Mallam Jabeer is a social media influencer and a public commentator from Kebbi State. He’s an ardent advocate of good governance and a farmer. In an explosive post via his X social media handle @mallam_jabeer made a very critical remark about his kinsmen in northern Nigeria:
“My biggest problem with Arewa is our refusal to confront the real crisis facing our region. Poverty is deepening, out of school children are increasing daily, illiteracy is spreading, our economy is weak and unproductive. Yet, instead of fixing these problems, we drown ourselves in empty politics. And even this politics, we play it badly, we celebrate leadership without impact, we attack leaders from other regions, not because they failed to deliver results but simply because they are not one of us, just so one of our own can occupy the seat whether or not lives improve. This is not regional pride, it is political selfishness and irrationality.
If Arewa must move forward, we must stop voting and defending incompetence in the name of identity. Support leaders based on competence, integrity, vision, and capacity to deliver, not tribe or region. Political power without impact is meaningless. Arewa does not need more positions, what Arewa need is results. A new Nigeria remains POssible.”
Mallam Jabeer has remained emphatic on the need to base leadership selection process on character, capacity, competency, credibility and accountability. He has remained consistent in the call for good governance and accountability affirming that the Northern dominant grip on power without impact is exercise in futility. Thus, the need to vote on bases of capacity and competence.
