16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says challenges bedeviling Nigeria are not insurmountable.
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said challenges bedeviling Nigeria are not insurmountable.
He emphasized that with the right commitment, attitude, and leadership, the country has a better chance of overcoming its challenges.
Sanusi, who stated this while receiving, on a courtesy visit, the Kano State Commissioner of Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye, in company of his counterpart, Commissioner of Science, Technology and Innovation, Alhaji Mohammed Tajuddeen Othman, at the Emir’s palace, noted that nations have gone through worse situations and moved out of it.
The monarch, however, said though the challenges faced by the country were inherited, lamentation over the past without doing anything is not the solution.
Sanusi commended the Kano State government for bold steps taken in education, especially girl child education, which he said is a solution to the nation’s myriad problems, noting that addressing girl child education will address child marriage, antenatal care, malnutrition, and intergenerational poverty, among others.
He called on the private sector and philanthropists to compliment the government’s efforts in the areas of building schools, school feeding, and investment in transportation.
He commended the Governor Abba Yusuf-led government for settling the pension and gratuity of the pensioners to the tune of N11 billion, saying pensioners whose pension and gratuity were not paid in the past were thrown into hardship and poverty.
