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Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by Danpotter(m): 8:16pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
Break Nigeria into its component parts, and
these parts of the country are among the
poorest, if it were a country. And we do not
realise we are in trouble said Emir of Kano,
Muhammadu Sanusi ll, on Wednesday.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano
Sanusi, speaking on the theme ‘Promoting
Investments In The Midst of Eonomic
Challenges’ at the Kaduna State Economic
Summit in Kaduna said North, as a region,
has the highest population in Nigeria and
lacked the necessary indices to show
progress.
‘We are living in denial. The North-West and
the North-East, demographically, constitute
the bulk of Nigeria’s population, but look at
human development indices, look at the
number of children out of school, look at
adult literacy, look at maternal mortality,
look at infant mortality, look at girl-child
completion rate, look at income per capita,
the North-East and the North-West Nigeria,
are among the poorest parts of the world.
“As far back as 2000, I looked at the
numbers, Borno and Yobe states, UNDP
figures: Borno and Yobe states, if they were
a country on their own, were poorer than
Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
“Nobody saw this because we were looking
at Nigeria as a country that averages the
oil-rich Niger Delta, the industrial and
commercial-rich Lagos, the commercially
viable South-East, and you have an average.
“Break Nigeria into its component parts, and
these parts of the country are among the
poorest, if it were a country. And we do not
realise we are in trouble.”
“Other Muslim nations have pushed forward
girl-child education, they’ve pushed forward
science and technology. They have pushed
forward the arts. We have this myth in
northern Nigeria, where we try to create an
Islamic society that never existed.”
“We need to understand the roots of the
problem of northern Nigeria. Burning books,
it happened in Kano. What is the crime of
those books? They were writing about (love),
and love apparently is supposed to be a bad
word.
“In a society where you don’t love your
women and you don’t love your children, you
allow them to beg, you beat up your women,
why should anyone talk about love?
“We have adopted an interpretation of our
culture and our religion that is rooted in the
13th century mindset that refuses to
recognise that the rest of the Muslim world
has moved on.
“If you are an Imam or a pastor and shed
blood you are a criminal,” Sanusi said.
He also said “Nasir, I support you on this
one, any pastor or Imam that commits crime
should be arrested, tried and jailed were
necessary,”
“Today in Malaysia, you wake up and
divorce your wife; that is fine. But you give
her 50 per cent of all the wealth you
acquired since you married her. It is a
Muslim country. In Nigeria, you wake up
after 20 years of marriage, you say to your
wife, ‘I divorce you’, and that’s it.
“Other Muslim nations have pushed forward
girl-child education; they’ve pushed forward
science and technology. They have pushed
forward the arts. We have this myth in
northern Nigeria, where we try to create an
Islamic society that never existed.
“We are fighting culture, we are fighting
civilisation. We must wage an intellectual
war, because Islam is not univocal. There
are many voices, there are many
interpretations, there are many viewpoints,
and we have for too long allow the
ascendancy of the most conservative
viewpoints. The consequences of that are
that there are certain social problems.”
Further speaking on comments on by
Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state,
on meningitis Sanusi said “how have we
reduced ourselves, what have we done as a
people, that we have placed ourselves in a
situation where simple things, a medical
issue…you don’t have vaccines, say you
don’t have vaccines.
‘200 people died of meningitis in a state,
the governor was asked and he said it is
God’s curse on us for the sin of fornication,
which apparently does not happen in
America, which is why they don’t have
meningitis.”
“Treat those who have contracted it, don’t
give these kinds of explanations. But this
the mindset. I have a degree in Islamic law,
and I can tell you that is not an Islamically
correct statement to make.
“These are the kinds of things that we have;
and when we talk about a difficult
environment, we realise that 90 percent of
that difficulty, we can address, because it is
self-inflicted.” 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by 2aces(m): 8:41pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
The only sane awusa man ever livet 2 Likes |
Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by newbornmacho(m): 8:59pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
Wow! This is quite impressive. I'm a bit surprised really, pleasantly. Nice one. |
Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by CandidSeeker(m): 9:09pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
Yes, Impressive. |
Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by nepapole(m): 9:30pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
Sanusi my man.
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Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by xana101: 9:58pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
I heard this man speak on TV 2day. His English were so clear. He spoke like a highly learned man. I also listen to buhari on TV, behold I could not comprehend one thing he's saying. I wonder how we go here in d first place. Were was Sanusi when buhari was contesting. |
Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by tinkinjow: 10:05pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
More of these voices |
Re: Break Nigeria Into Its Component Parts And ... – Sanusi by DeZoro(m): 10:14pm On Apr 06, 2017 |
Time to say the truth... Sanusi hit the nail |
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