Insecurity: Address Education Backwardness, Unemployment, Mutawali Ilorin Tells Northern Leaders

 

The patron of Gamji Members Association (GAMA) and Mutawali of Ilorin, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq  has called on the leaders of northern Nigeria to urgently address the twin- issue of educational backwardness and youth unemployment to check the problem of insecurity in the region.

AbdulRazaq, while addressing members of GAMA in his Surulere residence, Ilorin, Kwara State, said the leaders must urgently address the educational challenge by encouraging mass enrolment of northern youths in schools, noting that educated citizens will not take up arms against the state and innocent citizens.

He said that the leaders should also make deliberate efforts to create job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths in the north.

AbdulRazaq who is also the grand patron of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF)in Kwara State, traced the problem of insecurity in the north to lack of access to education and youth unemployment.

” Leaders should address the problem of insecurity in the north as an emergency . Lack of access to education and youth unemployment are the major causes of banditry and insecurity generally in the north.

Kwara for instance is an example of a peaceful state. We want our leaders to replicate Kwara’s model across the 19 northern states.

“We thank the leadership of Kwara State and security agencies for ensuring peace in the state. Our leaders should please address the issue of insecurity in the north.

” There are challenges in the north today because of the failure of successive northern leadership to promote the ideals of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello and his colleagues.

“We must promote unity amongst northerners. We in Kwara will continue to promote and uphold the ideals of the late Sardauna ,” AbdulRazaq said.

AbdulRazaq praised members of GAMA for their perseverance and for sustaining and promoting the ideals of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, whom he noted prioritized the development of the north and its people during his time.

He congratulated the Sardauna of Ilorin , Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, praying Allah to grant him long reign and more successes as a political leader and traditional title holder.

Earlier, the president general of GAMA, Alh Mohammed Tunde Akanbi, had, noted that the history of northern Nigeria will be incompleted without a mention of the name of the late patriarch of AbdulRazaq’s family of Ilorin, Alh AGF AbdulRazaq (SAN) who was the first lawyer in the entire northern region.

He expressed delight that Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq has stepped into the shoes of the elder AbdulRazaq.

Akanbi said that GAMA was proud of the achievements of the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, noting that the governor has not only ensured the development of every part of the state,but has turned Ilorin, the state capital into a model city.

He equally thanked the Mutawali for being a selfless leader who prioritised the well being of his people in the State .

In their remarks, senior special assistant/ counselor to Kwara State governor, Alhaji Saadu Salahu and non executive director of NNPCL, Dr Ghali Alaaya corroborated Akanbi, saying: ” We thank Mutawali for his passion and untiring selfless efforts to see the younger generation through to the ladder of their profession and careers .

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