A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau has called on the 36 states in the country to come together and change the country’s bad situation.
He stated this on Monday during an appearance on Channels TV Sunrise Daily program.
He asserted that states are over-independent of one another in Nigeria.
The former governor condemned the inability of the states to work together for the betterment of the nation.
Ibrahim partly said: “The states are what I call over independent of one another.
“There are no two states I know that are doing anything together and this is not good enough, and these are some issues we want to really bring to the board and then call attention to.
“There are many things that if states will collaborate and work together, a lot of these things are likely to change for the better”.
He made the observation amid the ravaging economic hardship currently facing citizens.
I Took A Loan To Buy Governorship Nomination Form In 2003 – Shekarau
Meanwhile, Shekarau, has revealed that he had to take a loan in 2003 to buy the governorship nomination form for his party’s primary election.
According to him, his party had fixed ₦5 million for the form but he didn’t even have up to ₦500,000.
He explained how his friends and political associates raised money for him. However, it still wasn’t enough, and he had to approach the late elder statesman, Mallam Magaji Danbatta, then chairman of Kano Forum and got a loan of ₦1 million from him.
Naija News reports that Shekarau made the revelation while speaking at the maiden memorial lecture in honour of the late Magaji Danbatta.
“In 2003 my party, the APP, fixed its nomination forms at N5 million and I did not have even N500,000 but my co-contestant Ibrahim little was a millionaire and we learned he had already bought the forms. We managed to raise N1.5 million and N2.5 million was mysteriously raised but the money was still not complete.
” I approached the late Malam Magaji Danbatta, explained my situation and wanted him to support me with a loan to complete the money.He asked me to write and then approved and minuted to the DG Kano forum to pay,” Shekarau said.
The former Governor noted that the mantra of administration built on human capital development and social justice was partly an idea of the late elder statesman.