The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has blamed the
challenges bedevilling Northern Nigeria on Governors, lawmakers and other
leaders from the region.
Dr. Nastura Ashir Sherif, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of
CNG, while delivering a lecture in Katsina at a one-day sensitisation lecture
on permanent voter’s cards (PVCs) registration with the theme ‘Get Your PVC to
Rescue and Rebuild Nigeria’, lamented how Nigerian governors hijack and
mismanage the local government allocation from the Federal Government, leaving
those at the grassroot to suffer untold hardship.
He further bemoaned the inability of the electorate to elect
the right people into the State House of Assembly, saying that it was
responsible for why Governors pave the way for their stooge and those who do
not know what is required of the position to pose as lawmakers in order to have
their selfish interests done.
The chairman noted that the time had come for the
electorates to vote credible and competent leaders of their choice instead of
political parties.
According to him, “I could recall sometime back while
discussing with one of the Northern Governors at his residence, the Speaker of
the State House of Assembly walked in and went on his kneels to greet the
Governor and thereafter sat on the floor before the Governor. It’s obvious that
such a Speaker was brought to answer ‘yes sir’ to the Governor’s whims and
caprices.”
He opined that it was the fault of the electorates because
they did not stand to ensure that they elected the right people into the State
Assembly that would defend and protect their rights and make laws that would
make the people to prosper.
He alleged that some of those representing the people only
go to the State and National Assembly offices when they need to sign and
collect money, lamenting that they cannot contribute meaningfully to the
discussion going on there.
With the right people elected into the State and National
Assembly, he assured that there’s no way the Governor or the President would
dare toy with the needs of the masses.
Nastura identified insecurity and hardship being experience
in the country since 2015 as responsible for why people were reluctant to go
out and register for their PVCs, expressing optimism that with the current
enlightenment by the Coalition of Northern Groups, people will come out and
register.
He urged Nigerians to shun selling their votes, saying that
“as far as we collect money from politicians and vote”, they will never get the
good leaders they want.
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