Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said that past leaders
from the North in the last 20 years should apologize to the people for the woes
they are currently experiencing.
Sani claimed that anyone who had held a political office in
the last 20 years must look at himself in the mirror and apologize to the
people of Northern Nigeria for letting them down.
The governor stated this in an interview with Daily Trust
newspaper, where he stated that he doesn’t have problem with those criticizing
the government.
However, Sani expressed displeasure with past leaders from
the zone who have now turned critics of the current government.
The governor claimed that the problem of northern Nigeria
didn’t start two years ago but in the last 20 years, noting that those in government
positions during the period are part of the problem.
He said: “Why did we fight the military in the past? Because
we were fighting for the people, we weren’t fighting to contest for the
election. We were fighting because we want democracy to be entrenched in
Nigeria. I don’t have problem with those criticizing the government .
“But when you’re fighting a government that you were part
of, you contributed to the situation where it is today. Anybody from Northern
Nigeria who held a political office in the last 20 years, all of us must look
at ourselves in the mirror and apologize to the people of Northern Nigeria, we
let them down.
“The problem of northern Nigeria didn’t start two years ago,
we are looking at the trajectory in the last 20 years. I can give you the
statistics and data. I know the poverty index of Northern Nigeria. I know the
number of people in Northern Nigeria that are financially excluded.
“People tend to forget when Buhari was in power, he spent
hundreds of billions towards social interventions. But I will tell you why the
north became poorer even after that because 70 percent of people that live in
northern Nigeria, particularly the masses, are completely financially excluded.
“Every human being, if you’re a former president, governor,
vice president, senator, house of Rep member in the northern Nigeria in the
past 20 years, I will tell you you are part of the problem. That’s is why I
don’t believe we should deceive the northern Nigeria. That’s is why I don’t
believe we should misinform them.”
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