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Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by NigeriaKitchen: 9:41am On May 14, 2016 |
The former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, surprised guests present at the Muson Centre for the launching of the book of Sir Olaniwun Ajayi. Below is his unedited speech. Dividing Nigeria to give Biafra is not the solution - Sanusi Lamido Sanusi “Let me start by saying that I am Fulani (laughter). My grandfather was an Emir and therefore I represent all that has been talked about this afternoon. Sir Ajayi has written a book. And like all Nigerians of his generation, he has written in the language of his generation. “My grandfather was a Northerner, I am a Nigerian. The problem with this country is that in 2009, we speak in the language of 1953. Sir Olaniwun can be forgiven for the way he spoke, but I cannot forgive people of my generation speaking in that language. “Let us go into this issue because there are so many myths that are being bandied around. Before colonialism, there was nothing like Northern Nigeria, Before the Sokoto Jihad, there was nothing like the Sokoto caliphate. The man from Kano regard himself as bakane. The man from Zaria was bazazzage. The man from Katsina was bakatsine. The kingdoms were at war with each other. They were Hausas, they were Muslims, they were killing each other. “The Yoruba were Ijebu, Owo, Ijesha, Akoko, Egba. When did they become one? When did the North become one? You have the Sokoto Caliphate that brought every person from Adamawa to Sokoto and said it is one kingdom. They now said it was a Muslim North. “The Colonialists came, put that together and said it is now called the Northern Nigeria. Do you know what happened? Our grand fathers were able to transform to being Northerners. We have not been able to transform to being Nigerians. The fault is ours. Tell me, how many governors has South West produced after Awolowo that are role models of leadership? How many governors has the East produced like Nnamdi Azikiwe that can be role models of leadership? How Many governors in the Niger Delta are role models of leadership? Tell me. There is no evidence statistically that any part of this country has produced good leaders. You talk about Babangida and the economy. Who were the people in charge of the economy during Babangida era? Olu Falae, Kalu Idika Kalu. What state are they from in the North? “We started the banking reform; the first thing I heard was that in Urobo land, that there will be a curse of the ancestors. I said they (ancestors) would not answer. They said why? I said how many factories did Ibru build in Urobo land? So, why will the ancestors of the Urobo people support her? “We talk ethnicity when it pleases us. It is hypocrisy. You said elections were rigged in 1959, Obasanjo and Maurice Iwu rigged election in 2007. Was it a Southern thing? It was not. “The problem is: everywhere in this country, there is one Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba and Itshekiri man whose concern is how to get his hands on the pile and how much he can steal. Whether it is in the military or in the civilian government, they sit down, they eat together. In fact, the constitution says there must be a minister from every state.” “So, anybody that is still preaching that the problem of Nigeria is Yoruba or Hausa or Fulani, he does not love Nigeria . The problem with Nigeria is that a group of people from each and every ethnic tribe is very selfish. The poverty that is found in Maiduguri is evenworse than any poverty that you find in any part of the South. The British came for 60 years and Sir Ajayi talked about few numbers of graduates in the North (two at independence) . What he did not say was that there was a documented policy of the British when they came that the Northerner should not be educated. It was documented. It was British colonial policy. I have the document. I have published articles on it. That if you educate the Northerner you will produce progressive Muslim intellectuals of the type we have in Egypt and India. So, do not educate them. It was documented. And you say they love us (North). “I have spent the better part of my life to fight and Dr. (Reuben) Abati knows me. Yes, my grandfather was an Emir. Why was I in the pro-democracy movement fighting for June 12? Is (Moshood) Abiola from Kano ? Why am I a founding director of the Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Development (KIND)? “There are good Yoruba people, good Igbo people, good Fulani people, good Nigerians and there are bad people everywhere. That is the truth. “Stop talking about dividing Nigeria because we are not the most populous country in the world. We have all the resources that make it easy to make one united great Nigeria . It is better if we are united than to divide it. “Every time you talk about division, when you restructure, do you know what will happen? In Delta Area, the people in Warri will say Agbor, you don’t have oil. When was the Niger Delta constructed as a political entity? Ten years ago, the Itshekiris were fighting the Urobos. Isn’t that what was happening? Now they have become Niger Delta because they have found oil. After, it will be, if you do not have oil in your village then you cannot share our resources. “There is no country in the world where resources are found in everybody’s hamlet. But people have leaders and they said if you have this geography and if we are one state, then we have a responsibility for making sure that the people who belong to this country have a good nature. “So, why don’t you talk about; we don’t have infrastructure, we don’t have education, we don’t have health. We are still talking about Fulani. Is it the Fulani cattle rearer or is anybody saying there is no poverty among the Fulani?”, he said.This is a great message to our generation. Are we truly ready to develop and unite Nigeria.” Courtesy of: ngnblog 6 Likes
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Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Nobody: 9:47am On May 14, 2016 |
He should better warn his Fulani brothers o they better go and educate themselves, and stop killing ppl. touts 5 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by cckris: 9:47am On May 14, 2016 |
Buhari has ABOLISHED the Almajiri Schools built by Jonathan 1 Like |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Jirate(m): 9:56am On May 14, 2016 |
Every thing is not Education and Education is not Every thing. 3 Likes
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Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by NigeriaKitchen: 9:57am On May 14, 2016 |
cckris: EroticAngelina:Sanusi is indirectly telling Igbos and Niger Deltans that division of Nigeria is not the solution to their problem...that Igbos, Niger Deltans and Yorubas are major contributors to the corruption and decay that has destroyed Nigeria till date....he then reminded us again that even Britain that Igbos think love northerners, never loved northern Nigerians....that Britain even had a secret documented plan that forbids the education of northern Nigerian Muslims so that they won't become enlightened like their Egyptian and Moroccan Muslim counterparts, which is the reason why we have plenty Almajiri and uneducated northern Muslim youths 5 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Nobody: 9:59am On May 14, 2016 |
NigeriaKitchen: northerners will say anything to defend themselves. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by raker300: 10:00am On May 14, 2016 |
Education would've liberated the north but the northern elites need foot soldiers to do their bidding no questions asked. That's why they wanted GEJ out by all means. Apparently GEJ offended them by building schools for them 3 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by mekaboy(m): 10:03am On May 14, 2016 |
when they put u in position to take over the resources of the south u did not complain. |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by NCP: 10:08am On May 14, 2016 |
For over 4 decades, their elite and those at the centre of power never thought about the education of their HausaFulani brothers but just self aggrandizement and mundane accumulation of wealth. 7 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by tsephanyah(f): 10:09am On May 14, 2016 |
we already knew that, ur highness,, sardauna did a great jop may his soul rest in perfect peace... and now somepeople are insulting the northern illiterate, the missionary did a great jop in this conspiracy building 800 schools in S and building 4 in north... whatever mah dey time will tell,,, religion is the problem with Nigeria |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Luckylife(m): 10:16am On May 14, 2016 |
Those tribe that live by blaming others will never progress in the region. If I may ask since independent that the northern have be ruling this country backwards, who made all those policies? You elite of the north are the curse of all the problems in the north and Nigeria as I whole and the moment they except it things will look optimistic. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by khalifjgusau(m): 10:31am On May 14, 2016 |
God help Northerners in this kind situation in Nigeria, and those who like this plan, i don't know what to say with them... |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Nobody: 10:44am On May 14, 2016 |
Then i wonder the meaning of boko haram long live |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Nobody: 10:57am On May 14, 2016 |
If they had integrated education into the northerners way of life then nigeria would have been an "almost" perfect country Allowing Nigeria to Conquer the entire west Africa, and eventually Africa. What with the absence of terrorism, extremism religious fanatics that proper education brings nigerian economy would have been like no other. But as usual, the white devils found a way to slow us down. And the northern leaders don't know any better because they only think of the present and their pockets. |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by NigeriaKitchen: 10:58am On May 14, 2016 |
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Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Nobody: 10:59am On May 14, 2016 |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by cckris: 11:04am On May 14, 2016 |
Tell that to APCshit Economic magicians. And also to your Fulani emirs , who, like Buhari himself, send their children to the best schools around the world, & COMPEL others CIRCUMSTANTIALLY into ALMAJIRI, where they can't acquire skills, & then want to make the Arabic they learn relevant in Nigeria. You know even the North Central can't take it anymore. 1 Like |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by gratiaeo(m): 11:06am On May 14, 2016 |
If after ruling us for more than 40yrs and they can not educate their people i wonder who will 2 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by csamii: 11:52am On May 14, 2016 |
NigeriaKitchen: On one part, he's right. When they want to loot the nation, they look at each other in the face and nobody then sees igbo, yoruba or hausa. This I agree with him but that sorry excuse of how Britain had a secret plan not to educate the north is just bullsh!t! Britain left Nigeria in 1959/1960 so what excuse is the northern elite going to give for not educating themselves for the past 55/56 years? 5 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by cckris: 11:54am On May 14, 2016 |
Blame, Blame, & never blaming themselves for destroying Hausaland that flourished before the Fulanis destroyed everything. |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by cckris: 11:59am On May 14, 2016 |
EroticAngelina:Fulanis, not Northerners. Most Generals are Fulani, very few Hausas are promoted, only USED to advance the Fulani agenda, of taking over other peoples' lands & towns. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Godstraight(m): 12:09pm On May 14, 2016 |
do if the British don't educate you,you won't educate yourseft?,meanwhile u gave a very good why Nigeria must remain one,but he shouldn't forget if we have good leaders and equality we would have been enjoying our diversity.Very true about the Niger delta analysis, they even fight among themselves,ijaws,urhobos and they think they can eat oil. 1 Like |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Godstraight(m): 12:15pm On May 14, 2016 |
tsephanyah:please don't bring the missionaries into this before I descend on you,did the missionary stop them from educating themselves since independence?, you want christains to build schools in Muslim regions?later they would have been saying the British Christianize us,were they not planning to destroy western education?why did they rebuke Jonathan amajire schools?,why do they resist parent planning?,don't they use their illetrates for political advantage?abeg descend from here joor. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Amberon: 12:24pm On May 14, 2016 |
fool of the first century |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Pavore9: 12:38pm On May 14, 2016 |
tsephanyah: Christian missionaries invested their lives within the regions that were eager to embrace western education. Do Islam which was mostly embraced in the North not have its own missionaries who should have focused on their human capital development. The schools founded by Christian missionaries such as St. Mary College, Zaria was it not Islamized and renamed Queen Amina College Zaria? We got our independence in 1960, why is the North still blaming the British? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by tsephanyah(f): 12:41pm On May 14, 2016 |
Godgay:why are so harsh, I know the problem with north calm down. I know they neglected western education even boko haram are against that, I'm talking about politics,. disguise |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by tsephanyah(f): 12:41pm On May 14, 2016 |
Godgay:why are so harsh, I know the problem with north calm down. I know they neglected western education even boko haram are against that, I'm talking about politics,. in disguise. |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by tsephanyah(f): 12:44pm On May 14, 2016 |
Pavore9:double standard |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Pavore9: 12:59pm On May 14, 2016 |
tsephanyah: Double standard by who? Moreover the Christian Missionaries where propagating the Christian Faith alongside the school system and we both know that will not be possible within a Muslim enclave! 2 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by cckris: 1:02pm On May 14, 2016 |
Pavore9:Queen of Apostles College Kaduna, renamed Queen Amina College. St John's College, Major Nzeogwu's alma mater, renamed Rimi College St Louis College Kano, don't know what its called now. Igbo man built a powerful Secondary School in Maiduguri, they just slaughtered the man. 4 Likes |
Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by andersyn: 1:14pm On May 14, 2016 |
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Re: Britain Had Secret Plan Never To Educate Northern Nigerian Muslims - Sanusi L S by Lightening: 1:14pm On May 14, 2016 |
NigeriaKitchen: Which is the reason why you have plenty Alamajiri and uneducated northern Muslim youths 56 years after independence? It is more credible to say that the British placed a curse of illiteracy on them than this balderdash. 2 Likes 1 Share |
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