Mallam Sa’adu Zungur, in his epic poem, “Arewa Jumhuriya Ko Mulukiya?” (“The North: Republic or Monarchy?”), which he published in 1950, ten years before Nigeria gained independence, wrote:
“Mun ci amanarmu da kanmu;
Mun sayar da ’yancinmu da kanmu;
Mun bar maras hankali ya shugabance mu;
Mun bar maras ilmi ya shugabance mu.”
Translation in English:
“We have betrayed ourselves;
We have sold our own freedom:
We have allowed the foolish to lead us;
We have allowed the ignorant to rule over us.”
In the heat of the pre-independence struggles - in which he featured prominently as a member of the NCNC, Mallam Sa’adu understood that the battle to salvage #Nigeria/#Arewa was on two fronts - against the white man and against a visionless Nigerian political class.
That was 1950.
This is 2025.
75 years later, what has changed?
Kebbi Governor, @NasiridrisKG, symbolises a deeply ingrained social and political malaise afflicting the #Arewa.
He is only a symptom of a disease, not the disease.
That video in Mecca, during #Hajj2025 only shows the new depth of the senselessness.
Unfortunately, few governors or political office holders in our region are any different from him.
Indeed, #ArewaAkwaiAiki but how many ‘Yan #Arewa even think we are in a hole that we keep digging deeper with our frail and impoverished hands?
#ArewaMuFarka
The Registrar of JAMB ,Prof Ishaq Oloyede, returned over N50bn to Fed Govt in the last 6 years as surplus. The sum of N29bn went to Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF), N11bn to Corporate Social Responsibility, N6bn to savings and others. The man before Oloyede needs to be invited.
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Please do not let our government and other leaders ignore or forget the over 60 fellow Nigerians who were abducted 73 days ago from a Kaduna-Abuja Train.They must be freed.
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NMA lists 8 major things Zulum did for Borno doctors
In a message of gratitude, Borno State chapter of Nigerian Medical Association #NMA, Wednesday listed 8 things important to the association which the @GovBorno, @ProfZulum, was able to actualize for it https://t.co/lMpcy5HKjN
MEN WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS - BY ZONE
Percentage who had intercourse with a person who neither was their wife nor living with them:
36.3% — South South
22.4% — South East
20.1% — South West
16.3% — North Central
9.6% — North East
3.4% — North West
#StatiSense
(NDHS 2018)