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| Senator Shehu Sani |
The senator that represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, Comrade Shehu Sani, has said that the North is tolerating bad governance, because one of their own, President Muhammadu Buhari is in power. But can speak truth to power only when a southerner is the president of the country.
Sani who was the guest speaker at a conference held to prepare emerging leaders in Kaduna on Monday said, the North had failed to hold President Buhari accountable, despite the unabated attacks and destruction of property in the region.
The senator who expressed worry over the high rate of poverty and educational backwardness in the North, asked President Buhari to do something urgent to tackle the socio-economic issues, as the region is under time bomb.
He also tasked President Buhari to come out with sound policies to address high-level poverty and educational challenges in the region and the country at large.
Sani said: “The North is tolerant of bad government because Buhari is in government and he is from the North.
When powers move to the South, the North is good at holding leaders to account but when it moves to the North, we keep silent. We are shy; we are cautious; we are afraid of telling our own that the road in the North is bad. We are more courageous, to tell the truth to power when the president doesn’t come from our region.
