“Give Birth To Only Children You Can Cater For” – Emir Of Kano, Sanusi Cautions Nigerians

December 27, 2019 amiloaded Family 2

The Kano Monarch, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi  who spoke at the opening of the 108th edition of Islamic Vocation Course (IVC) organized by the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Zone B, stated that the Almajiri menace that has plagued the northern region of Nigeria is not a religious issue but a social issue that needs urgent attention.

Sanusi also implored male Muslim faithfuls to only marry the number of women they can take care of as there is need to educate every child especially the out-of-school children.

He said;

“If we continued this way, about 40 per cent extremely poor people will be in Nigeria. Poverty in the South West is 20 percent, in the North, it is 80 percent, Lagos is 8 per cent and Zamfara, it is 91 per cent.

“We have been talking about Almajiri for over 30 years. Why are people having families they cannot maintain? Why are people marrying wives that they cannot maintain? The condition is that you are able to provide for your family.

“Instead of having many children, why not have the ones you can cater for? These are the fundamental questions we should ask ourselves. Most of these children roaming about the streets will be adult in the next twenty years and they will be the ones recruited as political thugs by the politicians in the next twenty years, if we don’t take good care of them now. This is my own advice that we must look at. These are not religious issues, they are social issues that need to be addressed”.

2 Comments

  1. This is a reality of life we found ourselves now in Nigeria. Our great Emir of Kano have spoken the truth of the matter. Poverty is creating alot of problems for our Country. In order to eradicate or eliminate abject poverty in the Nigeria, the parents should give birth to children they can cater for. This will grants them the benefits of eating the fruits of their labour in life. Kudos to our amiable Emir of Kano. Almighty ALLAH will continue to be with; you, families, kingdom, state and Nigeria as a whole.

  2. Well said Emir, may your days be long. This is what I understand by restructuring. It doesn’t sound good to rob Peter to pay Paul in a democratic administration. The poor people in the south west would have been out of poverty if the northerners have since gave birth to only children they can cater for. Unrest would have been drastically reduced in the north if we have more children in school than out of school. As the emir had assert, parents should give birth to children they can cater for, you have only secured a future for yourself and the country with such investment.

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