Former Kano State Chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and governorship aspirant on the platform of Action Democratic Party(ADP), Ahmad Zumaru, has said Nigeria has been poorly governed and could disintegrate pretty soon because good people like him are not on power.
Zumaru who seeks to succeed Governor Atiku Bagudu in the next Kebbi State governorship election, made the statement in an interview with Daily Sun.
He said the many challenges facing the country including bad governance, can easily be solved through the use of Sharia law. He therefore pledges to to introduce proper Sharia law if he becomes governor of Kebbi State.
Speaking on his motivation to join politics, he said, "What motivated me to join politics is that I came to realize that there is need for good persons to join politics. The way our state, nation are being governed is not good enough. Today, none of the institutions in our country is working. If care is not taken, Nigeria is going to disintegrate, may Allah forbid.
"That is the reason; we need good persons to come into the rescue of our nation. As a lawyer, for instance, as our state is going on now, I need to join politics. As you are all aware in our system, one needs a political platform before you could become a Governor, Senator or even a Chairman of a local government.
"To make a positive change in my society, that is the reason I joined politics. If God in His infinite mercy made me to become Governor of Kebbi State, I will make a lot of change. That is why I joined politics. And by God’s grace, all these issues of insecurity, infrastructure facilities challenges and other problems will be solved."
Speaking on how he intends to solve the problems he spoke about, he said, "I have been following Nigeria politics for some time. There was a time Governor Wike said Rivers is a one party state. If you remember, in Zamfara, Ahmed Yerima introduced Shariah and since Yerima finished his tenure, nobody talks about Shariah again.
"I read common and Islamic laws. So, what I have been telling people is that, if they elected me as the governor of the state, I will introduce Shariah personal Laws that will be generally accepted by the people. For instance, the Nigerian constitution recognizes three set of Laws -Common laws, Civil Laws and Islamic personal laws.
"The Nigeria constitution gives room to use it to govern the state, especially administration of ‘Udu’. This is to give people their rights without cutting anybody’s hands. We have analysed the programmes Yerima brought to Zamfara but there was no continuity. When he finished his administration, nobody talked about Shariah in Zamfara again.
So we are making arrangement to introduce proper Shariah in Kebbi state during my tenure. And after my tenure, my successor would continue from where I stopped. It is only through Shariah that we can solved the problem of insecurity and infrastructures. Definitely, we are going to succeed if we implement Shariah in Kebbi State.
"This current administration in the state is silent on Shariah. If you go to Arabic board, Islamic board, nothing like Shariah, which is wrong. If you are governing in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, you must talk about shariah because it has already been established long time ago and it was backed by the Nigeria constitution. We have been meeting stakeholders on this and we are getting their full support."