Northern Governors Have A Message For FG

THE NORTHERN GOVERNORS HAVE SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD STOP PLAYING THE BLAME GAME.

 

 Dr. Babangida Aliyu

 

 Reacting to allegations by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku's that the 19 governors in the North are not doing enough at curbing insecurity in the region, the Northern States Governors' Forum on Thursday, May 22 said the statement was "uncharitable and unfortunate."

 

 According to the Chairman of the Forum, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, no governor can be accused of not doing enough, adding that if the allegations were the minister's view it was rather unfortunate but if is the the view of the Federal Government, it is very uncharitable, it is more than unfortunate.

 

 "I think it is part of the hypocrisy because no governor as far as I know can be accused of not doing enough. As Chairman of Northern State Governors' Forum, I can say that no governor can be accused of not doing enough particularly, with the circumstances that we find ourselves," Aliyu said.

 

 Aliyu added that had no knowledge of any governor being invited by the National Security Adviser (NSA) and told of what to do and he did not do it.

 

 He therefore urged the Federal government to stop accusing the governors as they were the ones to be blamed in the delay of curbing the security challenges in the country.

 

 Mr. Labaran Maku, while briefing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, May 21 had decried the increasing spate of bombings in the Northern part of the country, saying the senseless attacks by the Boko Haram sect was becoming worse because state governors in the region were not doing enough to end the attacks.