Saturday, June 29, 2024 -Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has cautioned northern leaders against attempting to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential elections, warning that such actions could jeopardize the nation's unity.
Sani conveyed this message during an
interview with Arise Television.
He advised northern leaders to focus on
leveraging the policies and programs of the Tinubu administration that benefit
the northern region, rather than seeking additional political power.
Sani said;
“There is evidence of rallying of
forces. Regrouping of forces — political forces from the North — trying to use
former President Buhari as a rallying point to evict the government of Asiwaju
Ahmed Tinubu.
“And they hope to resurrect his political
chance in the house of the masses and portray the government as one that has
been undermining the North and one that has not been living up to its campaign
promises to the region being that it has its highest votes from there.
“And I must warn that attempts to do that
can create a serious problem for our country. Buhari was in power for eight
years and there has never been any serious southerner that challenged his own
government in terms of trying to remove him from office.
“And secondly, we should know that before
you think of power, we should think of the whole country. We should be thinking
of a united country, a peaceful country. Nigeria is still a fragile
nation.
“What will happen if southern politicians
decide to also form the idea of uniting themselves and making a position that
this is their stand? There will be no Nigeria.
“So, they should, in
the interest of the unity of the country and the future of the country,
sacrifice their personal ambition at least for 2027.
“And the North will have the moral right to
ask for power after the second term of this administration. This desperation
for power will not go well for the region, for the unity and collective peace
of our country as a nation."
Emphasizing the
need for Northern leaders to address the problems faced in their region, Sani
added;
“It’s a historical fact that people from
the North have been in political power for a longer time. And that power was an
opportunity for them to use to develop the region, to address the problems of
insecurity, of education, of underdevelopment and of the widening gap between
the rich and the poor.
“But unfortunately, that power that ought to have been used that
way was misused. It (the Northern Region) is ahead in poverty index, lags
behind in industry, and in many aspects of development.
“It’s a serious concern because part of the problem we are facing
in the North today can be rooted in a history of bad governance, a history of
corruption, a history of insensitive leaders, and a history of people who ought
to have used power to develop their own part of the country which they have not
been able to do.
“So, power has not been of use to Northern Nigeria for the period
it has lasted. For the fact that the North has been behind in a number of
indices of development, there should have been a concerted effort in terms of
bringing development to that part of the country.
“But look at what we are having now. In the last eight years
before the coming of this administration, in 2015 there was so much hope. There
was so much belief and faith that the leadership that took over at that time
would address these fundamental issues, but it was not.
“So, power should be of use to the masses. In the North, power should address their poverty, and insecurity. It should address the issues of development, and not used to enrich an insignificant few who simply are parasitic on the economy of the country.”
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