During the Notherners Governors Forum which held yesterday in Kaduna State.The Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima stated that poverty in Nigeria now boldly wears a Northern face.

He said..

Things have become so bad, so much so that we can say without fear of contradiction that in
Nigeria today, poverty glaringly wears a bold northern face. We have turned our region into a laughing stock, derided by friends and foes alike, and, not without justification, as having dragged the rest of the country down with us. Regrettably today, our region has become a thriving nest for war, terrorism, deep seated social divisions, senseless violence, mind-boggling intolerance, injustice, destitution, joblessness, and all manners of other social vices, the height of which is the madness called Boko Haram. No amount of lamentation will, of course, solve our many problems. We need to act, and fast too. This generation of Northern leaders, led by us the Governors, have both a moral and constitutional responsibility as well as a historic opportunity to reverse the negative fortunes of our people.



We must do everything in our power to restore and entrench the lofty values of unity, understanding, tolerance, mutual respect, empathy, justice and mutual coexistence in the minds of our people and region. We must firmly and decisively commit ourselves to fighting poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, terrorism and other forms violent crimes in the north.” he said

THE NORTH WILL RISE AGAIN!!

Hope the rest of them will agree with him..

According to what criteria if i may ask??cos for all i care he's setting the stage for events to come..

Hmmm

They should start my making their people see western education from a new perspective...

singing "we taking over one city at a tym"

An average man in the north doesn't give 2 f**** about what's going on in the north. All they care about is where the president, minister of finance and minister of petroleum come from.
if all the above positions are occupied by a northerner, for them all is well.

Very sad indeed

So sad

I thought jonathan caused the whole problems in the north.

The north should not cry, the new aparthied regime in nigeria will give your youths jobs.

Action speaks louder than voice....start acting!!

Poverty does not only wear northern face, it also adorn southwast.e identity.

munchfani:
THE NORTH WILL RISE AGAIN!!

Your north has always been down right from the amalgamation. So, he who is down fears no fall, accept ur fate and live with it.

mcyemite:
During the Notherners Governors Forum which held yesterday in Kaduna State.The Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima stated that poverty in Nigeria now boldly wears a Northern face.

He said..

Things have become so bad, so much so that we can say without fear of contradiction that in
Nigeria today, poverty glaringly wears a bold northern face. We have turned our region into a laughing stock, derided by friends and foes alike, and, not without justification, as having dragged the rest of the country down with us. Regrettably today, our region has become a thriving nest for war, terrorism, deep seated social divisions, senseless violence, mind-boggling intolerance, injustice, destitution, joblessness, and all manners of other social vices, the height of which is the madness called Boko Haram. No amount of lamentation will, of course, solve our many problems. We need to act, and fast too. This generation of Northern leaders, led by us the Governors, have both a moral and constitutional responsibility as well as a historic opportunity to reverse the negative fortunes of our people.



We must do everything in our power to restore and entrench the lofty values of unity, understanding, tolerance, mutual respect, empathy, justice and mutual coexistence in the minds of our people and region. We must firmly and decisively commit ourselves to fighting poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, terrorism and other forms violent crimes in the north.” he said

Education + Family planning = solution
Unfortunately, the 2nd is what an average northerner hate to hear. For those who would say 'how do you know', I live in Minna.