Buhari: AYF Decries Northern Politicians’ Attitude

BY AMOS TAUNA (KADUNA)
The Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), an umbrella organization of all youths in the North, has decried the attitude of some politicians towards the health of President Muhammadu Buhari.
They accused the politicians of trying to form a new power block in the absence of President Buhari, stressing that the action was detrimental to the North and Nigeria as a whole.
A statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna said some northern leaders were already politicizing the President’s health for personal gains.
The statement signed by the National President of the forum, Comrade Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, reads, “AYF is worried about the developing situation in the country as it concerns the polity and health of Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari and its attendant consequences for social economic growth and development of the country.
“After an in-depth look at the prevailing circumstances, we deem it necessary to affirm that all is not well with the country and most especially the North as the region that holds the political reign of the country.
“President Muhammadu Buhari like any human being can be sick and looking at his age and the demand of superintending over a country like Nigeria, it is not surprising that his Doctors have recommended further rest for the President to enable him recuperate towards facing the task of taking the country to the next level.
“However what is worrisome is the attitude of the politicians especially those of Northern extraction towards the health of the President.
“Information available to us shows that instead of praying for the quick recovery of Mr. President and working to put the country in a better state ahead of his return to the country, many of them including some Northern governors are working to position themselves for personal political gains to the detriment of the ideology of Mr. President and the reason for which he was overwhelmingly elected by majority of Nigerians.
“It is now clear that many APC politicians do not mean well for the country and only supported the President for what they stand to gain.
“It is truly only the masses of this country that genuinely love and believe in the President and praying for his quick recovery.
“We are also worried and investigating information about some top Northern politicians who are already collaborating and frolicking with top leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South-west in a new power alignment that might not be in the interest of the North but for their selfish reasons.
“If they fail to desist and work for the advancement of the north and Nigeria as a whole we might be forced to name and ridicule them and their antics before the whole country and render them as political liabilities.”