SANUSI BLAMES NIGERIA’S PROBLEMS ON THE POPULATION
Demilade Tiwo
Emir of Kano, Mohammadu Sanusi has said that the increasing population of Nigeria is the main reason for the increasing insecurity crisis disturbing the country.
While addressing the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, Sanusi said that the country’s population is a liability, hindering the potentials of the country from advancing.
“People say that our population is an asset but we are yet to get there.” he said.
He also said Nigeria’s population is currently a liability because most of the root cause of problems such as kidnapping, armed robbery, Boko Haram, drug addiction are all tied to the population that. and according to him, the question is how do you turn that into a productive one.
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