Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has described Nigeria as a country without leadership.
According to him, the absence of leadership is the cause of insecurity and other problems currently facing the country.
The former governor stated this on Sunday when he appeared on Sunday Politics, a Channels Television programme, adding that the government must be accountable to the people.
Lamido said, “Government must be held accountable and I don’t want to sound too political but it is a fact of life. When you want to attain political power, the process must be credible.
“Let us put politics aside. What do we do as leaders? We have no leadership in Nigeria, that is the problem and the world is looking at us.
“Above everything else, it is about leadership. Leadership is very important. On the issue of Zamfara, why is the state becoming the hub of terrorism in Nigeria? Why?”
Noting that the ruling All Progressives Congress did not have concrete plans on how to run Nigeria before coming into power in 2015, he said, “They knew they were telling lies. But for them, it was about getting the power. If they get the power, then they begin to ask, ‘what do we do?’ So, the process and the platform must be very honest; it must be very credible. It is this character of telling lies to the young generation.
“When you raise their hopes in trying to get government help, and you are in government, by the time you fail to fulfil their needs, of course, there will be problems.”