{"id":88600,"date":"2021-11-16T08:54:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T07:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88600"},"modified":"2021-11-16T08:54:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T07:54:42","slug":"jega-terrible-statistics-always-come-from-northern-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/jega-terrible-statistics-always-come-from-northern-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Jega: Terrible statistics always come from Northern Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m19621\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof. Attahiru Jega has challenged Northern leaders on good, patriotic and selfless leadership in the mould of the late eminent statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nJega gave the challenge during the Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series organised by the Coalition of Northern Nigeria (CNG) on Monday in Katsina.<\/p>\n<p>He described the late Sule, who was the Danmasanin Kano, as a selfless and patriotic Nigerian who served the country well and protected northerners.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe university don described the northern states as the region with the highest indexes of social challenges bedeviling the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it is poverty, unemployment, insecurity, infant mortality, out-of-school children, poor girl-child education, or even early marriage challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything you can think of, the terrible statistics always come from the northern part of this country\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jega, the fundamental causes of the crises originate from poor leadership and selfishness, with narrow vision and ideas to develop the country.<\/p>\n<p>Jega said that erstwhile northern leaders, such as Maitama Sule and others, led the country at their youthful ages, and each of them did very well in protecting and developing the region and ensuring its integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut several decades later while cherishing these heroes passed memories of leaders, what kind of leadership qualities does the north have now,\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the youth to know that they had a great task of developing themselves through active participation in politics in order not to let vandals destroy the nation economically.<\/p>\n<p>Jega also commended the CNG for its creativity in realising the need to start engaging the youth to salvage Nigeria and in particular the north from the social crises bedeviling the region.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Security Matters, Alhaji Ibrahim Katsina, called for the collapse of the country\u2019s borders since Nigerian borders were poorly managed.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Muttaqa Rabe-Darma, while speaking, explained that there were more than 3,000 illegal border routes in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, such a situation is responsible for the numerous insecurity challenges the country is facing.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the government to intensify effort in securing the borders by employing advanced technology- based devices.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Attahiru Jega has challenged Northern leaders on good, patriotic and selfless leadership in the mould of the late eminent statesman, Alhaji Maitama Sule. 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