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Buhari’s Eight Years Rule Was Just A Waste For The North And Nigeria’ – Shettima

The National President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has criticized the eight years of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership. He called the period a “waste” for the northern region and the entire country.

Shettima said that the North has been neglected for too long, and its people have been pushed to their limits.

In an interview with Vanguard published on Sunday, he described Buhari’s presidency as a failure. He warned that if leaders don’t address these issues, more protests like the recent #EndBadGovernance movement could occur, and they might become even more intense.

Shettima also pointed out that President Bola Tinubu is now facing the same problems and frustrations inherited from Buhari’s administration….[CONTINUE READING HERE]>>

“It is a clear indication that, over time, the North has been neglected by its previous leaders, who didn’t do the needful. They left the people frustrated. Already, there is poverty and we have said it countless times that the governors are supposed to be doing better than they are doing. We were privileged to be at the helm of affairs in this country, but our leaders have not done enough.

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“They planted what we are reaping today. The eight years of Buhari was just a waste for the region and the country. Tinubu inherited the problem. And this is the consequence of the wasteful leadership of the Buhari era. That is what provoked our people to be deeply involved in the demonstrations.

“If the leaders cannot do the needful, they will see the worst protests shortly where everybody will be consumed,” Shettima said.

The AYCF president, during the interview, also debunked reports in certain quarters that the reason for anger in the North is because appointments by the government do not favour the region.

He said while the north is suffering injustice from the appointments by the Tinubu government, the problems in the region are more than the issue of appointments.

He said: “It is not about appointments. It is about poverty and hunger in the land compared to the South. This is in addition to the recent policies by (the Tinubu) government.

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“Even when the government tried to provide succour, some people among the northern elites ensured it didn’t get to the people. Only recently, we learnt that money was given to the governors by the Federal Government to give to the people, but nothing was disbursed until the Federal Government opened up.

“There should be synergy between the Federal Government and states. And if anything for the people comes to the state, it must get to the people. This is the implication of not allowing the people to feel the impact of any government at any level and not the appointments.

“Of course, the appointments do not do justice to the North, and we have raised the issue. What baffles some of us is that most of the appointments are given to people who are not in touch with the people. They give appointments to the elites, who have no track record of having anything to do with the masses. They never believed in the masses and had nothing to do with them.

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“How do you expect the masses to feel the impact when such people are given appointments? The government has to look inward. There are people who, if you want to give appointments, you will look at their track record – they should be people who live with the masses.

“You don’t have to give appointments to people who are far from the masses. They shouldn’t be people who have nothing to do with the people and expect governance to get to the people. This is part of the mistakes this administration is making.

“The same thing happened during the administration of Buhari. The same mistake is happening again. Can people endure this hunger in the next three years? It is impossible. That is why we have seen this level of reaction in the North.”…[CONTINUE READING HERE]>>



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