Former Chief of Staff to the late Head of State, Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has said that efforts to bring the North back on the path of progress “would hurt people.”

 

This was as he disclosed that efforts are ongoing to unite and get the North back on track.

 

Al-Mustapha made this disclosure while addressing journalists on the sidelines of an event in memory of Sir Ahmadu Bello in Kaduna.

 

He said it would be wrong for them to sit idly and watch the North decay.

 

According to Al-Mustapha: “It is better to hurt people and get it back on course for us to achieve what we desire, so that the country, in the end, would be the beneficiary of the unity in the North.

 

“Institutions in the 19 Northern states are either weak or not there at all. We are seeing gaps that are responsible for the social ills bedevilling the North.

 

“Therefore, identifying the problems and, rather than seeing succour, we would always continue to see the crime rate increase, which is a capital shame.

 

“We cannot sit and say we are from the North and continue to see institutions decay, the crime rate increase, leaders indifferent, younger ones in disarray, and believe that is the right environment to be in.

 

“We intend to get the North back on track and unified. To do so, we know we would hurt people. It is better to hurt people and get it back on course for us to achieve what we desire, so that the country, in the end, would be the beneficiary of the unity in the North.”