Jega: "Major indices of development show that the North is backwards on all fronts. He attributed the “terrible statistics” to poor northern leaders"

Story by AHMED OLUWASANJO • NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Former chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, says Northern Nigeria is the headquarters of poverty, insecurity and host of other problems in the country because leaders from the region are selfish and lack vision for development.

“The major indices of these crises manifested themselves from the northern part of this country, whether it is poverty, youth unemployment, security challenges, maternal mortality, out-of-school children, lack of girl-child education and early marriage as well as the challenge of reproduction of our females,” Mr Jega said.

“Anything you can think of, the terrible statistics come from the northern part of this country. And why is it so? That is the key question.”

Mr Jega made this statement on Monday at a lecture in honour of the late northern icon, Maitama Sule. The event was organised by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) and was held at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina.

While eulogising both late Mataima Sule; a diplomat and politician, and Premier of Northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello, for their selfless leadership, Mr Jega berated other leaders in the region as selfish and visionless.

“Today, we remember the Maitama Sule, the Ahmadu Bellos, Isa Katais and many others. These were people who led and protected the North and ensured that the North developed in accordance with its ability and their own abilities as leaders. While we cherish the memories of what had happened in the past, what kind of leadership have we got from the Northern part of this country?” Mr Jega said.

“We have so-called leaders who are selfish, who are not selfless, greedy, who have a narrow vision in terms of how this country can develop, not to talk about the region where they come from. They really lack intellectual capacity to be classified as leaders.”

President Muhammadu Buhari, former military dictators, Sani Abacha, Murtala Mohammed, Ibrahim Babangida, Yakubu Gowon, and even many contemporary northern leaders have in the past been criticised for not doing much to emancipate the vast population of poor and illiterate masses of the North.

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Noted

Truth

Interesting

It’s good you are speaking now. You are the one the whole Nigeria should be eating right now.

and na them dey hold power since.., useless region

Islam influenced conservative culture.
early marriage
polygamy.
high birth rate
high illiteracy rate
negligence of the ruling class/elites to drastically address the negative implication of overpopulation and lack of education

Islam is responsible for all the problems of the north, believe me.

Including you

Including the Buhari he rigged into power

This nonsense Banbiala nonentity begger call BUHARI should be in the forest rearing cows not in Abuja

Truth and nothing but the truth.

What is funny here is that this erudite prof classifies early marriage of northern girl children (6-13) as a problem


But one random aboki would justify it as not a problem because his prophet was Peadophile

They would even tell you it's better than prostitution as if bleeping a 9 year old makes her immune from prostituting

ThinkSmarter:
Islam influenced conservative culture.
early marriage
polygamy.
high birth rate
high illiteracy rate
negligence of the ruling class/elites to drastically address the negative implication of overpopulation and lack of education

you forgot iswap/bandits/Boko Haram who are now taking Zakat as allah apostles