Leader of Northern Elders’ Forum
(NEF), Prof Ango Abdullahi, has declared that there was nothing wrong with the
Presidency remaining in the North beyond 2023.
He noted that critical evaluation
of positions of different ethnic groups in the country showed that the North
has been short-changed as key positions were not with them.
Abdullahi, a former Vice
Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, added that the much noise on
lopsidedness that favoured the North was not true.
According to him, there was
nothing wrong with the appointment of more Service Chiefs from the region.
“What we are witnessing is a sad
development, very dangerous arguments that are being put forward. How many
offices are we even talking about and you are saying lopsidedness of offices?”
He was quoted by Sun as saying.
“Have you looked at the offices
in the civil service and those that occupy them, so what is the fuss all about?
Are they parochial or are they biased in the discharge of duties concerning
other parts of the country?
“This is a very sad development
because this is driving us into areas that will be very unfortunate for this
country.
“The trouble with Nigeria is that
we don’t learn from our history and we don’t keep records of history. I have
just done an exercise in a booklet form to show appointments of the First
Republic since independence in 1960 to date, to show who was in what office and
from what area, from what religious faith?
“By the time you see it, you will
be sorry asking this kind of question because the question appears to be
parochial by those who have such a view and should not arise.”
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