Economic hardship: Arewa Forum mentions who Nigerians should drag

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  • The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has criticized Nigerias worsening economic crisis, attributing it to leadership failures at all levels of government, not just the federal level
  • Citizens have taken to social media to vent their frustrations, blaming both state and federal governments for economic hardship and calling for accountability and urgent reforms
  • ACF spokesperson Professor Mohammed Baba stressed that Nigerians must scrutinize their local and state governments, particularly in sectors like education

Arewa Consultative Forum says Nigerians should blame local authorities for the worsening economy.
Photo credit: @ArewacfSource: TwitterACF: Leadership failure beyond the FGIn other countries, councilors, state assembly legislators, and national lawmakers are held accountable by their constituents. They return to their communities to justify their actions. That is where true leadership starts, Baba concluded.Leadership encompasses all these levels of representation and positions, so when things go wrong, we need to start questioning from the bottom up, Baba stated.In my opinion, those two levels of governmentlocal government and state governmentsare comfortable with this arrangement because they are not held accountable. Once you keep pointing at the federal government, you fail to notice whats happening at the grassroots level, he explained.ACF on the role of local authorities in basic educationArewa Consultative Forum insists that local authorities, not just the federal government, are to blame for Nigerias economic challenges.
Photo credit: @Arewacf/@officialABATSource: UGCBasic education is the foundation of every society. It is the primary duty of local governments to ensure quality education, yet they have failed woefully.If you visit many primary schools today, you will find broken doors, missing windows, and teachers who havent been paid for months,” he said. The federal government has no business running secondary schools; that should be left to the states and local governments, he added.Hardship: Deeone berates 30DaysRantChallenge

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