Borno State governor, Kashim
Shettima has begged governors in the country to stop milking the public
treasury dry.
The governor gave the advice on
Tuesday in Abuja at the 2017 graduation of Internally Displaced Girls under the
Organisation of Female Students Scholarship Scheme.
“The most important yard stick
has to do with the quality of governance; there is more to leadership than
primitive capital accumulation.
´´No matter how much you
accumulate beyond a certain point, it’s just a number,” the governor said.
According to him, violence cannot
be separated from poverty, and a hopeless, jobless, ill-educated and ill-paid
young man is the most dangerous.
Shettima stated that it was the
responsibility of governors to enthrone good governance by “wearing their
thinking caps” and working for the people.
He, therefore, stressed the need
for governors to create more jobs, invest in education and create work space
and work stations for the next generation of youths.
He noted that women and children
bore the brunt of insurgency, adding that the Boko Haram sect had so far
created 54,911 widows and 52,311 orphans in the state.
“These are official figures,
probably the unofficial figure may be twice this number.
“The truth is that we either take
care of these orphans or 10 years to fifteen years from now, they will be the
monsters that will drive us out of this land,” he said.
According to the governor, some
elite and political bigwigs were already afraid of visiting rural areas to meet
with common men for fear of being molested.
May Almighty Allah save US from wantonness. Ameeen
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