President Muhammadu Buhari has begged world leaders to work towards reducing the gap in social and economic opportunities for citizens as solution to the current conflicts all over the world.
The President, who accepted an invitation by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, felt Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria is because of the lack of socio-economic inclusion.
His words, “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, is the lack of social and economic inclusion.
As Nigeria celebrated being the largest economy in Africa and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Nigerians were 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 lack of social and economic inclusion was the root cause of many challenges we are experiencing.”
“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 AfricaNorth 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, damages and destruction caused by terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Haram over the last 10 years will take decades to repair.”
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