‘Do away with destructive criticisms’ – Dantata urges politicians

Kano-based business mogul and elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, on Thursday urged Nigerian politicians to do away with destructive criticisms.

“We are going nowhere with the kind of politics we are having today. “We must change the narrative if we are to salvage the nation’s polity,” Dantata said in Kano, while receiving members of the socio-cultural group on a condolence visit over the death of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, Nigeria’s prominent politician who died on Monday.

He called on the Northern Elders Forum to continue collaborating with governments and other stakeholders to address the problems facing the region and the country.

He said that the wake-up call had become necessary so that the elite would strive to leave behind a prosperous nation for the youth.

Dantata also drew the attention of the elders to the decay in the family system and said that the decay had resulted in dishonesty, corruption and general insecurity.

“Values have gone down; people consider money more than core values and that is why many negative things are happening in the country that require urgent attention,” he said.

The business mogul also called on Nigerian politicians to do away with destructive criticisms. (NAN)