Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, has urged Northern leaders to stop blaming President Bola Tinubu for the insecurity affecting the region.
Fintiri made this known during the Adamawa stakeholders’ engagement of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held on Thursday in Yola.
The governor challenged Northern leaders to take responsibility and seek lasting solutions to the insecurity ravaging the region, rather than engaging in blame games.
“Why is it that Northerners always complain whenever a Southerner is the President of the country?
“This is what happened to former President Goodluck Jonathan. He was accused by Northerners of creating the conditions for Boko Haram terrorist activities in the region.
“But honestly, we are all aware that Boko Haram members are our people, not people from Southern Nigeria.
“Now, we are under President Tinubu’s administration, and Northerners are still complaining and accusing Tinubu of the insecurity,” Fintiri said.
The governor accused some Northern leaders of shirking their responsibilities by failing to provide good governance and address the challenges confronting their people.
Fintiri said Tinubu had not cheated Northern Nigeria since assuming office, urging Northern leaders to stop shifting blame for the problems confronting the region.
“We, as leaders from the North, should stop running away from our problems and blaming others for our failures.
“Tinubu, as far as I am concerned, did not cheat us, the people of Madagali Local Government Area, where I come from,” he said.
On the economic situation in the country, Fintiri said the Tinubu administration had made significant progress in improving the nation’s economy.
He also criticised the practice of street begging, saying, “Islam discourages begging, yet some people continue to send children from poor families to the streets to solicit alms.”
On rumours concerning the credibility of the APC governorship candidate and the party’s chances in the 2027 general elections in Adamawa, Fintiri said the APC was not a party for any particular tribe or religion.
He said every member of the party was important, including those who contested and lost during the party’s primaries.
“You should not allow rumours to determine your political advantage because, as far as I am concerned, we do not have any party other than the APC in Adamawa.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gone and is no longer in Adamawa, not to talk of something called the ADC,” he insisted.
Fintiri urged APC stakeholders in the state to return to their respective local government areas, wards, and polling units and mobilise support for the party.
He expressed optimism that the party would deliver victory for its candidates from the presidential to the councillorship elections in the 2027 general elections.
Fintiri vowed that no individual would come to Adamawa and rig the 2027 election against the state, declaring: “I swear by Almighty Allah that no person born of a woman will come to Adamawa and rig us out.”
Fintiri was the APC Adamawa Northern Senatorial candidate for the 2027 election.
Among the party’s stakeholders in attendance were Sen. Umaru Bindow, former governor of the state; Sen. Binta Masi; serving Senators; members of the House of Representatives; and party executives, among others.
