Northern governors have said that
the challenges in the Southeast was not as a result of marginalisation as
erroneously believed.
According to them, Igbos had
occupied exalted positions like Secretary to the Government (SGF) of the
Federation, Senate President and many others but the occupiers of those
positions rather used them for ephemeral and selfish gains.
They spoke in Owerri, the Imo
State capital, during a meeting with Igbo and Hausa leaders at the Government
House.
The visiting governors led by
Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima, who is also chairman of Northern
Governors’ Forum, decried the poor state of major roads in the Southeast, but
said politicians from the zone “are only interested in pocketing the resources
that would have been used in developing the zone at the detriment of the
people.
“You can take for instance the
case of Nnamdi Kanu who is an ordinary criminal. When he was arrested, senators
from the Southeast were falling head over heels to bail him for what they could
gain at the detriment of national unity and peaceful coexistence.
“The problem of Nigeria is we the
elite who are fanning the embers of hatred and disunity for selfish reasons.
The country is passing through a grim and sober moment and by working together,
we can get Nigeria to work again.
“We are here to thank our
colleagues in the Southeast for standing on the part of peace and national
unity. All we need is tolerance, justice and generosity of mind to move the
country forward.
“Governor Okorocha has been
dehumanised and branded all sorts of names for insisting on one indivisible
Nigeria but he has remained unshaken in his faith in the unity of the country.
We salute his sense of patriotism and his style of leadership, he is the kind
of leader that Nigeria needs.”
With Shettima were: Governors
Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto), Simon Lalong (Plateau)
and Bello Masari (Katsina).
Tambuwal said “Nigeria is not a
mistake. Nigeria is a special creation we all must continue to strive to make
it work. And for us to continue to coexist harmoniously, we must have respect
for each other.
We must respect each other’s’ culture because respect begets
respect”.
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ReplyDeleteMy guy if it's a mistake, correct it ,nobody is above a mistake
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DeleteHow can you can agitators a common criminal.They are asking for referendum,you call them a criminal. Nigeria has no future
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