Kwankwaso calls for vigilance over conspiracy to colonise northern Nigeria by Lagos
Story by Victor Itodo ABUH
Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, has raised concerns over alleged plans from Lagos to exert control over the northern region.
Speaking at the convocation ceremony of Skyline University in Kano, Kwankwaso claimed that Lagos has been involved in the disputes surrounding the emirates in Kano State.
The former governor of Kano State also highlighted the numerous challenges facing the North, such as economic crises, insecurity, poverty, hunger, and various diseases, warning that these issues pose significant risks to the nation.
“Let me note our situation here in Kano and indeed northern Nigeria. The emir is just being a stooge at this very difficult time, especially in this part of the country (northern Nigeria).
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“Today, we can see very clearly that there is a lot of efforts from the Lagos axis to colonise this part of the country.
“Today, Lagos wouldn’t allow us to choose an emir, Lagos has to come to the centre of Kano to put their own emir,” Kwankwaso stated.
He further addressed issues related to tax collection, saying, “Today, we are aware that the Lagos young men are working so hard to impose taxes and take away our taxes from Kano and this part of the country to Lagos.
“Today, as we have seen, even the telephones that we make or register here in Kano, efforts are there to take all the taxes to Lagos.
“Even our sons and daughters who have brought factories many of them here in Kano and northern Nigeria and even banks, somehow, they are forced to take their headquarters to Lagos because taxes will now have to go to Lagos.”
Kwankwaso also expressed concerns about the widening gap between the rich and the poor, saying, “We have seen the efforts of some people to make the poor poorer and the rich richer and I believe this is more dangerous.”
The former governor urged lawmakers from the North to remain vigilant and ensure the region is not disadvantaged.
“At this moment, I would like to call all our National Assembly members to keep their eyes open so that they don’t do anything that would cheat the people of northern Nigeria, especially here, Kano.
“We are witnesses to what happened during the first term, 1999 to 2000, where our members of the National Assembly were bribed, were treated into collecting huge sums of money to support offshore in this country.
“That law put a huge blow into our economy, not only here in northern Nigeria but all other states,” he said.
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