Opinion: Sorry, Emir of Katsina, Prayers Do Not Solve Security Problems, By ‘Tope Oriola
For instance, a 20-year old man with no education or skill participated in one of the mass weddings a governor in his wisdom thought was a solution to his State’s problems. That was the young man’s second wife. Helping an uneducated, non-skilled, unemployed and unemployable 20-year old marry a second wife is a crime against humanity. Such persons and their progeny populate the ranks of Boko Haram and other criminal gangs.
Your Royal Highness, kindly ask General Yakubu Gowon about the outcome of his prayer excursions across Nigeria. In reality, countries that have tackled major social problems like insecurity, unemployment, high cost of living, illiteracy, child marriage, diseases, among others have had to work hard. They introduced mass literacy , and instituted functional police services with trained personnel, hired on the basis of competence.
My first visit to Maiduguri puts the above in context. We landed at the Maiduguri International Airport waiting for our luggage. Somebody should remove the term “international” from the airport’s name until further notice. There was no functional arrival lounge. We stood under a shed-like contraption. There was no carousel to deliver luggage — they were dropped somewhere nearby and everyone, including aides of a serving senator, rushed to grab their luggage. It was surreal.
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