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Secession Agitation : No need to break Nigeria – Gov. Sani Hello
…Criticises public Institutions Over Poor Service Delivery
Olabode Adaramola
Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello yesterday said after 56 years of being together as one nation, there was no need for agitation for secession.
He appealed to those calling for such separation to have a rethink because “the creation of Nigeria was not accidental, rather God ordained”.
Gov. Sani Bello made this passionate appeal during a special parade by security agencies, school children, artisan and cultural groups to mark the nation’s 56th Independence anniversary in Minna, the state capital.
He maintained that founding fathers of the country were quick at inception to realize that there is unity in diversity and have over these years strived to keep the country together.
The governor advised that if the national cake is no longer big enough, as it is been agitated, “it is only logical that we come together and bake a bigger one”.
He noted that Nigeria remains the greatest black nation in the world such that in every group of five black men, at least one of them must be a Nigerian. He then advocated we use our population to our advantage.
Earlier the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Isah Ladan said that the state government decided to celebrate the 56th anniversary in order to infuse national consciousness in the people for collective contribution to the development of the state and the nation.
The SSG urged all to use the celebration to reflect and re-dedicate selves to the service of our country by rallying round the administration of Gov. Sani Bello.
He said the administration is focused, decisive and progressive to consolidate on the achievements so far recorded in the areas of provision of some basic infrastructure like: good roads, resuscitation of schools, reviving the healthcare delivery system, youth and women empowerment initiatives, security among others.
The governor later flagged off sales of assorted grains at 50 percent market price as part of palliative efforts of the state government to cushion the effect on the present economic recession.
The grains are to be sold at headquarters of each of the 274 wards in the state.
Meanwhile, Governor, Bello has given the State civil servants, Judges, the Police and medical personnels in the state a hard nock over their poor attitude towards service to humanity.
Governor Bello said “there are two challenges that have been giving me sleepless nights. We all have been shouting the ‘Change’ slogan, but I am disappointed because the change is not yet with us.”
Accordingly, he said “whether you are a Doctor, Police, Politician, Judge, the day the Nigerian Police and the Judiciary will uphold the law is the day things will change for the better.
“We must move away from the way we have been doing business; we must pity those that don’t have, and those who can’t help themselves. Everyone has a role to play, especially at the General Hospitals, if you see the way some patients are treated by nurses and doctors is very inhumane, to the extent that the patients may get sickened the more”, he declared.
He admonished all by saying “we must change our attitude especially in the civil service where Directors and Permanent Secretaries employ their own children and people knowing that they won’t work. We are the problem of ourselves.”
“How can a Local Government Area say, it has 5,000 workers? How possible is it? Where are the officers and the chairs to accommodate them?.
“We ought to be ashamed of ourselves, we don’t have dignity. How can we be priding ourselves about that we are a civil servants State when there are other means of generating Revenue. A lot of us don’t have conscience, everybody cares about themselves”.
Earlier, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Ibrahim Isah Ladan charged Nigerlites to re-dedicate themselves to the service of their fatherland.
He added that “we should rally round the present administration that is focused, decisive and progressive to consolidate on the achievements we have so far recorded in the areas of provision of some basic infrastructure like: good roads, resuscitation of our schools, reviving the healthcare delivery system, youth and women empowerment initiatives, security among others.
