Hardship: Hold state governors responsible too, Rep Doguwa tells protesters

Member of House of Representatives Alhassan Doguwa, APC, Kano, has called on aggrieved Nigerians to also hold their respective governors accountable in the utilisation of public funds to provide basic amenities and address insecurity.

Mr Doguwa, representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, stated this while addressing officials of Kano Youth Forum, who visited him in Kano.

Mr Doguwa said: “This is why the governors are called chief security officers of their respective states and they must be held accountable in protecting the lives and properties of their people,” he added.

“So, for me, it is a collective responsibility, and as such, not right to continue to blame the federal government.

“While I am not holding brief for the government, I agree that our people are really facing a lot of problems and the government must be held responsible for that.

“People must understand that the problems we are facing today and the way to go about finding solutions to them does not lie on the shoulders of the federal government alone.

“We all have to contribute, whether as individuals, organisations, or associations, to solving our problems for the good of all.”

Doguwa, a former Majority Leader in the 9th Assembly and current leader of the Northern Regional Caucus in the 10th Assembly, noted that the current economic crisis was not peculiar to Nigeria.

According to him, the United States of America, seen to be the most democratic nation on earth, also has its fair share of economic and social problems.