President Goodluck Jonathan has slamed some state governors who have attempted to blame the federal government for the country's security challenges.The President spoke during a PDP North-East rally held in Bauchi yesterday.
“I spent eight years at the state level and handled security challenges
in Bayelsa State. It was the state where the first commercial
kidnapping took place. More than 70 per cent of the state is slums. I
was deputy governor and governor in that state and we know how we
handled things,” the president said.
In a rather pointed reference to the Borno State governor, Jonathan said, “A governor will come and say bad leadership, the question to ask is, bad leadership from who? If we have security issues, whether Boko Haram or kidnappers or whatever, these are people who could not have primary school education, could not have secondary education and they have no hope. And miscreants, criminals recruit them and use them. If you see what they wear, they wear rags, they don't wear normal cloths. All they put on is not worth N10 but they carry assault rifles with bullets that are worth more than N250, 000. Somebody gives them food to eat so that they will have strength to kill.
In a rather pointed reference to the Borno State governor, Jonathan said, “A governor will come and say bad leadership, the question to ask is, bad leadership from who? If we have security issues, whether Boko Haram or kidnappers or whatever, these are people who could not have primary school education, could not have secondary education and they have no hope. And miscreants, criminals recruit them and use them. If you see what they wear, they wear rags, they don't wear normal cloths. All they put on is not worth N10 but they carry assault rifles with bullets that are worth more than N250, 000. Somebody gives them food to eat so that they will have strength to kill.
“You ask, how do we build army of unemployed youths? The federal
government does not control primary and secondary education and a
governor has been on seat for almost eight years and he has people in
that state that can't go to primary or secondary school. He has so many
children who do not go to school and he opens his mouth and says bad
leadership.”
“Governors must make sure that our students and our children go to primary schools and secondary schools. Somebody hides under the cover of politics and he cannot do his work for eight years or seven years. You still have so many children in their states not going to primary schools, not going to secondary school and you open your mouth to say bad leadership. The federal government should come and make your children in primary and nursery schools to go to school?
“Is it the federal government or Mr. President that will come and send your children to secondary schools?
“I have done my part and we will make sure that we fund these universities and improve the quality of education in these universities, but the state governors must do their job,” the president said.
“I have done my part and we will make sure that we fund these universities and improve the quality of education in these universities, but the state governors must do their job,” the president said.
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