When they say Nigeria is poor and underdeveloped, northern Nigeria is actually the basis for this conclusion from the demographics of the country.
All the indices of the deficits in sustainable human development in Nigeria used for the analysis of poverty and underdevelopment are more pronounced in the northern region of the most populous country in Africa.
The collapse of security in northern Nigeria is beyond the economics and politics of the North-South Dichotomy. The northern region is the problem of Nigeria.
The north has the largest population of illiterates.
The largest population of poor people.
The largest population of underprivileged children out of school.
The largest population of criminals, including the bandits and terrorists who have been terrorising people for decades.
The largest population of the most intolerant fanatics of the Islamic religion; the breeding ground of Islamic terrorism.
The chickens have come home to roost in northern Nigeria; the consequences of decades of maladministration of governance by corrupt and incompetent public administrators from the local government to the state government.
The political elites of the ruling class and political opportunists of different social backgrounds have misruled their people and exploited the intellectual ignorance of the most underprivileged and deprived masses since the independence of Nigeria on October 1, 1960.
The northern bourgeoisie cannot escape from the wages of their sins.
Unfortunately for the north, the worst is yet to come in every state and the Caliphate will not be spared. Because the home of the Caliphate, Sokoto State is also the home of the poorest people in Nigeria and poverty is the hotbed of crimes of indignation and rebellion.
- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, author of "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream", "The Prophet Lied", "In the House of Dogs" and other books.
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