You’re responsible for our woes, youths tell northern leaders (Yes, indeed)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, March 19th, 2012

THE Arewa Youths Forum (AYF) has said past leaders of northern extraction had the opportunities to bring growth and development to the North, lamenting that they wasted the opportunities.

The forum, after an emergency meeting in Kaduna, at the weekend, expressed dismay over the direction Nigerian politics was heading.

The national president of AYF, Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, said the meeting discussed the various circumstances the North had found itself and recent talks about positions of past Nigerian leaders from the region, including Generals Ibrahim Babangida, Abdusalami Abubakar, Atiku Abubakar, among others.

“We are at the bottom of every index, ranging from health, education, social amenities and several other sectors. Worst of all, our woes is the insecurity ravaging the region.

“All northern leaders who held several positions, such as Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, got the golden opportunities of turning our region around for good but the reverse was the case.

“The world needs explanation as to what led the North to the rot it is today. It was man-made, as a result of deliberate manipulation of religion, self enrichment and pervasive corruption our leaders adopted to the detriment of the lager people of the North.

“Had our elite continue in the way and direction as shown by our leader, Sir Ahmadu Bello, it would have been a different ball game, but sadly, our region is now being mocked and laughed upon, we are being denigrated and termed parasites,” he said.

The forum asked past and present leaders of northern extraction to, as a matter of sincerity, apologise to the region.

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