2013 budget: Nigeria should expect more Boko Haram insurgency – Former Yobe governor warns FG

Apparently unhappy over the paltry funds appropriated to the North-East in the 2013 budget Former Yobe State governor, Senator Buka Ibrahim, has warned the Federal Government against what would be worse than that of the Boko Haram if president Jonathan fails to redress the issue raised relating to the funds.
He claimed that the Federal Government’s allocation to the region was alarming, stressing that it was another form of injustice.
He said: “Boko Haram is a product of poverty. It is a product of unhappiness. We are unhappy with Nigeria. Unless something is done to address it, Nigeria should expect bigger Boko Haram insurgency, Insha Allah.
“Other geo-political zones got N79 billion or N80 billion. But the North-East has only N50 billion; a difference of N30 billion. Go and check the budget figures or ask the Director-General Budget Office.”
“Look, injustice is the basis of all crises in the world. All insecurity comes from injustice. If injustice continues, there will
never be peace.
“The panacea is for the government to be conscious of the fact that this part of the country that is totally being neglected; this area called an area without security, is also an area to which injustice has been meted out for decades.”
“Unless concerted effort is made to balance it up, there is no hope.”
When told that the President’s 2013 budget was just a proposal and that the National Assembly is yet to pass it, irate Abba said: “You see, when the difference is so huge from the Executive, it’s difficult for the National Assembly to really do much to completely change it.
The Senator maintained that only 20 percent of members of the National Assembly hails from the North-East, saying that the remaining 80 percent will also want to work for the betterment of their zones.
“More so, the members of the National Assembly are not all from the North-East.” He added

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