By Ayodele Oni
There is discordant tunes coming from the northern part of the country over the current economic hardship and escalating costs of products.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar-led Northern Traditional Council, has warned that rising poverty, hunger, and insecurity in the country will force people to revolt against President Bola Tinubu’s government very soon.
The traditional council stated that “It is getting to a level that traditional leaders could no longer pacify the people from revolting against government and political leaders that are supposed to find solutions to their lingering socio-economic plight.
“We have reached that level, people are very agitated, people are hungry, they are angry, but they still believe there are people who can talk to them.
“They believe in some of their Governors, some other traditional rulers, and some of their religious leaders, fortunately, some of us double as traditional and religious leaders.”
Reacting to the outcry by the monarchs, former Senator representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani made mockery of the Northern people protesting and calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to put an end to the hardship in the country.
The human rights activist, Sani in a post on his official X page on Friday said “For eight years, Northern Traditional Rulers lost their voice under Buhari; they have found it now.”
Sani wondered what happened to the Northern voice, which remained silent all through the eight years of bastardization of Nigeria’s economy and misrule by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He maintained that the north was asleep when Muhammadu Buhari held the country by the jugular, ruin the country’s economy and laid the foundation for the current hardship.
