- Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the emir of Kano, calls on Nigerian rulers to invest in their people rather than complain about people leaving for Europe
- Sanusi says Nigerians will migrate elsewhere if the country fails to create economies for its citizens
- The emir states that it is a contradiction that the richest man in Africa is from Nigeria and Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world
The emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has blamed maladministration for the cause of the high rate of migration and human trafficking in Nigeria.
Sanusi made the statement in Abuja on Thursday, November 22, when he spoke at the launch of a book, titled: From Frying Pan to Fire - How African migrants risk everything in their futile search for a better life in Europe, written by Olusegun Adeniy, the former presidential spokesman for the late president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
During his speech, the emir said Nigerian rulers should focus on trying invest in their people rather than complaining about people migrating to Europe, Vanguard reports.
He said Nigerians will migrate elsewhere if the country fails to create economies for its citizens.
Sanusi said: “Instead of complaining about people running around the Sahara and trying to go to Europe, how many solar panel can we put in Sahara and generate energy and help small scale industries, who is talking about that?
“This country, Nigeria has a population of about 200 million, half of whom are under 20, if we don’t create economies for them, they are going somewhere.
“The richest man in Africa is from Nigeria and Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world, that is contradiction, that is typical of the world we have created.”
Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, November 22, threw its weight behind the organised labour’s quest to increase the minimum wage, saying that it would boost the economy, Vanguard reports.
Legit.ng gathered that CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed the apex bank’s position while briefing the press on the outcome of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, in Abuja.
Emefiele, who warned deposit money banks against lending to politicians or abetting money laundering as campaigns for the 2019 general elections, expressed optimism that the proposed increase in the nation’s minimum wage would boost the economy through increased aggregate demand.
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