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A socio-cultural organisation, Yoruba Welfare Group (YWG), has urged Nigerians to stop politicising administrative policies and heating the polity by playing on primordial sentiments.
YWG President, Comrade Abdulhakeem Alawuje, said in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja.
Alawuje pointed out that at this critical time in Nigeria, all hands should be on deck to assist the government.
He said it was better for the country to sustain the existing cordial but delicate relationship among all the geo-political regions in the country. rather than fanning the ember of hatred among the populace.
The group noted that instead of causing distractions, what the government needed was cooperation and understanding of the people.
“From explanations of CBN and its former governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, it is obvious Tinubu has nothing against the North. But the enemies of progress are at work.
“CBN has become an ATM for some people and this is not limited to a particular ethnic or religious group.
“Mr President should do whatever he can, to stop this mess. Let’s give him a free hand and support him to the haemorrhage of the CBN.
“The truth is, those not happy with the President’s appointments are refusing to see the good work of the government via the appointees.
“Hence, they must fault with every move. They are ready to condemn or criticise any step taken by the President,” the statement read in part.
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The group stated that those who pride themselves as government critics, shouldn’t clad their criticisms with the toga of tribalism.
“We know the real Northern leaders and these leaders know how to identify Northern interests and claim their due rights.
“However, while the real Northern leaders are busy meeting and strategising on how to stop the security challenges in their region, the patrons of looters are trying to stop the government from removing the feeding bottle from their mouths.
“The recent outburst of some self-styled political leaders, hiding under the banner of ethnicity must, therefore, be handled properly.
It stated that real political watchers knew that merely administrative arrangements by the Central Bank of Nigeria to move a single department to Lagos and the relocation of an agency of the Ministry of Aviation from Abuja could never be against the interest of the North.
“Unfortunately, the opposition is fiddling with the sentiments of ignorant Nigerians.
“We must stop polluting the atmosphere for ulterior motives to score cheap political goals.
“Nigerians must realise that the outcome of injecting ethnicity into politics to disconnect us via tribal propaganda is a very dangerous trend. It does no one any good, except the sharks and the hawks in the corridors of power,” YWG stated.
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