The Northern Youth Meeting (NYA), a youth group representing the 19 Northern states, has issued an open letter to Senator Barau I. Jibrin, Deputy Senate President and consultant of Kano North Senatorial District.
The group accuses Senator Jibrin of supporting the Tinubu administration’s tax reform invoice, which they declare threatens the financial and industrial stability of the area.
The NYA argues that Senator Jibrin’s help for the invoice disregards the socio-economic challenges confronted by Northern Nigeria, reminiscent of poverty, unemployment, and insufficient infrastructure.
The group alleges that his actions are influenced by political ambitions tied to the 2027 elections and a need to achieve favor with political elites, somewhat than serving his constituency. Additionally they criticized the senator’s conduct throughout Senate plenaries, accusing him of prioritizing political pursuits over the welfare of the North.
The letter, signed by representatives from throughout the Northern states, warns that the tax reform invoice may worsen financial hardships, hurt companies, and deepen poverty within the area.
The NYA urged Senator Jibrin to rethink his place and handle the area’s urgent challenges. Additionally they threatened to prepare opposition towards him if he continues to help what they described as an agenda dangerous to the North.
Learn the letter beneath
AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR BARAU I. JIBRIN, DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT, REPRESENTING KANO NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT BY NORTHERN YOUTH ASSEMBLY (MAJALISAR MATASAN AREWA)
Expensive Distinguished Senator Barau I. Jibrin,
YOU ARE THE WORST POLITICAL BETRAYER AND ENEMY TO KANO STATE AND THE NORTH, AND YOUR DESPERATE POLITICAL AMBITION WOULD NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY COME 2027, AS YOU ARE SET TO MANIPULATE THE PROCESS TOWARDS THE PASSAGE OF ANTI – NORTH TAX REFORM BILL, WITHOUT RECOURSE TO THE IMMINENT SUFFERINGS OF YOUR PEOPLE IN THE NORTH
The Northern Youth Meeting (Majalisar Matasan Arewa), on behalf of the 19 Northern States management of the Meeting, needs to specific our unequivocal disappointment and dismay in you, following your manipulative motion in the direction of the scaling for the second studying, of an evil tax reform invoice, which might definitely undermine the North, and additional relegate the area economically and commercially. Your shameful act of manipulating your method to systematically help the passage of the proposed evil tax reform invoice put forth by the Tinubu administration, is the best order of your insensitivity to the financial and industrial plight of your constituency, Kano State and all the Northern Nigeria.
As representatives of the Northern Nigerian youth, we consider that the proposed tax reform invoice, in its present kind, would certainly disproportionately have an effect on the financial livelihoods and aspirations of our individuals, and it’s after all with out taking into cognizance of the present financial actuality within the nation.
Our disappointment is extra in your dictatorial perspective on the senate plenary to impose your opinion and self-serving curiosity on behalf of your political God-fathers, who promise you heaven and earth come 2027, a dream which might by no means come by. Despite the fact that you’re fairly conscious that this invoice is anti-North and has the tendency of additional impoverishing the individuals within the North, and would additional cripple financial and industrial actions within the area, and but you’re hell bent on making it a actuality. Whereas it’s apparent that the proposed tax reform is of a lot curiosity to the individuals on the centre, nonetheless, your unwavering enthusiasm to champion the invoice, that’s clearly anti-North, exposes your misguided dedication to the course of defending the curiosity of these you symbolize. It is extremely sensible that the North faces a barrage of essential points reminiscent of: acute scarcity of electrical energy provide, rampant insecurity throughout the area, bare poverty, unemployment and a dismal state of infrastructure, to call only a few, however you’ve got but resolved to steer the conflict of additional destroying the little prospects left of the North.
Allow us to remind you that the aim of your election was to basically champion the course to deal with the event challenges dealing with your area, by efficient legislative engagement, somewhat than dedicating your power to serve an anti-northern Nigeria agenda, which might additional marginalize the Northern Nigerian individuals, the area the place you come from. It might be wiser and extra helpful so that you can prioritize your focus in the direction of championing the course of assuaging the urgent socio-economic challenges ravaging the individuals within the North. This tax reform, in its present kind, threatens to exacerbate the burdens of companies and households in Northern Nigeria—which can be already struggling to outlive resulting from inconsistent energy provide and un-friendly Authorities insurance policies which have been crippling the financial system and development of Northern Nigeria.
Northern Nigerian requires solely the leaders who may converse within the curiosity of the area, not employed lobbyists and brokers of destruction, who would do every thing to misguide and deceive their individuals for some low cost political good points.
We want to inform you that the Northern Youth Meeting is extremely disillusioned in you and your cohorts for accepting to be engaged to destroy the north and its future.
We’re dedicated to battle this course with our final drop of blood and to reveal you and your likes, who’re able to public sale the North and its future, as we may not belief and give up our future into the palms of political retailers, betrayers and political hypocrites.
The proposed Tinubu Tax Reform Invoice, is evil and that was the rationale why, the Nationwide Financial Advisory Council and Northern Governors, rejected the invoice within the first place, whereas individuals like you are attempting to justify what’s fallacious in its totality to money on the scenario for some low cost political achieve.
We want to lastly advise you to vary your methods, earlier than all the individuals within the North, young and old, youngsters and ladies are mobilized, to put their curse on you, Signed:
1. Usman Alhaji Musa – Yobe State
