The president of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, Alhaji Shettima Usman Yerima has in a recent interview expresses disappointment in the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The AYCF president while speaking during a chat with Vanguard noted that Nigerians should be careful of a repeat of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua – Goodluck Jonathan case.
He further noted that the presidency belongs to the North till 2023 adding that the North “cannot fold our arms till we run into another constitutional crisis and start to look for another Doctrine of Necessity.
“We, northerners, need to put people in the right places with a view to finding answers to our problems. We need to have a smooth transition to 2019 and then 2023.
“The North is unstoppable for now and we cannot afford to take any chances.”
Speaking further on Insurgency in the country, Yerima noted that there is a high level of poverty in the North which has led to increased rate of insurgency.
He said: “We can totally eradicate it through the suggestion of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi.
“I support his view in his recent presentation before northern governors. He emphasized the need to vigorously impact the knowledge of Islam into our people. Rather than putting up mosques at every corner, we should turn some of them into Islamic schools where proper religious knowledge will be imparted into our younger ones about what Islam is all about.
“And with thorough knowledge of the religion, perhaps it will go a long way in changing the psyche of the younger generations that don’t understand what Islam is all about.”
He continued: “Or how can someone agree to carry bomb to commit suicide and kill people en-masse?! How can someone believe that going to the markets, churches and mosques to kill is part of jihad? That is not in line with what Islam actually teaches. And thank God the Nigerian people have come to realize that Islam is not a violent religion against anybody.
“They have come to realize that the violence is the act of some people who are blind-folded and misguided by those who capitalize on the abject poverty ravaging the North, especially the North-east.
“Poverty in the North-east is so real that you can see it walking on two legs. And because of the idleness of the people, they can easily be recruited by telling them that if they die in the process they will make heaven.
“And remember the common saying that the idle mind is the devil’s workshop.”