he rained all manner of curses on corrupt public officials, who will not hearken to pleas to return their loots.
Haruna was speaking at the resumed
debate on the presidential address of March
17, 2014 otherwise referred to as inaugural
speech delivered by President Goodluck
Jonathan. He also said the violence in
Borno State was predetermined because of
the bastardization of education in the state
by the immediate past state government.
He further said that a certain public official
in the state once boasted that he was happy
that over 60% of Borno indigenes cannot
read and write, adding that “somebody”
today owns four private aircrafts.
“Finally, I just want to pray that God
almighty, You know that some people have
stolen our money in this country and have
stashed them outside. Please touch their
hearts, let them bring this money, if they
failed, destroy these riches.
“Some people have bought houses all over
the world, touch their hearts, let them bring
this money, if they failed to bring this
money, let fire, earthquake (and) landslide
destroy these houses.
“For those who have stolen our nairas and
dollars, touch their hearts, let them bring
back these dollars and nairas, if they failed
to do that, please God let fire visit them…,”
Yerima prayed before the conference
chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi, was able to
stop him from raining more curses.
Earlier, a former governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, had called for a holistic approach to eradicating the menace of corruption in the country. He said it was not enough to say there is corruption in the land when no one agrees that he or she is
corrupt.
“I think what will help us in fighting
corruption is to look back on the causes of
corruption…There is no type of corruption
that is permissible. There is no type of
corruption that is justifiable but we must
identify the causes,” he said.
Udenwa mentioned insecurity, societal
pressure and greed as the root causes of
corruption in the country.
For her part, a PDP zonal women leader
from Kebbi state, Hajiya Mariya Waziri, also spoke passionately about the oneness of Nigeria and why women education should be given a priority by government at all levels.
“We must give women more opportunities,
collaborate with them and tap into their
wonderful potentials. To do all these,
women must be educated. There is,
therefore, the need to do a revolution on the education of the girl-child, especially in the northern part of this country,” she said.
Meanwhile, the debate on the inaugural
speech has ended with majority of
delegates commenting on the president’s
address and setting tones for further
discussions.
However, nine delegates
shunned the debate without official reasons
given save for NLC delegate and president,
Abdulwaheed Omar, said to be unavoidable
engaged elsewhere yesterday being the last
day of the debate.
Source: Leadership
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