LAWYER to Governor Patrick Yakowa , Ustaz Yunus (SAN) has alleged that three-quarters of the Nigeria's oil blocks are owned by northern elite, who have refused to help the poor children and the Almajiris that have constituted security challenges to the nation.
Yunus said this in an interview in Kaduna during the distribution of food, foot wears and toilet soaps to over 200 Almajiris to mark this year's children's day by a group of lawyers in his law chambers under the aegis of Advocates of the Nigerian Child (ADVOPUER).
In his words : 'Let me tell you, three quarter of the oil blocks and oil wealth are owned by northerners, but these are the people that cannot even help the poor child with 1 kobo. So, that is just the reasons they roam the streets and get exposed to so many vices'.
He lamented that this attitude of the northern elite is nothing but selfishness amplified by corruption because according to him, 'these money is ill-gotten,but it is the common wealth that these people have confiscated and still refused to inject it into the economy.
'Our northern big men have always been too selfish. They carried all our money to further develop Europe. That is just all. The way forward is to curb corruption by ensuring that somebody who is not corrupt is at the helm of affairs because a corrupt leader cannot curb corruption'.
He observed further that 'the major cause of insecurity is not the Almajiri system, but the northern wealthy people who have stolen all our money and instead of investing internally to generate revenue, they take it to Europe.'
For example, when Arewa Textiles Factory was working, the parents of these children were not begging and they could be catered for by their parents.
I thought the Oil is the South, but the Northern Elites still seem to be in control. It reminds me of the popular maxim, "Monkey dey work, Baboon dey chop"
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