The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, has decried the high level of poverty in the Northern region of the country, stressing that such status is a cause for concern for its leaders.
Sanusi who spoke at an event marking the 60th birthday of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said the north leads other regions with 87 per cent of people living in poverty.
“The truth is nobody who is a leader in northern Nigeria today can afford to be happy. You cannot be happy with 87 per cent of the poverty in Nigeria being in the North. You cannot be happy with millions of northern children out of school.
“You can’t be happy with nine states in the north contributing 50 per cent of the entire malnutrition burden in the country. You can’t be happy with the drug problem, you can’t be happy with the Boko Haram problem,” he said.
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Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, speaks on the poverty situation in the north.While wishing El-Rufai a happy birthday, Sanusi noted that he doesn’t expect the governor to be happy considering the numerous problems facing the zone.
According to him, the issues of political thuggery during elections, the Almajiri children among others also disturb leaders.
Speaking further, he said: “Because of the problem of northern Nigeria, it’s almost a cliché to say that if you are a governor or leader in the North and if you are seen as normal in the sense that you continue to do what your predecessors are doing which has been normalized, then there is something wrong with you,” he said.
