Don’t take Our silence on restructuring for granted – Northern Senators

The silence of Northern Senators on ongoing restructuring
debates in the country should not be taken for granted, chairman of
the Northern Senators forum Senator Abdullahi Adamu has said.
Speaking at the opening of a two-day retreat for the northern
senators in Katsina said, the time has come for the senators to
make their views known as their silence should not be seen as a
sign of weakness on the issues.

According to him, the senators must speak up with one voice so
that the people they represent will feel been carried along noting
that aside making laws senators are leaders and the followership
look up to them guidance.

Adamu said, the key areas of the retreat are the 2018 budget,
insecurity and restructuring issues saying that ‘ we shal look at
them critically from the northern perspective’.

The meeting had in attendance 59 senators led by senate
President Bukola Saraki, Three state governors of Katsina, Kebbi,
Zamfara. The sultan of Sokoto Saad Abubakar, chairman of northern
elders forum Ibrahim Coomassie

The silence of Northern Senators on ongoing restructuring
debates in the country should not be taken for granted, chairman of
the Northern Senators forum Senator Abdullahi Adamu has
said.
Speaking at the opening of a two-day retreat for the northern
senators in Katsina said, the time has come for the senators to
make their views known as their silence should not be seen as a
sign of weakness on the issues.

According to him, the senators must speak up with one voice so
that the people they represent will feel been carried along noting
that aside making laws senators are leaders and the followership
look up to them guidance.

Adamu said, the key areas of the retreat are the 2018 budget,
insecurity and restructuring issues saying that ‘ we shal look at
them critically from the northern perspective’.

The meeting had in attendance 59 senators led by senate
President Bukola Saraki, Three state governors of Katsina, Kebbi,
Zamfara. The sultan of Sokoto Saad Abubakar, chairman of northern
elders forum Ibrahim Coomassie