a bad state, blaming the ugly development on poor representation of the northeners in various strata of governance.
While speaking to Newsmen in Zaria, the Yeriman Sokoto attributed inadequate representation and incompetent leadership by crop of politicians who do not have the interest of the region at heart as major factor negating the north.
Dange who was the former Director General, National Institute of Transport Technology, NITT Zaria said "for North to successfully tackle its challenges, including insecurity and poor economy, the problem of disunity must first be addressed.
"I am particularly dishearten on how our legislators were divided and disunited especially on issues affecting the north.
"They could not initiate common approach to the over bearing poverty and the reverberating insecurity and joblessness among our youth." He said.
The Yeriman Sokoto described as "unfortunate" how leaders and lawmakers from the region are not speaking with one voice on issues making northerners sleepless.
"They have divided themselves along sectional, religious and tribal lines which did not speak well for the people they represent.
"Unless Northerners are ready to unite and live in mutual respect harmony, unity and tolerance the resultant consequences of our disintegration will continue to draw the region backward and take us back to the stone age." He stated.
The former Nigerian Railway Corporation Boss observed that some people from the region are already obsessed and ringing the drums of 2027 elections, Dage however stressed that only those who represented and served the region well, will be considered to vie for political positions in the next elections.
According to him, gone were the days when people will be blinded by shallow and empty promises to elect incompetent and bought-over politicians to represent them.
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