FriendNG:
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Trash. The south is Paradise I guess.

CarlosTheJackal:
what input did the northern elders do to make it viable?


Gej did his part but the elite in the north didn't want it to succeed because of selfish reasons

The only people that can solve Almajiri problem is the north and not the government. Its a cultural thing yhat must be done away with.

khalifahsparkles:
what makes me laugh is how the Emir suddenly turned to the speaker of truth before a certain group of people. to them, in 2015, he was a liar. lol

Youngadvocate:
The vociferous progressive muslim, Emir Of Kano and Former CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi has yet again sought to speak meaning and reason into his conservative and seemingly intellectually disadvantaged northern brothers and sisters, charging them to learn from the commercially minded and productive Igbo people as well as other progressive southern tribes that have set the pace of development in the country and apparently left them (the north) behind.

He wrote on his Instagram page:


"I choose to fight for the progress of Nigerians and suggest solutions to their problems. It's my duty to speak the truth about the ill-effects of conservative Muslims who are harming Islam rather than helping it. I condemned their refusal to expand their knowledge outside their own religion and failure to realise that knowledge is power.

I also correctly concluded denying the right to pursue scientific and technological knowledge and restricting people to Islamic knowledge is the best means of ensuring that Muslims in Northern Nigeria will be remain economically backward. I'm upset at the legion of beggars on the streets and is trying to bridge the gap between the backward North and the Southern parts of the nation.

I still believe that conservative Muslims are still stuck in the 13th Century and their claim that children need no other knowledge than Islamic studies flies in the face of reality. All the poverty, under-development and immense suffering in the North are a result of uneducated masses refusing to learn work or a trade.

The majority of technicians in Kano are from the South while untrained indigenes beg. How does that make sense? Why is it that conservative Muslims who claim to be against scientific progress enter aeroplanes and fly to perform the Hajj in Mecca rather than using camels to cross the desert! Why do they watch sermons beamed by TV live from Mecca and read the Holy Quaran on their laptops yet profess to abhor modern technology? I'd like to point out that there is no harm in copying from the West if it brings succour to the masses of poverty stricken Muslims in Northern Nigeria.

After all Saudi Arabia, the "home" of Islam is known for its highly-rated airline, modern hospitals, indigenous oil industry and space program all of which make it a world leader. In our backward nation, we insist on denying the truth. Unless Northern political leaders like Governor Yari pay attention to me, there will never be a day when anywhere in the North will be like the modern Muslim cities of Kuala Lumpar, Istanbul, Jakarta, Lahore, Greater Cairo, Dacca, Karachi, Dubai, Riyadh or Faisalabad"


https://www.instagram.com/p/BSvvLdXBl-s/?taken-by=sanusilamidosanusi

http://igbobia.com/?q=again-lamido-sanusi-tells-the-north-how-much-backward-they-are-suggests-they-learn-from-ndi-igbo

AshiwajuFoward:


Yinmu. You guys obviously live on false hype without knowledge of facts on the ground. Like I said earlier, everything seems to start and end with buying and selling with you lots while the SWesterners are obviously more cerebral, robust, and versatile in their offering, and supply the bulk of the. I. T technocrats that give life to the ICT sector in Nigeria -- we are talking beyond importing phones and laptops to sell or assemble here, but rather areas of the tech industry that produced the Bill Gates (Microsoft's) , Larry Page (Google) , Steve Jobs(Apple), Zuckerberg (Facebook) of this world.

Even the Jumia that pioneered e-commerce in Nigeria was co-founded by Tunde Kehinde, way before Yudala came on the scene. Andela which attracted the attention of the Zukerbergs was the brainchild of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (also founder of Flutterwave), the brains behind CcHub and the entire yaba/Lagos tech ecosystem are SWesterners (a la Bosun Tijani and co), and believe it or not but Yorubas comprise the bulk of the software programmers, developers and technical workforce that most tech-centric establishment and start-ups in Nigeria depend on. Even the Nairaland platform we are using as a medium of this exchange is the brainchild of a Yoruba programmer. #Fact.

http://pulse.ng/student/irokotv-developer-challenge-new-winner-emerges-in-software-engineering-contest-id3953897.html

https://www.nairaland.com/3672266/6-exceptional-nigerians-work-apple

https://techpoint.ng/2015/06/16/5-young-nigerians-that-made-forbes-future-billionaire-list/

Odingo1:
[/b]I thought that Yorubas don't leave their SW to another man land to look for a daily bread.[b]
Because Sanusi mention southerners, they have started claiming part of it,how many Yoruba do they have in Kano.
Igbo are known for travelling and establishing their trade in distance land,Yorubas are not known for that.
[/b]What a heck is all this yoruba boys arguing here [b]

Pharaoh9:



Same way I have studied you Yoruba impostor,
The OP is likely Yoruba, you people hate the Igbo for no reason, you only wish them downfall with your sophisticated hatred

Alexis11:




Only you lots take yourselves serious, other tribes don't.

TheRealestGuy:
Am I the only one who noticed that going by the Emirs statement, conservative Moslems are alike with terror groups like Isis and BH in terms of core beliefs and values?

And you tell me BH was not a product of this?

We aren't ready to face the hard truths...

seniorkachion:


No body is saying that there are no yoruba communities outside the south west, the issue is that they have very insignificant numbers outside their region. Even the small T -junction town I live in in Abia North they have a presence as tailors and furniture makers. But the Hausa easily out number them. There is no state outside the south west where yoruba have the second largest population after the indegenes, whereas Igbo have that distinction. In the south east hausa are easily the second ethnic group.
You lot should just shut up and stop peddling rumours and conjectures. Where did u get that info from? Did u do a headcount?

EazyMoh:

Forget the governor of a single state, the Emir is in a position to call for Islamic conference of West African sub region where a new Fatwa can be issued on Almajiriship.

BetaThings:


Yet "conservative" Saudi Arabia is fighting ISIS and provided money to Lebanon to do so
People just like simple answers to complex issues

Guyman02:

He mentioned the Igbos and what is the big deal in asking his people to learn from their industriousness, are you in a competition with Igbos?

Adebowale89:
the ignorance of northern Muslim is a tools of their politicians in enriching theirselves and leaving their people in abject poverty


the day this people will gain consciousness of their ignorance hence the politicians would be force on heavy change in north

eg. a politician that was stone in his constituency

aribisala0:

Known by Eboe or known by whom? You can only say what YOU know, you cannot tell others what they know
Do Eboe travel more than Aboki? Where is your evidence? You like an idea you say it so it must be true?

TheRealestGuy:
Am I the only one who noticed that going by the Emirs statement, conservative Moslems are alike with terror groups like Isis and BH in terms of core beliefs and values?

And you tell me BH was not a product of this?

We aren't ready to face the hard truths...

Odingo1:

But some of you yorubas in most of the social media call Igbos doing their lawful businesses outside SE refugees and migrant running away from their region, so now Yorubas is now claiming of of having Yoruba communities in the north outside the SW,so you guys have join Igbos to run away from your SW region to the north and Aboki travelers is also running away from none productive north.
You guys are two mouthed and multi faced.

TheRealestGuy:


Saudi Arabia is not conservative. Even SLS mentioned it in the article up there so what you talking about?

TheRealestGuy:
Most of y'all don't want to face the truth and change with the times like your Yoruba Moslem brothers...

TheRealestGuy:
Peace be unto you...

slivertongue:
SLS may not have refered to any ethnic group but those in the North know the group being refered to. Any community in the North where you dont see Igbos that community is not viable. Igbos are not only traders but skilled labourers.


You are at liberty to claim that SLS refered to your ethnic group instead of attacking another man's ethnic over his opinion.

Are Igbo's not from Southern Nigeria?
why the panic and venom when Igbo's are mentioned? Igbo's contribute greatly to the economy of Northern Nigeria. Igbo's supported Goodluck just like they supported Obasanjo and Yaradua so i see no crime in their supporting GEJ.

Igbo's need nobody to market them God is doing it for them. Even Fayose sent some of his youths to Aba to learn functional skills that will put food on their table.


what Nigerians seem not to know is that Igbo's humbly learn from their host thus the edge they have above others

Alexis11:


Hating a tribe that is still seeking relevance everywhere is a waste of time.

When you see somebody that is trying very hard to drive its existence into people, you should understand that such is suffering from inferiority complex.

I can only pity you guys

Greyman11:

that seems like the work of the Sultan to me..

KungLaoooo:



Guyyyyy which business acumen are you even talking about sef. When did the opening of 2x2 shops all over the place become business acumen? abi na drug smuggling you dey refer to as business acumen? We might as well say all those Pakistanis and Indians that own convenience stores all over the place are business minded nah.

Secondly, they aren't even the most dominant non-indigenous tribe in Kano. They don't outnumber Yorubas in Kaduna and Kano. There are many Yoruba settlements and markets in those 2 states. I can't speak for the other Northern states. Those who know those places will tell you

Deilluminator:
A typical Northern man, Muslims to be precised, never take anything serious if it is not akin to their religion