Posted by From Adamu Suleiman in Sokoto on
Governor Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa has advised President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar to go back to their farms at the end of their tenure.
Governor Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa has advised President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar to go back to their farms at the end of their tenure.
Bafarawa who stated this at a press conference in Sokoto yesterday, said both the president and his vice were about finishing their eight years mandate, therefore they should commit the remaining two years to the provision of good service to the people as well as lay the foundation of power shifts to the North.
'After all, both of them have had their fair share of the deal. They should finish their term honourably and go back to their farms and play the role of senior elders of the nation," he added.
Bafarawa said farming was the best occupation and practical way of contributing greatly to the nation's development after retirement of top public servants or political office holder and advised them to take that hnourable path.
On the rift between Obasanjo and Atiku, Bafarawa said it was purely political and an intra-party affair which PDP should be allowed to solve.
'We should allow PDP to solve its internal problems, which they have indeed, already started," he said.
He said neither the President nor his Vice reported to nor invited either the nation or our (Northern) region for any intervention on the issues. With astonishment, Bafarawa wondered why Vice President Atiku Abubakar who is North's number one representative could not report to his constituency for intervention.
However, explaining further on the sour relationship, Bafarawa recalled a paper he presented at the ACF in Kaduna, which among others he forecasted the possibility of certain forces dividing us to the extent of North losing its focus as well as missing its targets.
'We should therefore continue to commit ourselves to the attainment of the target that we have set for ourselves-that is getting the Presidency to the North".
Governor Bafarawa who also cautioned the North to be very careful and avoid been dragged into any form of crisis, equally maintained that nothing is as relevant as the fulfillment of the region's aspiration.
He also noted with concern, the current economic hardship faced by the region, while calling for collective effort towards addressing problems with adverse effects on its people, Bafarawa pointed out that the only sure way was to unite as a region and ensure commitment for power shift to the North become reality.