Sultan of Sokoto reveals how FG can overcome economic recession in Nigeria

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar II, has observed that the creation of job opportunities through investments in Agriculture and entrepreneurship remains the panacea to Nigeria’s economic recession.

He made the remark while advising both the Federal and State governments on how to resolve the currently economic hardship ravaging the country.

Speaking during the opening ceremony of the second Kano Economic and Investment Summit with the theme, “Transforming the Economy of Kano: Turning Challenges into Opportunities,” in Kano, the measure would, to a large extent address the menace of poverty, among youths and enhance peace and stability in the country.

According to the Sultan, investing in agriculture would add value to the economy of the country.

“Our people are not greedy, support the common man, with smaller businesses, so that our people can have food to eat. When you do this, they will be happy and when they are happy, we will have peace and a decent society, because a decent society builds a great nation.

“Economics is not rocket science. Countries that have developed went through a certain act and that act is value creation. We must obviously focus on agriculture and certainly, we must look at agricultural productivity.”