Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu said yesterday that
the North will survive in case of a breakup of the country.
The region, he declared, is not
afraid of being on its own as he warned against statements that suggest that
the country is heading for a breakup.
“If Nigeria splits, the north can
still survive on its own contrary to the belief of some people in other regions
that the north cannot survive if the nation disintegrates,” the Chairman of the
Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), stated yesterday.
He spoke during a meeting in Minna
with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources
(Downstream) in his office.
Aliyu cited some countries in Africa
that had disintegrated in recent past, noting that such countries have not gone
into extinction rather they have survived and are waxing stronger.
“No community in Nigeria should be
afraid of separation. If some people want to go, they should go, we will
survive. We are not scared of separation,” he said
“The same was said of Niger
Republic. Niger was the poorest country in the world but today, if you see oil
in Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto and Maiduguri, it would have come from Niger Republic.
“There is no way Niger and Chad can
have oil and improve their economy and the north will not be able to do the
same”, Aliyu boasted.
Although he did not say so, it was believed
that Aliyu was responding to threats by ex-militant and Southsouth leader,
Alhaji Asari Dokubo that the nation would disintegrate in 2015 if President
Goodluck Jonathan is not re-elected.
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Os cof ƫЂε north will not go into extinction if Nigeria breaks up it will only make them know how ŧ☺ work hard and make their new country work by all means they can. Sudan still dey na even though they are rioting and killing themselves ans Southern Sudan has not become ƫЂε best country in Africa.
ReplyDeleteNa fear they catch Una?
ReplyDeleteYes o we wan go on our own.Nigeria's biggest problem is its size and configuration.
ReplyDeleteIndeed just like Niger State under him has been surviving . Then one wondered why he has been leading others in causing confusion in the country on revenue allocation and other issues. Or in his own reasoning, this is his own way of working hard to survive, time will tell.
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