Northern Leaders Can’t Be Happy Amidst Poverty, Insecurity, Says Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, yesterday expressed concern about the rising waves of poverty, insecurity and illiteracy in the North.
Sanusi warned that the region cannot continue to rely on quota system and federal character to get jobs for its children at the expense of the other parts of the country, which are busy turning out graduates. “You can’t be happy with millions of Northern children out of school. You can’t be happy with nine states in the North contributing almost 50 per cent of the entire malnutrition burden in the country.
According to him, “the real change in the North will come from those who are considered mad people because you look around and say if this is the way we have been doing things, and this is where we have ended up, maybe we need to do things differently.” He commended el-Rufai’s reforms in the education sector, noting that what the governor is doing in the sector is what will save the North.
“And believe me, if we don’t listen, there would be a day when there would be a constitutional amendment that addresses these issues of quota system and federal character. He said: “So, I am proud to count Nasir as one of my friends. I usually say I have to keep him as a friend because he is the only person in Nigeria beside whom I am considered a moderate.
“You were elected to serve. If people appreciate it and vote for you, fine; if they don’t, you have done your bit.”Meanwhile, residents of Kayamla in Borno State have taken to sleeping on Maiduguri streets for fear of being attacked by Boko Haram.
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