Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani has lamented that insecurity has retarded developments in critical sectors in the north. Speaking when the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), paid him a courtesy visit on Monday at the Government House, Kaduna, Sani lamented that the north faces an existential threat. He lamented that criminal elements were laying siege on communities in the region and reversing the progress made on multiple fronts.
According to him, a lot of farmers cannot access their farms and “food insecurity now confronts us directly.” “Child and maternal mortality are on the increase. Our infrastructure has decayed.
“The moves to address our infrastructural deficits are equally threatened by insecurity. “From this very disturbing picture, it is clear that Northern Nigeria faces an existential threat,” Sani said. He said the time had come “for all hands to be on deck to pull the region back from the brink.
” The governor urged northerners to close ranks and work out a strategy to address the challenges facing the region. “It is a time when our people must close ranks, fashion a Marshall Plan for the North and move decisively to change these negative development indices”, added. The governor also frowned at what he described as “toxic politics” and “pull him down syndrome”, among northern politicians.
“We indulge in endless blame games, devoid of attempts at soul searching or introspection. “We have failed to ask ourselv.
