Bad human resource management, not divine will, responsible for lack
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Northern leaders need not be afraid of a national reform to fight poverty because penury and hunger are not a divine will but the result of bad human resource management coupled with selfishness, former Senator Shehu Sani has argued.
Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly (NASS), made the point in Kaduna at a gathering of staff of New Nigerian Newspapers (NNN).
In his view, poverty and hunger in the North are not a divine will but rather the consequences of of human mismanagement, given Nigeria’s wealth of resources, large population, and favourable climate.
Persistent poverty and hunger are man-made and avoidable, he stressed.
Sani called out Northern leaders who have prospered from investments made by Ahmadu Bello and urged them to give back to, and build up, the communities that helped create their wealth.
His words: “The North has no reason to fear any reform. The North has no reason to be hungry. We have the population and resources; we have no reason to be poor.
“I want to use this opportunity to call on leaders from the North who have benefited from Sardauna’s investments to look back and give back. There is no President or Governor or lawmaker who has not benefited from the benevolence of Nigeria.
“Most of them have poor parents who would not have been able to afford the education they have, from primary to university. It is now that some of them have amassed wealth that they are sending their children to school abroad and even going for medical tourism.”
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