Nigerian presidentti Muhammadu Buhari on pitänyt lauantaina puheen Jordaniassa järjestetyssä
World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa -tapahtumassa. Hän sanoi, että maataan ja koko aluetta koettelevat ongelmat, kuten konfliktit ja muuttolliike, johtuvat sosiaalisen ja taloudellisen osallisuuden puutteesta. Maassa on nyt 190 miljoonaa asukasta ja vuoteen 2050 mennessä väkiluku nousee 390 miljoonaan, jolloin Nigeria on maailman kolmanneksi suurin valtio. Presidentin mukaan tämä tarkoittaa, että heidän tulee varautua tähän väkiluvun kasvuun varmistamalla, että väestöllä on tuottavaa tekemistä.
Joo-o, tietenkään siinä räjähdysmäisessä väestönkasvussa ei ole mitään ongelmaa, eikä se ole juurisyy mihinkään...
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/324226-why-nigeria-experiences-conflicts-irregular-migration-buhari.html (6.4.2019)
Why Nigeria experiences conflicts, irregular migration – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said despite having the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria is experiencing conflicts and irregular migration because of lack of social and economic inclusion.
The president stated this Saturday during his remarks at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa holding at the Dead Sea, in Amman, Jordan.
Mr Buhari said the world “has completely changed” in the last 10 years with significant shifts on many fronts such as technology, population and migration, geopolitics and climate change.
“For some nations, these trends have had positive impacts. But of course, we have also seen the negative and destructive outcomes of these trends in other countries.
“It is my view, that no region of the world has felt the full impact of these dramatic shifts and shocks like the Middle East and Africa – North and Sub-Sahara.
“On one hand, our region is blessed with a very young, vibrant, enterprising and dynamic population. We also have valuable natural resources that are the envy of many nations.
“These assets and endowments contributed to our region experiencing some of the highest economic growth rates in the world.
“On the other hand however, we have also been hosts to some of the deadliest conflicts in recent history. The deaths, damage and destruction caused by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Haram over the last ten years will take decades to repair,” he said.
Terrorists degraded
Mr Buhari said most of these terrorist organisations have been significantly degraded.
He said the world came together to achieve this, adding, “we are faced with the task of rebuilding”.
The Nigerian president said “It is at this point that we must ask ourselves how we, as a region, got to this point”.
The answer, at least in the case of Nigeria, he said, is the lack of social and economic inclusion.
He said as Nigeria celebrated being the largest economy in Africa and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Nigerians were at the same time migrating in droves “through harsh desert conditions and across treacherous seas to seek what they believe would be a better life in Europe”.
“I strongly believe that the lack of social and economic inclusion was the root cause of many challenges we are experiencing.”
“Today, our population is 190 million people. By 2050, it is estimated that we will hit 390 million, making us the third most populous country in the world. This means we must start working now to ensure this population is productively engaged,” he said.
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