28/12/2025
"The North Has No Business Leading Nigeria": Says Northern Pan Africanist Hon. Ibrahim kabitu Gagarawa Stark Admission After Decades of Rule
Sometimes, the deepest scars of a war are not left on the land where it was fought, but on the people for whom peace never truly came."
Northern Nigeria covers almost 80% of the country.
We ruled Nigeria for 47 out of 62 years after independence.
Yet today, the North records:
- The highest number of out-of-school children
- The highest poverty rate
- The highest level of insurgency
- The highest maternal deaths during childbirth
- The highest child mortality
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Civil War lasted 30 months and was fought almost entirely in the East. The region was levelled, People were left with nothing.They rebuilt from scratch.
Today, the East records:
- The lowest poverty levels
- The highest literacy rates
- The lowest maternal deaths
A small group of elite held power for decades not to develop the North, using tribe and religion to control the people while development was neglected.
Walahi to me, the North has no business leading this country anymore.
For more than four decades in leadership, we have produced nothing tangible to justify that power.
No solid education system.
No functional healthcare.
No security.
No economic upliftment of our people.
Anybody visiting Nigeria for the first time, would think the civil war was fought in the north, and that we're still suffering from its effect.ðŸ˜
