A ONE TIME LAW MAKER REPRESENTING KADUNA CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT, SENATOR SHEHU SANI HAS ATTRIBUTED THE FAILURE OF INSECURITY IN THE COUNTRY TO THREE FACTORS, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE.

He said political leaders that are supposed to correct the wrongs, unfortunate are actively participating in the same crime.
He said the leadership has failed Nigerians because it refused to tackle the social ills that bends the nation.
Speaking on insecurity, the Senator lamented that Bandits had taken the entire North-West of the country due to an in activeness of the government

The former lawmaker expressed disgust that the Bandits who moved freely in hundreds killed many innocent people. He said the Bandits who operate from sokoto, zamfara, katsina and kaduna, inflict heavy casualties to innocent citizens.
“They kidnapped and collected ransom despite government in power, they do very little to prevent this carnage”.
He said, ” no responsible government will allow this thing to happen especially when the entire security personnel’s are from the region.
Senator Sani blamed the northern vocal politicians who refused to put pressures on government to take decisive action on the Banditry activities in the region.
He said despite the opportunities the northern politicians have, they refuse to use it in improving human capital, thus making them self reliant and job opportunity.
Sani said what the northern leaders believed on, is devide and rule and impoverishment of the people so as to have access of regulating them.
He said because of the high degree of poverty in the north and religious conflicts, the leaders have it better to redirect people.
On the social side, he said because of the failure of leaders to copy from Late Sardauna, they ended up widening or polarising the society.
On the Almajiri issue, he observed its a sensitive issue because some sects depended on the practice, while some debunked on the practice.
He said most Almajiri, are from the poor background who did not have the western education.
He lamented that because of the attitude of northerners in sending the children to different parts of the country, apart from constituting nuisance, they also create threat as instability.
“To achieve or provide sanity, government must create an enable ground for these children to have or obtain western education”.
” Government should also ensure poverty is reduced to the bearest minimum through some agencies that will help to reduced level of poverty”.
“Government should also control by educating parents not to send their children to distance learning that they Will not be able to assess their condition”.
Speaking on the election petition tribunal, the senator said if internal party democracy is obtained or observed, very little petition will be obtained.
He said must of the parties have no policies, thus allowing governors to dictate and imposed candidates, that’s no ideology in the parties.
He said many governors do not use the provision of the party, but using their interest.
The Senator lamented that buying and snatching of ballot boxes has been the characteristics that bendable the 2019 general election.
He lamented that judiciary is under pressure to adjudged cases because the system did not allow free hands.
He said a clear case is were Kaduna state government hired private lawyer to defend it, which is not a constitutional right.
Speaking on Anti-Graft war, the Senator emphasized the need to restructure the system because it’s only by doing so, justice could be gotten.
He also observed that government has failed on arresting those found in misappropriating public funds.
“Because of the failure of the central government to take decisive action on those found to have diverted public funds, the system of government become too expensive, as a result having 36 States and bicameral legislation the burden is huge”.
He suggest that those governors or officials that are found to have stolen state funds should be brought to book.
He said for the country to survive, all states most work towards economic independence to reduce burden on the central government.
On the local government autonomy, the Senator commended president Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring that local government now get their allocations directly from the treasury.
He blamed governors for diverting funds giving to them through excess crude oil.
The Senator commended the role the last Senate played in ensuring the democratisation of the country.
He said the last 8th assembly (Senate) defend the integrity and sanity of the nation through legislation.
Speaking on the achievement of both Kaduna state and federal government, the Senator said the, due to insecurity the federal government has succeeded because enough money were expanded.
“But on the general insecurity, the government has failed looking at the banditry activities that is going throughout the country”.
On national unity Senator Shehu Sani said Nigeria is now decided more than ever, because of the polarisation in the country”.
He said under this administration, the nation has now been accepted internationally because of it’s global policy and international relations.
Speaking on achievement or other wise of Kaduna state government, the Senator expressed dissatisfaction on how religion was manipulated by the government to win election, saying that such acts negates principle of democracy.

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