Economy: Most Northerners Can’t Afford A Square Meal Per Day, CNG Decries
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Saturday decried that most people in the North cannot afford a single square meal per day as a result of the lingering insecurity and socio-economic hardship plaguing the region.
The groups disclosed this in a one-day community engagement held in Katsina under the chairmanship of Professor Sani Abubakar Lugga, the fifth Wazirin Katsina.
The theme of this engagement is: “Imperative of Popular Participation in Tackling Socioeconomic Challenges Bedeviling Nigeria Through Community Solutions.”
The National Coordinator of the Coalition Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi told reporters insecurity in the Northern Region is walking with its two legs hence the need to find a lasting solution to the problem.
According to Charanchi, the time of lamentation is over as virtually all Nigerians know that the country is in a serious problem.
“People can no longer afford three square meals. We are not even talking about the three square meals, people cannot afford a single square meal per day.
“Insecurity is walking with its two legs in the North. So these are the reasons we have seen, and we have come to realize that, the leaders are not even ready to address the problems and to some extent, not only the leaders but even ourselves we have a contribution to do so that at least we can get ourselves out of this quagmire.
“So, the CNG decides after the stakeholders roundtable held in Abuja to engage community people so that each and every member or stakeholder in the community will get to know how to contribute their quota towards alleviating insecurity, economic hardship, and all other crises bedeviling the North.
“The main target here is the community to know how they can contribute to alleviate the problem bedeviling the region. The participants mostly leaders of various organizations are carefully selected. After this meeting, we will mandate the leaders to go back and summon their members and tell them all the information they have gotten here,” he said.
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