Hardship: We can no longer stop our subjects from revolting, Northern monarchs tell FG

Northern monarchs

Hardship: We can no longer stop our subjects from revolting, Northern monarchs tell FG

Monarchs from the North, under the umbrella of Northern Traditional Council, NTC, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday, says it’s becoming increasingly difficult to rein in their subject amid the plethora of biting challenges facing the nation.

The monarch told the Federal Government that the hardship, insecurity, poverty and unemployment in Nigeria and the North, in particular, was getting to a level they could no longer pacify the people from revolting.

The sultan made this known while addressing members, yesterday, at the Arewa House, Kaduna, during the 6th executive Northern Traditional Council Committee meeting.

The Sultan informed the government that the traditional rulers, religious leaders, as well as state governors, had been appeasing the masses and the jobless youths from rebelling against political leaders at the helm of affairs.

According to him, “It is getting to a level that traditional leaders could no longer pacify the people from revolting against government and political leaders that supposed to find solutions to their lingering socioeconomic plight.

“And let’s not take it for granted; people are quiet, they are quiet for a reason, because people have been talking to them. We have been talking to them, we have been trying to tell them that things will be okay and they keep on believing.