Northern governors to FG: Don’t blame us on terror (Blaming instead of governing)

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

The Northern States Governors’ Forum on Thursday hit back at the Federal Government over allegation that governors from the region were not doing enough to fight terrorism, describing the statement as “uncharitable and unfortunate.”

Reacting to the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku’s allegation that the 19 governors in the North are not doing enough at curbing insecurity in the region, the Chairman of the Forum, Dr. Babangida Aliyu said the “blame game must stop.”

The governor said, “If it was his (Minister) view, it was unfortunate. If it is the view of the Federal Government, it is very uncharitable, it is more than unfortunate.

“I think it is part of the hypocrisy because no governor as far as I know can be accused of not doing enough. As Chairman of Northern State Governors’ Forum, I can say that no governor can be accused of not doing enough particularly, with the circumstances that we find ourselves.”

Aliyu continued, “I am not aware of any governor invited by the National Security Adviser (NSA) and told of what to do and he did not do it. I am not aware of that.”

He said that instead of accusing the governors, it was the federal government that delayed in nipping the security challenges in the bud.

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