A governorship aspirant in Katsina state for 2015, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Tsauri Tata, has said that the strength of his politics is relying on the power of the people and their support and not anointing by an individual. Tata also wants Nigeria to explore true federalism as panacea to the problems bedevilling the country. In this interview with selected journalists in Kaduna, Tata spoke about his plan to industrialise Katsina state as well as restore the agriculture pyramids if he gets elected as governor. This was just as he said that the time has come for the north to begin to depend more on internally generated revenue. ABDULRAHEEM AODU, who was there, put together the views of Tata.
My vision for Katsina
What I want is development. I want to see Katsina state transformed into a better and a more working state than it currently is, that is what I want. I want to see Katsina as a state that is independent of the money generated by another body, I want to see the day when Katsina state would not go to the federation account to collect money. I want to build an economic base in Katsina state using the industrial resources that we have, the mineral resources that we have, the agricultural resources that we have and the human capital that we have in the state to bring it back.
Political aspiration for 2015
It is true that I want to come out in 2015. I have a vision and a reason why I want to contest election in 2015. First, I think every Nigeria is not happy with the way the Nigerian federation is working simply because we have had opportunities to have travelled far and wide. We have seen how other countries developed and we are not happy. We are not happy because Nigeria has no reason to be where it is currently. There is no justification for Nigeria to be where it is. The day Nigeria would get out of this situation is the day we would be able to focus on the reality and the reality is simple. It is only the day when a Nigerian places the country first before self. That is when Nigeria would get out of the quagmire that it is currently in. Until then, we would remain as we are. How do we now do that? First, true federalism is the only answer to Nigeria’s problems. I want to see the day when Nigeria’s federation account allocation committee and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Committee are disbanded. I want to see the day when Delta state, Bayelsa state, etc would hold onto their oil money and in Katsina state I have to go and look for the money to run Katsina state, assuming by God’s grace I become the governor, if I am able to do that, it would signal the beginning of development for Nigeria. But for as long as we would go to the federal government every month to collect the money that we did not work for, we would continue to remain lazy and for as long as we are lazy, we would continue to remain weak and for as long as we are weak, we would continue to remain corrupt and that is the reason why I felt I should get involved in politics so that I can make the necessary sacrifice that can lead to true federalism that can take us out of the wood.
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