Nigeria at 51, there may be a revolution if… -Senator Yarima

Posted by admin General Politics, Legislature, Senate Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Former governor of Zamfara State now Senator, Ahmed Sani Yarima Bakura has lamented that Nigeria at 51 is not yet good enough. He advised that if urgent steps are not taken to address certain issues, he foresees revolution in the country.

Senator Sani while speaking in an interview on Monday in Gusau said if no urgent attention is taken on some issues, Nigeria would be heading to what happened in countries like Asia, Egypt and Yemen.
“Nigeria at 51, I will say so far so good, but we are not good enough, I believe the way we are going, if urgent steps are not taken to change the situation in this country, there may be a revolution.”

According to him, there was a time he had a meeting with Mr. President where he advised him to address the issue of power in the country. If he President can just address the issue of power, he would be leaving a legacy to be remembered after his period.
“Let him just address the issue of power alone and make sure that it is completely solved, I am sure you will agree with me that he would be remembered all the time as the best president Nigeria ever had.”
He stressed that power is the heart of every business in Nigeria; the problem of the sector affected every beat of the country’s economy.
“The president should focus on the power sector, without power virtually every sector has problem, you cannot have agro-allied industries.”

The Yarima Bakura who was known for his introduction of the Sharia legal system, advised that the issue of adequate power supply could be best solve when there is commitment, which he said could be tackled in three years.
“Power supply can be tackle if there is commitment, it can be reorganized in three years by God willing.”
On the issue of N18.000 minimum wage, Senator Yarima maintained that it is a law that every tier of government must obey, a law that Nigerians has to obey, government or private.

He disclosed that during his tenure as governor of the state, he was very friendly with civil servants, there was nothing like strike.
He however, wondered why his strong loyalist, the present governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar and other governors could allow workers to go on strike in their states, adding that it is just a matter of negotiation with the unions.

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