Governors from 19 northern states on Wednesday lamented what they called the near collapse of their economy due to insecurity in the region.

The governors also said the security challenge in the region had paralysed the socio-political activities to the detriment of their yearning for development.

The Chairman of the Northern Nigeria Governors Forum, who is also the Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, spoke for his colleagues in Abuja on Wednesday at the inauguration of the region’s Committee on Reconciliation, Healing and Security.

The governors, however, said the recurring insecurity in the zone must be seen as a threat to national stability, unity and progress.

Aliyu said, “The decision to constitute this committee of eminent Nigerians of northern states extraction was borne out of the deep concern of the Forum over recurring incidents of violence and wanton destruction of lives and properties which have almost crippled the economy of the northern states and paralysed socio-political activities to the detriment of our development and national pride.

“Hence, our focus has remained the promotion of the peace, unity and progress of all the northern states within the wider national interest of Nigeria.

“It is against this background that the Forum views the recurring insecurity challenges in the northern states and around the country as serious threats to national stability, unity and development.

“We therefore believe that the nation’s security and stability are of paramount interest to the Nigerian populace and that it is our moral obligation to ensure the protection of the lives and properties of all citizens of this country resident in our states.”

He told members of the committee that most of the challenges facing the zone, including poverty, unemployment, youth restiveness and violence, were manifestation of rejection of core values of honesty, equity, fairness and justice in their communities, societies and the nation.

The governor said one of the problems facing the leaders from the zone was that “we have allowed greed, corruption and incompetence to overwhelm us over time.”

The committee was given eight terms of reference to work with. They are to liase with stakeholders in the northern states, particularly the affected states, and get to the root of the security challenges and proffer solution and dialogue with any identified groups with a view to negotiating the way out of the menace.

http://www.punchng.com/news/our-economy-is-dying-northern-govs/

Fuk them..Let their states collapse. Since they refused to deal with boko haram.

I think this will be a very good opportunity for the souther Nigeria to develop and further create more developmental gap between the North and the South.
Those cows know nothing but religion and corruption. Now that the entire region is in chaos, there is every economic tendencies that there will be improved development in the southern region, so that before the north mad cows will come to their senses, they will be like 200 years backward from the south.

But the south this time around should be more expereience not to allow the north hold them down to meet up. That has been the case inthe time past, to the extent that one brute from the North said about ten years ago that there is mad rush for education in the south. What kind of person do you think that savage will be?

Soutrhern Nigeria open eyes to the Boko Haram opportunity.

I guess they didn't realize that their criminal negligence or incompetence in the whole sordid affair would have a negative impact on socio-economic matters.

Somalia.How long will it takes before it hits the south?