A former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has charged leaders in Northern Nigeria to tackle the menace of underdevelopment facing the region and make it to be at par with other regions in the country.
He also posited that despite the launch of security outfits in some part of the Northwest, both the federal and state government still needs to work together to end insecurity.
Bafarawa, who also interacted with journalists in Sokoto, said the current crop of politicians in the country were in politics to acquire wealth.
The former presidential candidate of DPP, said, “When we started politics in the 70s, our aim was to develop the state and the country not for making money.
“I felt somehow these days when I heard politicians spending billions of naira to become governor or senator.” He challenged the current crop of leaders across the country to wake up and end the suffering of the masses in the country.
“We need to remember that there is a day of judgement and whatever we do today, each and everyone of us will account for our deeds in this life.
“It is time for all our elected leaders to go back to the people and fulfil their electioneering promises to them,” he said.
According to Bafarawa, the issue of insecurity which has limited farming especially in the Northern part of the country, is the major cause of food insecurity.
“Government especially at the federal level, must take the issue of insecurity very seriously so as to tackle the menace of food scarcity in the country.
“Most farmers including myself could not access our farms again. I have been operating Bafarawa Farms on 10,000 hectares of land in Birni Gwari area of Kaduna since 1976, but today I cannot access the farm again.
The scarcity of food is nothing but because of the insecurity in the land. Government should do the needful so as to tackle the menace and improve the availability of food to the people.”