{"id":160151,"date":"2025-04-22T22:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures"},"modified":"2025-04-22T23:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:48:27","slug":"gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures","title":{"rendered":"Gov Uba Sani urges Northern politicians to apologize for regional failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has called on northern Nigerian politicians to apologize to the people for their failure to address the region\u2019s persistent underdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with TRUST TV, Sani expressed deep concern over the state of northern Nigeria, attributing the region\u2019s current challenges to decades of mismanagement and neglect by political leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Sani, who served as a senator before becoming governor, admitted that the region\u2019s struggles did not begin recently, but are the result of systemic issues that have been allowed to persist for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that political leaders, especially those from northern Nigeria who have held office in recent decades, must take collective responsibility for the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all need to look at ourselves in the mirror and apologize to the people of northern Nigeria. We let them down,\u201d Sani said, acknowledging that, as part of the political system, he too shared in the responsibility for the region\u2019s challenges. He emphasized that the problems facing the north were not a result of recent policies but were deeply rooted in a long history of underdevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>Sani also highlighted the widespread poverty and financial exclusion that continue to plague the region, citing data from his time as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Despite the billions spent on social intervention programs under former President Muhammadu Buhari, the governor pointed out that northern Nigeria continued to suffer due to the exclusion of the majority of its population from economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c70% of the population in northern Nigeria, especially the masses, were completely financially excluded,\u201d Sani noted, emphasizing that such systemic exclusion has perpetuated the region\u2019s economic struggles.<\/p>\n<p>The governor further defended the right of citizens to criticize the government but insisted that criticism must be constructive and focused on the interests of the people, rather than motivated by personal ambition or a thirst for power. He also expressed respect for critics who speak truthfully and maintain ethical principles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no problem with people criticizing the government\u2014people like Dan Bello Galadanchi,\u201d Sani said. \u201cThose individuals have the moral right to criticize this government. But those who were part of the rot and are now claiming to have repented\u2014that\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has called on northern Nigerian politicians to apologize to the people for their failure to address the region\u2019s persistent underdevelopment. In an interview with TRUST TV, Sani expressed deep concern over the state of northern Nigeria, attributing the region\u2019s current challenges to decades of mismanagement and neglect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[15788,96,254,3950],"class_list":["post-160151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gov-sani","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria","tag-northern-politicians"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov Uba Sani urges Northern politicians to apologize for regional failures - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has called on northern Nigerian politicians to apologize to the people for their failur ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov Uba Sani urges Northern politicians to apologize for regional failures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has called on northern Nigerian politicians to apologize to the people for their failur ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T21:44:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T22:48:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745349522.745624.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gov Uba Sani urges Northern politicians to apologize for regional failures\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-22T21:44:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T22:48:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures\"},\"wordCount\":392,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745349522.745624.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gov Sani\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\",\"northern politicians\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/gov-uba-sani-urges-northern-politicians-to-apologize-for-regional-failures\",\"name\":\"Gov Uba Sani urges Northern politicians to apologize for regional failures - 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