Maitama Sule Writes Jonathan Over Plight Of The North Abubakar Salihi — Jul 22, 2014 | 2 Comments An elder statesman and a federal minister in the First Republic, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule has said that he personally wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan and intimated him about the situation in the country and the plight of the north. In his address to the delegation of the Northern Youth Development Foundation, NYDF, a group fighting for the common good of the northerners wherever they are, he said he was convinced that northern region was suffering from humiliation and discrimination. “I wrote to the chairman Northern Governors Forum and Mr President and intimated both about the situation in the country, yes I did. I also pointed out that if President Jonathan didn’t put a stop to it, we would have disastrous consequences. “The situation in the country is very sad that we never had it so bad, but I believe what we should do is to get together and tell one another the truth – let us agree to accommodate our differences and to put Nigeria above personal interest”, he said. Alhaji Maitama Sule urged the leaders not to see themselves as above public criticism and should respond to criticism constructively. He said he once heard the South African president, Jacob Zuma say, “Good leaders when they deviate and faulted accept ordinary people, academicians and media to blow the horn of warning, such good leaders listen to the warning and respond constructively, they shouldn’t see themselves to be above criticism”. He stressed that it is only when Nigerians are united, that they can inspire the black world and play the role that the country is destined to play. He commended the northern youth group for not taking the law into their own hands. and how they respectfully presented their case to Kano emir, Muhammad Sanusi II, and also seeking elders advice and intervention in the present situation in the country. According to him what the youth group have narrated is similar to what the northern elders have been narrating, saying they still chose dialogue with the federal government than confrontation. He noted that behind every crisis is injustice, and the solution to every crisis is justice. Sule acknowledged that every religion preaches peace and peaceful coexistence as the first teaching of every religion. Arguing Danmasani that all the ugly things in the country will come to pass as civil war and 1964 among other crisis come to pass. He emphasised that dialogue can still solve the problem in the country and is still the best answer to any crisis.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:00:16 +0000
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