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The Onerous Task: Between Politics and Reality.

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>By Abubakar Sadiq Dauda&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p><div class&equals;"KE5ngiyI" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I watch with complete dismay how some People on social media use the opportunity of the recent arson that happened in Sokoto&comma; to attack pro-buharist&comma; in what looked like deviating from reality &lpar;destruction of the North&rpar; and attacking one another&period; Hence&comma; misplacing our priorities yet again&excl;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"TrJLu1lM" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Perhaps the setbacks&comma; Northerners are experiencing may be political and may also have the interest of our political masters both locally and internationally&period; The reality of it all is that it is being executed at the expense of our lives&comma; properties and means of livelihood&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Therefore&comma; the recent happenings call for the onerous task which is for us the followers and supposed &&num;8216&semi;slaves&&num;8217&semi; to put our political undertone behind our backs&comma; look for ways we can improve our lives&comma; secure our properties and restore the lost glory of our region&comma; the North&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Masters in our political system have the capacity to recruit enough security agents to escort them&comma; while they move on our highways from Sambisa to Shinkafi via Kaura Namoda&comma; if they opt to move across that dangerous route&period; But the commoners&comma; dare not move from Abuja to Kaduna except with the assistance of Allah alone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"F65Xiahm" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The scenario I just highlighted above is the reason I believe we should halt the senseless tantrums and mockery we throw at each other&period; Let us drop politics and face our reality stained with hopelessness &lpar;unless we take measures and actions&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The issue of security in Nigeria has been a major challenge right from 1999&comma; and it has been a major threat to our success&period; There has been an immense success in the fight against insecurity in the South&comma; even when we were low on fighter jets&comma; arms and ammunitions&period; Fast forward to 2021&comma; from 2015 our security and armed forces were never equipped in the manner it has been equipped from statistics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;10&sol;breaking-president-buhari-sent-intelligence-chiefs-to-sokoto&sol;">Breaking&colon; President Buhari Sent Intelligence Chiefs To Sokoto<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dozens of air fighting jets have been purchased&comma; dozens of gunship helicopters were purchased and the majority of those assets were being deployed to the North&comma; but still&comma; there is no glimpse of hope even with the massive deployment of troops into our region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the short analysis I have laid out&comma; I will still repeat what some people describe as a hypocritical gesture&comma; which is to stop trading blames&comma; drop politics and embrace reality by repeatedly calling on Allah to intervene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Burying our differences and joining our heads is a must and it is a necessity for the quick growth and success of the North and Nigeria as a whole&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Quick reminder&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Last year exactly this period&comma; we were mourning Zabbarbari massacre that occurred in Borno&period; A year after&comma; it turned to innocent travellers in Sokoto&period; If this doesn&&num;8217&semi;t make sense to us then I wonder what will&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May Allah&&num;8217&semi;s mercy continue to be with the innocent souls we have lost to the hands of terrorists and enemies of our dear country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>God Bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&num;SecureNorth<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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