Elder statesman, Ango Abdullahi, has declared that the North is stagnated and in a pathetic situation today because it has lost its values.

The former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, spoke during the third edition of the Late Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina Memorial Conference held at Arewa House, Kaduna, on Saturday.

He said, “The North has lost its values. You may not want to hear this, but that is the case today. If we have not lost the values we inherited from our parents, from our pioneer leaders, the North will not be where it is today.

“The North is in a pathetic situation. For me, that is the only reason why the North has stagnated. Don’t worry about the buildings you see. The basic issue concerning where the North finds itself today is the loss of our values.

“If we can go back to those values, particularly by remembering those who inherited them and practised them, there is no doubt in my mind that the North would have been different today.”