Sultan Warns, Nigeria Sitting On Powder Keg with Millions of Jobless and Hungry Youths
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, has warned that Nigeria is now sitting on a keg of gunpowder with rising cases of hunger, insecurity, and joblessness.
According to the Sultan, Nigeria is now in an explosive situation with millions of people, especially those who are jobless and without food.
He issued the warning on Wednesday in Kaduna at the sixth executive committee meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council, which was held in Kaduna.
The traditional ruler said monarchs, governors, and religious leaders in the north had been pacifying the jobless people from revolting against political leaders.
The top traditional ruler, however, said it was now becoming difficult for traditional rulers to hold back the rising agitation by the youths in the face of rising economic hardships.
The Sultan, however, said he prayed to God that one day those agitating people would start revolting.
“We must find jobs for our teeming youths that are sitting idle and I have said it so many times, we sitting on a keg of gunpowder, having teeming youths millions of them, without jobs, without food, we are looking for trouble,” he said.
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He lamented that the two monsters confronting the nation at the moment are poverty and insecurity which if not tackled urgently, could spell doom for Nigeria.
On insecurity and poverty in the North, the monarch said the traditional leaders being closest to the people have had the onerous task of calming down nerves, assuring the people that things would be okay.
He said, “We have entered into a new cycle of leadership, some new Governors have come on board, while some are having their second term and still we at faced with these insecurity issues.
“To make matters worse, we are faced with rising levels of poverty of most of our people; lack of normal sources of livelihood by the common man to have even a good meal a day.
“But, I believe talking about insecurity and the rising level of poverty are two issues that we cannot fold our arms and think everything is okay.
“I have said it so many times and at so many fora that, things are not okay in Nigeria, and of course, things are not okay in the North.
“What are the real issues bringing about poverty and rising cases of insecurity? I don’t think it is the issue of new government.”
In Niger, a group of women reportedly blocked the ever-busy Minna-Bida Road at the famous Kpakungu Roundabout and called on the Tinubu administration to address the challenge of ‘hunger in the land.’ The mob deflected attempts to quell the protest by security operatives who fired tear gas canisters into the crowd and arrested others.
