A former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has attributed the scarcity of good in the country to insecurity as farmers could no longer access their farms.
He then called on the federal and state governments to collaborate in ensuring that security is guaranteed for farmers to gain access to produce sufficient food for the nation.
Bafarawa stated this while interacting with journalists in Sokoto, where he alleged that the present crop of politicians in the country venture into politics to acquire wealth for themselves.
The former Sokoto governor added that the issue of insecurity which has limited farming, especially in the Northern part of the country, has become major cause of food insecurity.
“Government especially at the federal level must take the issue of insecurity very serious so as to tackle the menace of food scarcity in the country.
“Most farmers including myself could not access our farms again. I have been operating Bafarawa Farms on a 10,000 hectares of land in Birni Gwari area of Kaduna since 1976, but today I cannot access the farm again.
“The scarcity of food is nothing but because of insecurity in the land. Government should do the needful so as to tackle the menace and improve on the availability of food to the people,” Bafarawa urged.
The former Sokoto State governor called on leaders in the North to tackle the menace of underdevelopment facing the region and bring the region, at least, near the same level as other regions.
He also posited that despite the launch of security outfits in some part of the Northwest, both the federal and state government still need to work together to end insecurity.
The former Presidential candidate of DPP, who went down memory lane said, “When I started politics in the 70″s, our aim then was to develop the state and the country not for making money.
“I felt somehow these days when I heard politician spending billions of naira to become Governor or Senator.”
He however called on the leaders across the country to wake up and put an end to the suffering of the masses in the country.
“We need to remember that there is day of judgement and whatever we do today, each and every one of us will account for our deeds in this life.
“It is time for all our elected leaders to go back to the people and fulfil their electioneering promises to them,” Bafarawa urged.
