The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Comrade Shehu Sani,
has thrown his weight behind those calling for the restructuring of the
country.
He said that the present situation called for every Nigerian
to take the opportunity offered to restructure and redesign Nigeria.
“We should come out with a new master plan that will address
the social, economic and political crises that gave birth to some of these
agitations.
“We should also use the opportunity to reach out, to
strengthen our unity and form a coalition against separatists, who come from
the southeast and ultra-nationalist and anarchist who come from northern part
of Nigeria.
“This is the time for each and every Nigerian to take
position. Nigeria will not and should not be Soviet Union; Nigeria will not be
and must not be Yugoslavia, Nigerian should and must not be Sudan.
“There are issues we need to address. This is an opportunity
for us to restructure and redesign our country,” Senator Shehu Sani.
Sani, who spoke to newsmen in Kaduna, added, “The moral
calling of all men of conscience is to champion the cause of unity and peace.
And for people like me, this is my area of calling. Biafran agitators are
persons who have forgotten the lessons of history, the country is bigger than
individuals, we are one and we should remain one.
“The Igbo Ethnic Groups have since been able to build themselves
economically, and present themselves as Nigerians. Igbos can clearly be found
in all the nooks and crannies of this country, and I believe we should be able
to separate the few, who want seccession from millions, who live among us as
Nigerians.
“Any Southerner in the North is in the north because he
believes in one Nigeria, if he dose not believe in one Nigeria, he could have
gone back to Southeast. We should look at it this way, it is great that we are
called giant of Africa because of our size, our population and because of the
promise we hold for West Africa and the black race. Seccession is not an
option, those who want to divide this country should be condemned in totality
and I can understand the anger by some of our people in Northern part of Nigeria,
but we should not play to the gallery.
“The secessionist should not determine our collective
decision or distract what our response should be. If they are for seccession,
we are for unity. We must protect Igbos that are living in the Northern part of
Nigeria because they are here to live with us; they are here because they
believe in one Nigeria.But Nnamdi Kanu and his Biafran forces are doomed to
fail because Nigeria will remain one.
“This is a time to challenge them, combat and nip them in
the bud. It is the time in history of this country that we must speak out. I
will also say a Nation united by force is vulnerable, a Nation united by
justice is inseparable, that must be our goal.”
Speaking on the need for unity in Kaduna State, Senator
Shehu Sani explained, “I am opposed to the dropping of these 4,766 district
heads,for the very fact that they are a very strong instruments of peace and
unity. I call on the governor to reverse his decision. There is enough money to
pay them.
“In a situation whereby we have a government in Kaduna State
that is issuing out contracts to advisers, members of the State House of
Assembly and the people in the position of authority, which is contrary to
ethics of civil service, in that sense, you know that it is very disgusting to
accuse the PDP, the Ramalan Yero, Makarfi, Late Yakowa’s government of
corruption in Kaduna State.
“In Kaduna State, you have public office holders who submit
companies to be awarded contracts.We should understand that it is not just
about N3 billion Contract scam, but there are ethics issues concerned, a civil
servant is not allowed to be a contractor.
“It is an act of nepotism to send your son, your wife, to do
contract directly under your office, it is against the code of conduct, code of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria for an elected public civil servant, office
holder to engage in contract, that is very wrong.
“The only persons who are immune to face investigation is
the governor and deputy governor of all this persons involved. The governor of
the state should follow it up and set up investigation panel to fish out the
bad eggs within his government and deal with them.
“If Buhari can drop Babachir as a Secretary to the
government of the federation for giving his own company contracts, governor
Nasir El- Rufai should tow the line by sacking his aides that have exploited
their positions in office, and have turned themselves into contractors.”
