Southerners, we must start investing on people instead of investing on houses, cars, and businesses. Alhaji Bilyaminu Usman, one-time federal ministry of education, once said to me ïf you have a friend or brother who is vying for the position of presidency, would you help this person or would you bring him down? — If you help this person it means you can always say your person is in the Presidency”? There lies the difference between the South and the North. The North invests on people but the South invests on property. Next time when you see Shehu goes, Mohammed come, Mohammed goes, income Ibrahim and when Ibrahim goes, income Sanni, do not feel bad because while you were investing on properties they were investing on people.

A northerner would rather help his friend or brother to succeed but a Southerner would rather bring the brother or friend down.