By Rauf Oyewole
Former Governor of Niger State, Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu, has said that there are some people who are pitching Hausa against Fulani to destabilize the North.
Aliyu also said that the stoppage of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is not the only problem facing the Northern part of the country.
Babangida who is the Chairman of Board of Trustees of the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, said this during a courtesy call paid on Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and his counterpart from Gombe, Inuwa Yahaya at the Executive Chambers of the Governor's Office, Bauchi on Monday.
He raised the alarm that the Northern part of Nigeria is at war against itself and gradually disintegrating, therefore needs urgent attention to salvage it from total collapse.
"If you look around very well, there are some (people) who are busy running down the North, it is not only USAID that is our problem, there are those who are instigating Hausa against Fulani and other things. These are the things we must urgently take care of before we are consumed.
"These segments of the people are using every available divisive measure to further aggravate our poverty situation and perpetrate all forms of evils among our people.
"We must be very careful, do away with every materialistic tendency and unite our people, make our region better and stronger," he said.
Babangida eulogised the lives and times of Nigeria's founding fathers including Late Ahmadu Bello, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and others for bequeathing a legacy of unity in the North.
Also, Governor Bala Mohammed who spoke on behalf of the Governor of Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya advocated for more unity in the North.
Bala Mohammed lamented the present situation in the region caused by what he opined was a long years of neglect and selfish aspirations saying, "We are building on what we inherited but it must change positively."
According to him, "We in the Northern States Governors Forum under the leadership of the Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya are doing our best to change the narrative positively.
"We are mapping out local solutions to the local problems of the region. There must be synergy between the National and subnational governments in order to reduce negative conditions of the country."
Mohammed assured that all the 19 governors of the Northern region would continue to strive to ensure the good legacies of the past leaders to make the region great again and keep their hopes alive.
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