Recently, we had lamented the deplorable state of the Northern region, in spite of the many God given assets of that region. It is paradoxical that whereas the region is rich in arable land and other natural resources, yet it accounts for the greater percentage in all indexes of negative growth and development. Extreme poverty lives on the streets of the north; drug abuse, increasing figures of out-of-school children, insecurity, outbreaks in diseases, the problem of almajiri etc.

Place this reality side by side with the fact that the region has produced more presidents and held that office more than any other region, and has continued to insist on its grip on power. The next logical question to ask is: Of what use has the hold on power benefitted the people on the streets of the region?

Perhaps, ashamed of the negative narrative on the region, some governors’ wives in the north met recently to brainstorm on how to change those narratives of gloom and deprivation.

The wives of these 14 governors spent two days in Gombe brainstorming on how to support their husbands and address the challenges that have given the region a negative perception.

Among issues that were in the front burner in their discussions and activities were the issues of out of school children, almajiri syndrome, banditry and kidnapping, drug abuse and the use of narcotics, insurgency, educational backwardness, poor healthcare and other socioeconomic issues.

The women who met under the chairmanship of the wife of the Gombe State Governor, Hajiya Asma’u Inuwa Yahaya, told Governor Inuwa during a courtesy call at the commencement of their activities that the Gombe gathering was their first quarterly meeting.

She outlined a number of challenges facing the North which the Forum, with the support of their husbands, seeks to address. Particularly, she identified the issue of almajiri and drug abuse where the Forum planned support and a public paper presentation on the dangers of drug abuse in the society.

Responding, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, expressed delight in the efforts of the First Ladies to support their husbands to uplift the lives of the people of the region whose challenges he described as one of the worst in the world.

According to him, “it is very unfortunate that almost a quarter of the 21st century is gone, we are yet to key into the development agenda of the world,” stressing that, “nothing happens without education.

“It is education that brings development, changes lives and brings good life to the people. Education helps to modernise, enabling us to understand God and religion. Without education, you will not even worship God well,” he pointed out.

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With the pics I think say na another mass wedding. Cause that's only what the northern care about.

Always remember that nigeria is a British project not a country.
But Nigeria when she's ready to be built, will be built.

However, the concern is that they don't delay it till no one wants to be a Nigerian anymore; and it dissociates, which already is taking root.