The promoter and chief Executive Officer of Berekete Radio in Abuja, Alhaji Ahmad Isa has blasted some politicians and wealthy Nigerians who moved their wealth abroad without investing in the country thereby creating mass unemployed youths.
Alhaji Ahmad Isa made the remark on Saturday in Lokoja during the 9th Convocation ceremony of Federal University Lokoja.
The Radio Personality, popularly known as “Ordinary President” noted that Nigeria, with it’s vast resources of solid minerals and others ought not to be associated with poverty, if Nigerians are conscious of their place in destiny.
He said contrary to insinuations, Nigeria can be a great Country with her solid minerals and other endowment, if properly tapped and utilized for the interest of the people.
He hinted that the country is blessed with a lot of billionaires in hard currencies whose investment in the country would have uplifted over 70% of Nigerians living in abject poverty.
He lamented that majority of these wealthy Nigerians who are not industrialists but made their money through politics does not deem it necessary to plough back their ill gotten wealth to develop the country rather chose to take the money abroad
Ahmad Isa stated that he was not against politicians stealing the money as they have God who has forbidden stealing to contend with, but his concern is for them to invest in the country to provide jobs for the teaming youths thereby reducing poverty and socio- economic vices plaguing the country.
He disclosed that the actions of these privilege few is nothing short of economic sabotage, who deprived Nigerians from benefiting from their God given wealth and take it abroad .
” Mining alone can take Nigeria to greatness. UK, USA and other advance countries are not richer than Nigeria .Why then should our people traveling abroad , risking their lives, because they want to make life meaningful for themselves. Nigeria is a country with millionaires and billionaires in hard currencies, yet over 70% wallowed in poverty.
” These few wealthy ones are not industrialists, they are politicians How do they make their money. I’m not against their stealing the money. They should go ahead and steal the money, but they should invest it here so that our people can be gainfully employed. You take the money abroad and invest it there , you are creating jobs for them at the detriment of our people who are suffering for lack of jobs.” He warned
In a remark, the Controller General of Customs Service, CG Adewale Adeniyi on behalf of the graduating PHD students promised to construct flyover bridge at the permanent site of the University
He said, the graduating PHD students have taken upon themselves to construct the bridge to prevent incessant killing of students by articulated vehicles at the point of entering into the campus.
Meanwhile, 35 students bagged first class degrees while 5,016 earned various categories of degrees and Diplomas
