Nigeria's Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that corrupt governance is responsible for the crisis of insecurity and banditry in the northern part of the country.
The vice president, who made the declaration at the 10th Annual Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation lecture and award hosted by Borno State governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum, in Maiduguri on Saturday, said the Sardauna had left a legacy of accountability, fairness and probity which the current leaders had defied.
Shettima, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Hakeem-Baba Ahmed, identified corruption by leaders as one of the root causes of insecurity.
“The leader cannot engage in corruption if he wants to stand above the common thief, the bandit and the kidnapper,’’ he said.
Aligning with the vice president in his remarks, Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, also blamed corruption as the reason the country was not getting things right. He called on those in positions of leadership to provide good governance.
The guest speaker and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, urged the policymakers to address the abuse of power and insecurity challenges facing the country.
According to him, the reason the Sardauna is being glorified is the value of teamwork, resilience and commitment to the provision of qualitative education, agriculture, and infrastructural development.
The chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, noted in his remarks that good governance was the only way out of the insecurity in the region and the country as a whole.
The 11th Ahmadu Bello Memorial Lecture is to be hosted by Bauchi State in 2025.
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