in Nigeria now boldly wears a Northern face. He said
this at the Northern Governors Forum meeting which
held in Kaduna state yesterday.
Things have become so bad, so much so that we
can say without fear of contradiction that in
Nigeria today, poverty glaringly wears a bold
northern face. We have turned our region into a
laughing stock, derided by friends and foes alike,
and, not without justification, as having dragged
the rest of the country down with us. Regrettably
today, our region has become a thriving nest for
war, terrorism, deep seated social divisions,
senseless violence, mind-boggling intolerance,
injustice, destitution, joblessness, and all
manners of other social vices, the height of
which is the madness called Boko Haram. No
amount of lamentation will, of course, solve our
many problems. We need to act, and fast too.
This generation of Northern leaders, led by us
the Governors, have both a moral and
constitutional responsibility as well as a historic
opportunity to reverse the negative fortunes of
our people.
We must do everything in our power to restore
and entrench the lofty values of unity,
understanding, tolerance, mutual respect,
empathy, justice and mutual coexistence in the
minds of our people and region. We must firmly
and decisively commit ourselves to fighting
poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, terrorism and
other forms violent crimes in the north." he said
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