A member of the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, has called out the elders of Katsina State on their recent comments on the planned relocation of some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to Lagos state.
The Senator that represented Kaduna Central in a post on his X account, wondered why these elders suddenly found their voice while they maintained a grave silence during the tenure Muhammad Buhari when insecurity held sway in the ex-president’s state.
“Eminent and respected Katsina Elders came out hard on the FG in a Press Conference against the relocation of some federal establishments.They have the right to freely express their opinion as citizens and as elders.
“I believe in their right to challenge any act of unconstitutionality.But one may ask the morality of their action, having kept silent for eight years when their son was the President and half of their state was taken over by terrorists. Where were they when their women were raped, Children kidnapped and villages set ablaze by terrorists.
“Where were they when the nation’s treasury was looted and their state and region was impoverished under the leadership of their kin?
“Should we only speak truth to power when our kinsmen are not in power?” He asked.
Journalist101 recalls that Katsina Elders’ Forum had urged President Bola Tinubu to, as a matter of urgency, countermand the plan to relocate the refurbished airport rescue and firefighting vehicles project of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport, Katsina, to the south or risk 2027.
The Secretary of the forum, Aliyu Mohammed, who briefed journalists in Katsina on Wednesday evening on its resolutions after a closed-door meeting, said the relocation move was a premeditated attempt to cripple the socio-economic activities of Northern Nigeria.
He explained that President Tinubu was being ill-advised by those he termed enemies of Nigeria who does not want the unity of the country to relocate the Katsina airport project, CBN departments and FAAN to the Southern part of the country.
