‘You Were Expected To Be Quite Because The President Came From Your Region’ – Shehu Sani

Former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has opened up on some of the challenges that usually accompany speaking the truth to power.

The former lawmaker recalled how he faced resistance because he spoke about the insecurity in the North during the tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

Sani, who spoke on Thursday during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today, said those who were against him accused him of attempting to tarnish the image of the President with his public outcries.

He said the expectation was to remain quiet because the President was from his region.

“When I stood up in the parliament to speak about the insecurity in the north, I faced serious resistance from senators from northern part of Nigeria.

“You were expected to be quiet and embrace whatever it is because the president came from your region.

“Any attempt by you to raise alarm on the killings in the north or poverty in the north or the out-of-school children issue when Buhari was there, you would be reminded that you should not damage the image of the president because you come from that part of the country,” he said.

Tinubu Has Chosen To Do The Right Thing

Naijaonpoint reports that Sani submitted that in the case of President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian leader has chosen to focus on the future of the country despite the words against him as a result of the immediate hardships that usually accompany such decisions.

He declared that Tinubu is doing the right thing, but will remain unpopular until his policies and reforms show positive results.

Sani admitted that even people from Tinubu’s region are criticizing his policies.

In his words, “Tinubu is embarking on a project he knows very well he will be unpopular. You either do two things: please people by doing what the people want, or to look at the future of the country where we are heading to and lose some popularity or votes for you to achieve it. Tinubu will continue to be unpopular untill the results of the reform start coming out.”