Shettima Charges Northern Leaders On Region’s Backwardness

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on northern political leaders to join hands to address the lingering insecurity and poverty which have continued to affect lives in the region.

LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that northern Nigeria grapples with the problem of insecurity which has displaced several people from their homes and prevented farmers, especially in the frontline states, from farming.her regions of the country.

Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa Service aired on Saturday and monitored by our correspondent, the vice president said northern leaders are not yet late to come together and face the reality regardless of political differences.

Shettima said Northern Nigeria has everything it takes to develop and alter current socio-economic misfortunes that undermine its progress compared to other regions of the country.

Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa Service aired on Saturday and monitored by our correspondent, the vice president said northern leaders are not yet late to come together and face the reality regardless of political differences.

“All patriotic political leaders of northern political extraction have to come together regardless of political, tribal and religious differences to brainstorm and solve the problems of the region,” Shettima appealed.

The vice president said President Bola Tinubu is aware of the current economic challenges facing the nation and is doing everything possible to solve the problems. “Things will get better soon,” he added.

Shettima also discredited insinuations claiming that the APC-led federal government is indifferent to the northern region in allocation of resources, saying, “out of 46 ministers, 24 are from the north.”