President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been urged to arrest the problems of
insecurity and unemployment ravaging the North so as to ensure safety of
lives and property in the region.
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) while on a condolence visit to Kano
state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso over last Tuesday’s attack on his
father, Alhaji Musa Saleh, decried the mounting problems of insecurity in
the North and called for urgent steps to curtail the problems caused by
insecurity in the region.
Pointblanknews.com can recall that unknown gun men last Tuesday killed
three people and wounded 13 others when they stormed a Mosque where Alhaji
Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, father of Governor Kwankwaso was observing his
evening prayers.
The NGF which sent a delegation to Kano to commiserate with Kwankwaso and
the people of the state over the Mosque incident also urged the Governor
to launch full scale investigation so as to unravel the perpetrators of
the crime.
The northern governors delegation to Kano include, Chairman of NGF, Alhaji
Babangida Aliyu, Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, Aliyu Wammako of
Sokoto state and Katsina state Deputy Governor who represented Ibrahim
Shema.
They called on the Federal Government to address the problem of poverty
ravaging the North.
Babangida Aliyu who spoke on behalf of NGF called for a thorough
investigation of the incident, so as to fish out the criminals and bring
them to justice.
The NGF chairman commended the maturity, with which Governor Kwankwaso
handled the matter.
The NGF also called on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to as a matter of
urgency, address the mounting security problems facing the country.
Governor Kwankwaso thanked the governors for the visit to share his moment
of grief over the attack on his father by unknown gunmen, just as he also
tasked the Federal Government to address unemployment crisis in the
country, so as to curb violent crimes in the entire country.