{"id":1369,"date":"2024-08-01T08:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2024-08-01T08:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T08:18:10","slug":"shehu-sani-tackles-ayo-fayose-over-contemptuous-comment-about-northerners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/shehu-sani-tackles-ayo-fayose-over-contemptuous-comment-about-northerners\/","title":{"rendered":"Shehu Sani tackles Ayo Fayose over &#8220;contemptuous&#8221; comment about northerners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1370\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-7-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-7-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/download-7.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindly share:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shehu Sani, the former lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has taken exception to comments by Ayo Fayose, former Ekiti State governor, which he considered contemptuous of the North.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Fayose, in an interview on a Channels Television programme on Monday night, blamed the Federal Government\u2019s failure to develop on northerners, who were marrying multiple wives and indiscriminately having many children they cannot cater for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consequently, Fayose explained, this has constituted a huge problem for Nigeria and a burden on the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe reason it is difficult for Tinubu to develop Nigeria is because northerners are giving birth to children they can\u2019t cater for,\u201d Fayose said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, reacting in a post on his official X handle, Sani said Fayose&#8217;s comment was distasteful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He advised the former governor to withdraw the story and apologise to northerners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven though Fayose spoke as an individual, his reported statement on Northerners is contemptuous and unconscionable,\u201d Sani noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI suggest he should humbly withdraw it and tender an apology as a statesman.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Publisher Kindly share: Shehu Sani, the former lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[415,416],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-ayo-fayose","tag-shehu-sani"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shehu Sani tackles Ayo Fayose over &quot;contemptuous&quot; 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