The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Lamido Sanusi II, has warned that Nigeria may become the world’s capital of poverty within the next 30 years due to policy deficit.

He said unless the country’s leaders get their priorities right and address critical issues that affect human development, many countries of the world would leave Nigeria behind.

The former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spoke after he was inducted as honorary member of the Sigma Club of the University of Ibadan (UI) at the weekend in the ancient city.


The Emir revealed that he was in New York, United States recently for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and “one of the sessions I missed sadly, of which I got its reports, was the one anchored by Bill Gate, in which he spoke about global poverty.”

He went on: “What he tried to do was to draw attention of the world to the fact that, sometimes, when we look at big numbers and don’t break them down to regions, we miss important issues.

“According to projections, if every country continues its present trajectory, by 2050, 80 per cent of all the poor people in the world will live on the African continent. But that is not the frightening thing. One half of this 80 per cent will be in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo. Two countries will account for 40 per cent of all the poor people in the world and Nigeria will therefore remain the poverty capital of the world.

“We will have elections in 2019. I read the papers, I watch the television and listen to the discussions. Who is talking about education? Who is talking about nutrition? Who is talking about basic health? As a country, what are our priorities? We don’t have enough money for education. We don’t have enough money for health. We don’t have enough money for nutrition. But we have N1 trillion or N2 trillion to spend on petroleum subsidies. Where is our sense of what is important and where is our investment in the future?”

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What is this one saying ...Nigeria is already the world's undisputed poverty capital

Shut up there paedophile. Your candidate Tambuwal has lost to Atiku

Truth. They will soon lauch berbal attacks on him and neglect the message

Our lives were better before you and your goons said that gej was bad and buhari was better. You are among those that brought poverty to Nigeria by supporting buhari

Talking about education and health...
Sanusi is warning Nigerians not to vote for Buhari!

[quote author=hisexcellency34 post=71884038]Shut up there paedophile. Your candidate Tambuwal has lost to Atiku[/quote

What is this one saying? Sanusi is very honest and it cost him his job. A role model to emulate

May God help us in this country SMH

From 3rd fastest growing economy to world poverty capital...

Buhari is not fit to rule his family economically.

Buhari is a failure and a disgrace.

Someone who said he does not know what money is.

Is that the person we want to give another 4years to handle our economic welfare?

Buhari is a dullard. He is not fit to lead 180million people.

2015 to 2018, no economic blueprint. What a waste to humanity.

Does this cerebral emir truly knows that Nigeria have since attained that status long ago while Buhari is on seat

Nigeria is already world's poverty capital

Nigeria is already both d STATE and CAPITAL of World Poverty with headquarters in d northern region..

The permutations and conspiracies has started just like they did against GEJ.

Buhari is a goner.

A man as intelligent as Lamido is sounding out an urgent warning but because he supports a candidate they don't fancy some of them up there are calling him a useless man and a paedophile.


Nigeria is not going anywhere.

God will never allow APC / buhari and their zombies to lead Nigerians to that calamity . Imaging within 3 years of lifeless killings the apology and worst economy APC have plug Nigeria into .

the man has z the truth

The system of government we run is killing us, if we don't address the system we are just started with poverty.