{"id":16490,"date":"2019-10-08T15:11:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16490"},"modified":"2019-10-08T15:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T15:11:35","slug":"mir-sanusi-reveals-real-cause-of-kidnapping-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/mir-sanusi-reveals-real-cause-of-kidnapping-boko-haram","title":{"rendered":"mir Sanusi reveals real cause of kidnapping, Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Emir of Kano, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Muhammadu_Sanusi_I\">Mohammadu Sanusi<\/a> II has blamed the increasing spate of kidnapping, drugs, banditry and armed robbery to the huge population of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, made the remark during a roundtable session on \u2018Nigeria in 2050 \u2013 Boom or Bust?\u2019 at the ongoing 25th Nigerian Economy Summit in Abuja, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch insisted that all the current social vices, including the Boko Haram insurgency, herdsmen\/farmers clashes, drug addiction, out-of-school children had direct bearing to the consequences of population.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi said: \u201cI think we should get away from this question of it (population) is an asset or liability- it is a liability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd all the issues you have from herdsmen\/farmers clashes, Boko Haram, drug addiction, out-of-school children- these are all tied to the population we have and the question is how do you turn that into a productive one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The monarch also lamented the high rate of divorce between husbands and wives and called on the authorities to create an obstacle to divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi observed that the process of a divorce appeared to be too cheap for a man who oftentimes, gets away with no responsibility given him to cater for the family he left behind, thereby leaving a trail of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis population problem is perhaps the most important developmental challenge we have to face. 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