The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, has called on the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari to seek the advice of economic experts in tackling current economic crisis in the country. Sanusi gave the advice yesterday during the traditional Sallah Durbar (Hawan Nasarawa) at the Government House, Kano. He noted that Nigeria needs experts to tackle the economic challenges. According to him, consulting the experts would help in enunciating proper solution to the crisis and reduce the hardship people were currently facing in the country.
The emir, who is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), urged wealthy Nigerians to support the less privileged in the society in order to alleviate their suffering. He added that Nigerians, irrespective of religious beliefs and political inclinations, should continue to pray for economic growth and development of the country.
He also urged the people of Kano to remain law-abiding and be their brother’s keeper, irrespective of religion or ethnic background. Sanusi appealed to the state government to help the people to acquire skills that would make them self-reliant. In his remarks, acting governor of the state, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, told the Emir that the state’s independent power project works would be completed by the end of this year. The deputy governor/ acting governor explained that when completed, the power project would service the state’s industrial sector and streetlights in Kano.
Abubakar stated that paying salary of workers was not a privilege but an obligation, which the state had continued to meet. He pointed out that the economic crunch had made it difficult for no fewer than 28 states out of the 36 in the country to pay workers’ salaries.
Abubakar said that the state government was spending N62 million weekly for the feeding of boarding school students across the state. He called on the people to continue to pray for peace, unity and progress in the country. – New Telegraph.
