Northern Leaders Responsible For Insecurity In North – Matawalle

Zamfara State Governor, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, on Sunday, said northern leaders are responsible for the insecurity ravaging the region.

Matawalle made the observation while delivering a paper titled “The Fight Against Banditry in Northwest Nigeria: Challenges and Solutions” at the inauguration of the new executives of Arewa Media Writers Association in Kaduna.

He said the northern leaders were responsible for the plight of their region, which includes horrible crimes like rape, killings of women and children, kidnapping, highway robbery and other gruesome atrocities in the northern region.

According to him, the north lacked responsible leadership to steer it through the uncharted waters, adding that the ruling elites have no vision for the region beyond gaining political power.

The governor said when he took over as governor on May 29th, 2019, the State had already been mired in a serious security crisis for over a decade, marked by banditry, livestock rustling, kidnapping among other crimes.

He said the State was in the news for bloodletting, fire, pillage, and significant displacement of people, particularly those living in rural areas, on daily basis.

Matawalle, represented by the State’s Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Magaji, said the historic, economic, social and cultural ties between the dominant communities of Fulani and Hausa were ruptured; farming activities across the State halted, and commercial activities crippled.

He said: “With poverty on the increase and food security seriously affected by the crisis, the State was on the verge of a catastrophic social eruption capable of destabilizing our communities and the northwest sub-region.

“Shinkafi and Zurmi LGAs are the hot spot of banditry even though there is no mining activities going there.

“Rural banditry in Zamfara and other parts of the north, in my opinion, is a result of the progressive degradation of our moral standards and a culture of greed fed by an unfettered need for material goods.

As shown in this presentation, the culture of cattle raiding by pastoralist groups is not something new. It was practiced in the days gone by to demonstrate courage and bravery, and no violence was used.”

He said the major challenges to peace efforts in the region included reluctance by the affected states to embrace peace dialogue, which would have deprived the recalcitrant bandits currently tormenting the  people of safe corridors across the region.

 Lack of support

He lamented that there was a lack of support from a section of politicians who wish to take advantage of the situation to achieve political gains, noting that there was a need for the federal government to key into the peace initiative so that appropriate resources can be allocated to achieved that.

He added, “We have all seen how the elites in the South-East and Southwest responded in unison to all matters concerning their regions’ development.

We have seen how they have a defined agenda and are relentless in their pursuit of regional development.”

According to him, the war against banditry in the North West would remain a significant security challenge that has the potential to swallow the region and the country.

He appealed to leaders of the region to wake up from their lethargy and unite in combating the grave challenge, saying there was the need to stop politicising the situation.

https://dailytrust.com/northern-leaders-responsible-for-insecurity-in-north-matawalle

Nope! Thought the last government is the cause or are you guys tired of the blame game? Thought Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday Igboho, ESN, IPOB, Amotekun, #EndSARS protests, Twitter, FB, Goggle etc are responsible for their self-inflicted problem?

Let the northern leaders, elites and masses keep on pampering/negotiating with bandits, killer herdsmen and BH terrorists. They will all continue to confess the truth by themselves.Karma is a bitch as whatever goes around does not only comes around, but also stays around.

This guy told the northern elders some deep truth.
Odua a gbe wa o

And when Southern leaders takes proactive steps to protect their region against this your self created carnage then it is viewed as against the north? The day a mad man truly agree he is mad, that is the day he will gets well.

Thought Orton is a recalcitrant governor. Oya Garba Shehu start insulting Matawalle.

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He simply saying the truth even he's part of the problem

Nop, Igboho and kanu are your problem ode

Good morning Give Matawalle

l Wonder the game this one is playing because its uncommon for a northerner to criticize his people unless he wants to use it as a bargaining chip.

I thought Twitter was the one that cause insecurity in the North

Before nko? Would it have been Southern leaders?

The most unfortunate thing is that they are importing the anomaly down south.

chrismastre5:
l Wonder the game this one is playing because its uncommon for a northerner to criticize his people unless he wants to use it as a bargaining chip.

Lol. I still trust el rufai pass this zamfara governor. Remember how he was backing the herdsmen some time ago?
I don’t know what as changed but I’m sure it’s the backlash that came with his switch to APC.
Baba de safe face. Nothing is changing in the north anytime soon.