A former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, says Nigeria should stop deceiving itself with the appellation ‘Giant of Africa,’ saying the country is way behind many other African countries in developmental indices.
He said except there was a paradigm shift in Nigeria’s economic focus from oil to knowledge, the nation’s economy risks imminent collapse.He pointed out that while neigbouring Ghana with smaller economy invests more in education, Nigeria spends only seven per cent of its budget on that. “There is increased automation and Artificial Intelligence. Very soon, robot will take over work in most countries and those who have jobs are those who operate the robots or manufacture the robots or service the robots.
“Countries like Kenya, Rwanda and Senegal are ahead of us. I am not even talking about South Africa. Our expenditure on education is only seven per cent of the budget. We are spending less on education than Ghana; I am not talking about as per percentage of the budget; in absolute terms, even though the Ghanaian economy is much smaller than the Nigerian economy, even though the Ghanaian government revenue is less than Nigerian revenue, Ghana is spending more on education than Nigeria.
“So, this is the reality in addition to what is happening globally. Now, digitisation to level the playing field is required, if we are deliberate and we shift from consumption to value creation. But part of our problem is that, even when we have the solution at our feet, we do not take it.”
ihmcleancare Sanusi is taking a subtle dig at our leaders
Na ant of Africa you suppose call am
It was until you people in the north destroy everything. I love my middle birth brothers
Giant of Africa because of the unproductive and parasitic population of the North.
Nigeria is not even the giant of Nigeria. As Buhari😩
We are the carpet grass of Africa, not the green type ooo, the brown one
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Nigeria is now the Sleeping Giants of Africa, Countries like Rwanda are the real Giant.
OKAY. Mosquito of Africa.
Nigeria was never a giant of Africa. It was just us blowing our own trumpet and living in our own bubble thinking we were better. While other countries were busy building for the future we were forming songs to glorify us. If you go to Rwanda today you will cry for Nigeria.
I agree with SLS on the faulty appellation - ‘Giant of Africa’ that we earned when we used to pay considerable attention to detail in our endeavours. The greatest impediment to Nigeria’s diversification is the issue of the quality of Nigeria’s products. The world rejects them.
Deceptive? More like “Lies and fairytales”
Arrange don start small small
Nigeria has been a scam
Sanusi's permutations & computations r so clear. Being deposed as Emir was staged 2whip up sympathy & position Sanusi as a 2023 presidential aspirant! Watch out 4more articles & books like dis. SANUSI IS SAME AS BUHARI, SAME IDEOLOGY, SAME FANATICISM, SAME FULANI !
Giant kor midget nii
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