Norther youths to Tinubu : Focus on fixing Nigeria than taking Kano, Zamfara, Plateau

By Andrew Oota

The Northern Youth Assembly have cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to concentrate energy on fixing the precarious economic situation of Nigeria than taking over states of Zamfara ,Plateau and Kano won by other political parties during the 2023 Governorship elections .

The group, consequently urged the President to ensure that the democratic rights of the people as demonstrated during the last elections are not thwarted through judicial processes that betray the realities on ground .

This was contained in a letter to President Bola Tinubu dated December 4, 2023 and jointly signed by the President of the association Dr. Ali Idris, Secretary General Dr. Garba Abdulhafiz and National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Adikwu Omale Joshua respectively therein ,the group expressed concerns that allowing that trend will create avoidable crisis and lost of hope by Nigerians in the electoral process.

The Northern Youth Assembly (NYA) is a Northern Nigerian Youth platform with branches operating in the Nineteen Northern States and FCT.

According to the group , the unfolding political wrangling in Kano, Zamfara and Plateau States elections petition cases must be tackled with care and spirit of fairness to avoid degenerating into jeopardizing the peace and the stability in Northern Nigeria Region.

“The plot to remove the current governors of those three states is allegedly orchestrated by your party’s national chairman and his cronies, without minding the consequences that would befall the concerned states, economically, politically and security wise.

“Your Excellency, this ugly development is strongly alleged to be a strategic plan in your favor geared towards 2027 election, considering the cumulative votes from those three states that belong to opposition parties,” the youth said in the letter adding that Nigeria is already boiling following the sudden removal of fuel subsidy, a unilateral decision you took, and subsequently resulted into unprecedented economic hardship to Nigerians, with more than 80% of the citizens, who could not afford three square meals a day.

“Sir, the Nigeria military and other security agencies are already overwhelmed with ever growing security challenges in the six geo political zones of the country. Therefore, creating another politically motivated conflict is not only dangerous to the continuous survival of the Nigerian democracy, but also suicidal to the success of your administration.

“Therefore, you should not allow the few politically desperate, greedy, evil minded and myopic to destroy your integrity and personality in Northern Nigeria, the country and amongst the international community, especially as someone who has always prided himself as a true democrat.

“Your Excellency, let us also remind you that, before you came into power, there were already 130 million Nigerians living in a multidimensional poverty, this terrifying revelation should be seen and considered as a national emergency, considering the enormous dangers the development entails, which is practically a national security risk. Therefore, igniting any potentially driven political conflict in any part of the country especially in the North, is an open invitation to kill the Nigerian democracy, as well as an African democracy.

“Your Excellency, out of the total votes cast, in the 2023 Presidential elections, with a little over 23 millions, you only got 8 million out of it, which means over 13 million votes were cast in favor of other presidential candidates. What this means is, those 13 million Nigerian voters that cast their votes, were not in agreement with your political campaign manifesto or that of your party, but have all silently let go of their ambition to establish a government of their dream, and their silence does not signify an allegiance with your party, political ideology, or the style of the APC administration in Nigeria, having ruled for 8 consecutive years

“Your Excellency, some practical and proven statistics has revealed that, since your assumption into office nothing has practically worked towards alleviating the sufferings of the Nigerian citizens, but rather an increase in difficulty, which could be justified by the growing rate of inflation of all essential commodities and services in Nigeria, and an average civil servant can not buy a bag of rice with all his salary.

“Your Excellency, another additional 20 million Nigerians have so far gotten into the trap of a multidimensional poverty, since your assumption into office, and our expectations suggest that, your attention and concentration should rather be on these kind of challenges, rather than using the instrument of Federal Government to suppress and kill the aspirations of the Nigerian citizens, and deny them the right to choose their leaders, as democratically and constitutionally guaranteed

“Sir, let us remind you that, more ungoverned spaces are increasing day by day in some parts of the country, and imposition of levy by bandits against the Nigerian citizens is on the rise as well, and there is no much hope for Nigerians on the specific time, the security and development challenges would be contained.

“Therefore, the energy of the APC as a party, and as a Government should be invested to tackle such the overwhelming development deficit, rather than conspiracy to snatch the mandate of the citizens, which practically would prove very dangerous to our democracy and co – existence, as one united people

“Today, many young Nigerians have become so prone to the influence of bandits and insurgents as potential recruits into the criminal camps of the these notorious and ungodly people. Consequently the dream of the APC as a party to transform this country into a one party system, is a day, as APC Government has not done anything tangible to convince Nigerians, and to deserve this kind of honour

“The evil conspiracy to snatch the mandate of the Nigerian citizens in the opposition states in Northern Nigeria, is not a worthy venture, considering the volume of the burden of leadership on your shoulders towards Nigerians, and it is our belief that, you would certainly like your name to be written in gold, not with a black pen, and be recorded in the Nigerian book of black history