An ex-governor of Osun State,
Rauf Aregbesola, has said Nigerians should be taking a day out, monthly, to
cry.
He said this, today, at a
symposium in Lagos, while expressing concerns about the relationship between
Nigeria’s growing population and the lean revenue accruing to the nation.
According to him: “We don’t
remember that we are poor here in Nigeria. If we have a deep thought, we ought
to have a day of weeping every month.
If we don’t work harder to
improve our fortunes, we would continue to be poor. In 2017, Brazil had a
population of approximately 200 million people almost about what Nigeria had. .
That year, Brazil had a revenue
of about $600 billion and a budget of
$700 billion. Nigeria in that same year
made $13 billion and a budget of $23 billion. Are the two countries equal?
Today, OPEC allowed Nigeria to
extract and sell 2million barrel of crude oil per day but we don’t get that
quantity. Even if we get 2million barrel per day and if the price rises to $100
per barrel, it means our income will be $200 million.
If you divide this by 200 million
people, it amounts to $1 per every Nigerian.
We have to check our population by practicing birth control. If we don’t
address this, we would have huge problems to deal with. We would also need
every able-bodied person to work.
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