Hunger Causing Insecurity in Nigeria, Says Sultan
Lack of food is responsible for the security crisis in the country, the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Saad Abubakar, said on Thursday.
Speaking in Gombe during the third National Summit of Peaceful Co-existence and Nation building, Abubakar said a hungry man remains an angry man.
Vanguard Newspaper reports the Sultan saying,
“The problems of Nigeria are mounting up every day, lets not deceive ourselves that things are getting better, things are not getting better.
“What we lack in this country is the sincerity and honesty to implement the solutions because no religion has asked anybody to kill somebody. Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping are thriving businesses in this country now and people can’t move freely.
“So many people are hungry because they can’t afford food prices which keeps going high…Ensure adequate food supply because of the common man.
“Without food you can’t have peace, without peace, you can’t have security, without security you can’t have development, and without development you are just a bunch of people sitting down together. Therefore, we must rise up to the occasion, whatever it will cost. A hungry man is an angry man.”
Cardinal John Onaiyekan who spoke also said the country has been going through turbulent times.
Onaiyekan who was represented by Rev. Father Joseph Shinga was quoted saying, “Nigeria is going through turbulent times; in terms of social integration and cohesion. Suspicion here and there, religious bigotry and sentiments are on the rise. We need to co-exist in peace.”
The Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, while agreeing with the Sultan attributed the problem to failure of leadership.
Yayaya said however that the ordinary man has his own problem, adding that the problem would be solved once Nigerians tell themselves the brutal truth.
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