AREWA FLAWS: AN ENEMY WE MADE
AREWA FLAWS: AN ENEMY WE MADE By Dahiru Yusuf Yabo Introduction: A Region in Decline Arewa—Northern Nigeria —once the epicenter of political power and military dominance, is now the tragic portrait of strategic betrayal and internal collapse. The decay is not a mystery, and the culprits are not hiding. They attend our naming ceremonies. They sit on our emirs' front rows. They preach in our mosques. And we, the people, vote them in. We have turned our own ballots into bullets—not aimed at enemies, but at our future. The greatest irony of the Arewa condition is simple: the enemy we cry about is the one we built, the one we fed, the one we elected. The Architecture of Our Undoing 1. Political Power, Wasted Decades Northern Nigeria has produced more presidents, military rulers, ministers, and legislators than any other region. Yet: Poverty in Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Yobe, Jigawa, and Katsina is record-breaking. Our children still roam barefoot, clutching rusty bowls, b...