The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that
the current economic recession and hunger in the country is as a result
of the laziness of Nigerians and their leaders.
He made this remark on Sunday
during the 22nd National Ummah Convention in Sokoto with the theme: “Agriculture: Panacea to Nigeria’s Economic Recession”.
The
Sultan spoke in response to the remarks of the chairman of the Shura
committee of the National Islamic Centre, Ahmad Bello who said that
there is extreme hunger in the land at the 22rd annual Ummah Convention
held in Sokoto.
Bello had advised the federal government to address the cognate issue of hunger in the country.
“Let
us be very frank and blunt about this; there is hunger, extreme hunger
in the land.There is no more vociferous and forceful evidence on this
than the millions of our hapless children, all victims of cruel parental
neglect, who go about begging for food from households, on streets, or
just eating out of dustbin,” he said.
Responding,
the Sultan pointed out that Nigeria was endowed with fertile land which
if properly harnessed could lead the country to greatness but for the
laziness of the people.
He recalled that agriculture had been the pride of the north in the past which need to be restored.
Abubakar
urged Nigerians, particularly northerners to take advantage of the
agricultural programmes initiated by their state and federal governments
for development of the region and the country in general.
He also harped on the unity of the Ummah and the need for them to live peacefully with other religious faithful.
The
Sultan urged the organizers to ensure that their resolutions and
recommendations reach those people in government for onward
implementation
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