The Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has sharply rebuked the 19 governors who are members of the Northern Governors Forum for the current woeful condition of the region.
In a statement issued in Abuja earlier today, the AYF called on the chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, to step aside and allow a more progressive and serious governor to take over the leadership of the forum.
The AYF’s blistering statement came after the youth group’s emergency meeting in Abuja. The group bemoaned the economic collapse in the region, blaming it and other crises on incompetence by the governors.
Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, who chaired the meeting, stated: “The North is deteriorating in all ramifications due to the guerrilla warfare and maladministration. Since the crisis began and has continued unabated, thousands have lost their lives while property of inestimable value have been destroyed, leaving the North unattractive for local and foreign investment. Businessmen of Northern extraction now prefer to invest and establish businesses elsewhere instead of the North as was recently exemplified by [Aliyu] Dangote.”
Mr. Gujungu expressed dismay that the governors’ group, led by Mr. Babangida Aliyu, has chosen to be nonchalant as the crisis in the region continues to unfold. “The best thing is for Governor Aliyu to give way to a much more robust and proactive person who can pave the way for a genuine dialogue so that peace may reign in the region.”
Continuing, the youth leader said, “Look at the New Nigerian newspaper established by Sir Ahmadu Bello. For over three months now, it has been out of circulation. No one cares.”
Mr. Gujungu decried the fact that “Maiduguri is now a no-go area. Nothing is going on there and nobody wants to go there because of the atmosphere of uncertainty. Kano is in the headlines on a daily basis and can be described as a theater of guerrilla warfare. In Yobe, even animals are not spared as over a hundred were recently ambushed and massacred. Kaduna is not free despite been fortified by all kinds of security. In the southern part of Kaduna, innocent persons have been killed by unknown gunmen. Plateau is now a case study of sectarian violence. And yet Governor Babangida Aliyu is there taking pride in what he could not accomplish while things are going on smoothly in other parts of the country. It’s high time he allowed others with foresight to be at the helms of affair in the Northern Governors’ Forum because Northerners and other Nigerians are tired of empty rhetoric laced with deceit and half truths.”
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