Kumalia regretted the failure of leadership to address these challenges, resulting in the rapid decline in standard of human dignity and capital development, adding that, “the worst affected include our women, children and the elderly.

afam4eva: Failed? Where they ever the opposite or something close?

The north blew away their opportunity to be counted amongst developed regions because of the greediness that most of their leaders possess. Despite the fact that they've ruled this nation for over 30 years in an authoritative fashion, they did not deem it fit to put their region in order and right now because they've lost the mantle of leadership, they're busy spilling the blood of innocent Nigerians.

PointB:

They (normal Northerners included) lost the plot the moment they failed to embrace formal education; I bet they thought, wrongly, that the government will provide for all their needs.

How many (normal)Southerners are directly benefiting from government? A simple question they failed to ask (nor answer)

afam4eva:
For some strange reasons, i think Northerners found it more difficult to get formal education unlike their southern counterparts. So, to a greater extent, i think their leaders should be blamed for the most part.

PointB:

I can't say for sure if their leaders should take the whole blame. I don't know the number of primary and secondary schools in various state in the North, how far they apart they are, and how populated the schools are. But I know how many kilometers I had to walk to get to school back in the days.

Basically with little or no persuasion, normal folks should reasonably educate/equip the child/ward for the future. Sending them to koranic schools was very short sighted.

ilugunboy: When you make the strategic blunder of packing all your brightest..not so brightest and royal blood into the military..at the expense of proper formal education in the hope that the Military party will last for ever...without an alternative plan B.....you get the kind of confusion that has enveloped the North.

afam4eva:
Islam [/b]also played it's own part in keeping the north uneducated.

PointB:

That is it my brother - a religion that is too conservative has it own serious draw back. This is where I blame their leaders, some of the saw the benefit of education, embraced it, and benefited from it. But they would not encourage their 'subjects' to do same. They prefer to lord over the ignorant for obvious reason. Now they have their reward - a failed region!

afam4eva:
You see, that's where the egalitarian nature of Igbos and easterners helps. If we had demi-gods as leaders in the east, don't you think the east would have been like north. In the east, it's every man for himself. I think that has helped us a lot but it also has it's drawback which is evident in the political climate of Nigeria.

PointB: North is now a failed region – Kumalia
On June 19, 2012 · In News
5:21 pm
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By Victoria Ojeme
ABUJA – Former member of the Federal House of Representatives and Chairman of Northern Re-Awakening, Hon. Mohammed Kumalia from Borno State, Tuesday described the northern region of the country, as a failed region going by the total collapse of its economy and spiraling insecurity.

Hon. Kumalia who spoke during a media parley in Abuja blamed the present state of insecurity in the region on social and economic inequalities, among other vices.

He stated that, disenfranchised youths and those forced to live on the fringes of society in the north have become willing tools in the hands of forces of disharmony in the region.

According to him, “The alarming and pervasive inequality all across the North has precipitated a dangerous phenomenon that needs to be addressed urgently.

“We are already witnessing restiveness amongst the disenfranchised in our communities to the extent that they have unwittingly become willing tools in the hands of devious manipulators in the cause of perpetrating disharmony in the society” Kumalia added.

He lamented that, “The most sinister and urgent challenges include the lack of unity, general insecurity, poverty, unemployment, increasing illiteracy, hopelessness and uncertainty for the future, these challenges pose a very grave barrier to the overall development of the region and its people.

Kumalia regretted the failure of leadership to address these challenges, resulting in the rapid decline in standard of human dignity and capital development, adding that, “the worst affected include our women, children and the elderly.

Hon Kumalia canvassed urgent need to begin the process of rebuilding the north.

“We need to get back to our agricultural heritage as a starting point to exploit the comparative advantage of the region in order to achieve a balanced, inclusive and sustainable development, this will go a long way to help restore our core values where everyone can earn a decent living”

He further explained that the vision of the forum is to create an economically viable North with the necessary infrastructure to support its citizens to be self sufficient and to live peacefully with one another irrespective of tribe or creed.

“we want a North where children are put back to schools and the scourge of carefree Almajiri system and corruption are severely diminished or altogether eliminated, we want to see a North where our core values of honesty, hard work, integrity, equity and justice, religious tolerance, hospitality and accommodation, good governance and respect for elders, leaders and constituted authority becomes the cornerstone of its future” Hon. Kumalia said.

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah in his reamarks blamed the present security challenge in the country on the political class, who, he accused of not doing enough to deliver on the promises.

He called on Muslims and Christians to consider the present situation as a conflict between the darkness and light, urging them for patience and understanding.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/north-is-now-a-failed-region-kumalia-blame/

koruji: There is nothing like a failed region, only FAILED NATIONS.

NIGERIA FAILED LONG AGO, in 1914 to be precise.

koruji: There is nothing like a failed region, only FAILED NATIONS.

NIGERIA FAILED LONG AGO, in 1914 to be precise.