By James Moses (9News Nigeria)
Prominent Nigerians from the 19 Northern States of the North under the a aegis of Arewa Initiative for Defence and Promotion of Democracy, recently asked Nigerians to blame the adminstration of former President Muhammadu Buhari for the hunger and hardship currently experienced in the nation.
The coalition of the pro-democracy organisation at a news conference in Abuja, urged Nigerians to ignore sponsored protests staged against the federal government in Minna, Kano and other parts of the country recently.
Chairman of the Arewa Initiative, Professor Shehu Abdullahi Ma’aji, specifically told journslists at the event that harsh economic situation being faced by everybody now, was a falloout of comatose economy handed over to Tinubu by his predecessor.
Ma’aji said pockets of protests in recent staged in some states were uncalled for, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu -led federal government was already addressing the problems.
Flanked by members of the group from across the 19 Northern states, Ma’aji said an eight months old government was too early to assessed, let alone criticized by people with ulterior motives.
Consequently, he said, the group after an extra ordinary meeting held at the TransCorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, resolved that, “The North is solidly behind President Tinubu and will continue to support and cooperate with for the actualisation of his Renewed Hope Agenda.
“That the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherited alot of problems from the past administration of Muhammadu Buhari which it is currently trying to address.
“For instance, the Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasagq and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), had just revealed that crude oil the country will be getting in the next six months had been sold in advance by the immediate past administration.
“That the solutions to the problems cannot be instantly solved, but gradual pattern. That Nigerians should show patriotism by cooperating with this administration in its bid to finding solutions to the country’s problems such as inflation, corruption, insecurity and kidnapping that the country is currently facing.
“Those disgruntled politicians and other unpatriotic elements who have perfected plans to mobiilise bogus Civil Service Organization (CSOs) to stage phantom protests across the country to smear the image of this administration should stop their evil mechinations”, he said.
-9News Nigeria.
