Senator who previously represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani has tasked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on restructuring, saying that it will be a systemic opportunity for Nigerians to address the problems of underdevelopment.
Sani, who is a foremost Civil Rights Activist stated this while granting an interview on Arise Television on Thursday and monitored by CAPITAL POST in Abuja.
He added that it would enable the North to “come back home and see what it can do with its resources to address the problem that it is facing for more than a decade or two.”
On how to solve the challenges of the North, Sani said, “I believe that what is needed is for the region itself to key into the policies and programmes of this administration, to see how those policies and programmes can be used to address the problems that we face.
“Luckily, the security apparatus are headed to some extent by northerners. The National Security Adviser is from the North, the DG DSS is from the North, and there are also northerners that are placed in one or two things.
“So, I think it’s an opportunity to give them all the necessary support at this time to address these problems of insecurity because the North suffers more than any other region.
“The North constitutes about 70% of Nigeria’s landmass and also makes up most of Nigeria’s population as it is more populated than the South.
“All that should have been is that when people from the North have the opportunity to be in power, they should prioritise areas in which there should be an intervention.
“It’s not simply appointing northerners to office but addressing problems which the North is facing,” Shehu Sani said
