Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has called on people of the North to irrespective of their religion and ethnicity, summon courage and come together to salvage the country, as Nigerians go into another round of election next year.
This is just as he highlighted the numerical strength of the North,
which he said puts the region in a position to either make or mar the
future of Nigeria.
He made this call weekend in Kaduna, while speaking on behalf of
other All Progressives Congress (APC) governors at the party’s Northern
Stakeholders’ interactive meeting.
According to Shettima, the North in the best of times was the least
in all indices of economic development, let alone now that insurgency is
ravaging some parts of it, saying that “we are now the poorest of the
earth. Poverty has no religion, it has no ethnicity, therefore, we must
reach out to other parts of the country, so that by 2015, other
Nigerians can join forces with us to salvage the country.
“We must not fight over political offices within the party. We must
not allow our aspirations as individuals to jeopardize our collective
resolve to salvage the country. We have the number and we are in the
position to make or mar the future of the generation yet unborn in this
country.
“The north is in shambles. Citizens have become refugees in their
country. There is need to produce the next President from the north. But
this is not without challenges, requiring vigilance and courage. There
is need to bury our differences and become united to confront the
challenges ahead. If we can summon courage to come together irrespective
of our religious and ethnic differences, we are poised to forming the
next government, come 2015”, he said.
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