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General News of Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Northern Nigeria will destroy itself – Emir of Kano

Muhammadu Sanusi Muhammadu Sanusi

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has warned that the North will “destroy itself if it doesn’t change”.

Sanusi made this known while speaking at the 60th birthday celebration the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.

Warning Northern leaders against repeating the same processes and expecting a different result, the Emir of Kano stated that those who will change the region will be recorded as "mad men".

“The real change in the north will come from those who are considered mad people.

“If the north does not change, the north will destroy itself. The country is moving on.

“If we don’t listen, there would be a day when there would be a constitutional amendment that addresses these issues of quota system and federal character,” Sanusi said.

Emir Sanusi added, “Nobody who is a leader in northern Nigeria today can afford to be happy,” Sanusi said.

“You cannot be happy about 87 percent of poverty in Nigeria being in the north. You can’t be happy with millions of northern out-of-school children. You can’t be happy with nine states in the north contributing almost 50 percent of the entire malnutrition burden in the country.

“You can’t be happy with the Boko Haram problem. You can’t be happy with all the issues.

“So, we wish Nasir a happy birthday, but we do not want him to be happy as a leader. Because you are happy when you think you have reached a state of delivering and taking your people to where you want them to be.”