Are you from a community in Kano, “Center of Commerce?” Do you believe that your people can build more social or industrial excellence if they have the liberty to own and control their lands, resources and socio-industrial destiny?
Today, you are sent to take the message of intercultural liberty to your community and their neighbors for them to prepare to manifest the greatness that God put in each community at the coming Tour of Liberty starting in November. This intercultural liberty is the belief that:
“there is something great in every community and culture, and so, they all deserve the liberty to own, modify and use their cultural, human and natural resources to prosper and to manifest their greatness to their communities, nations, continent and the world. And that the four institutions of public regulation (government, religion, academia and mass media) are only made to support these communities and their members to manifest their greatness.”
So, your people are not made just to depend, survive and endure, but to prosper and manifest abundance to other people in Kano, Nigeria, Africa and the world. This Tour of Liberty will lead to discussion and institution of private property rights in a Restart National Conference for each community or individual to own and control their lands and resources (cultural, human and natural resources). For, despite government beautification of the environment, as long as the communities and individuals lack control of their lands and resources for socio-industrial growth, they are still under neo-colonial bondage.
CULTURAL RESOURCES: Kano was created in 1967 out of the former Northern Region, and remained intact until 1991 when Jigawa state was carved out of it. Kano state contains various tribes mainly like Hausa, Fulani, and other ethnic groups that are spread across over 250 communities. Apart from their various tribal languages, they generally speak Hausa and English language. These cultures in Kano have different festivals and other legends, which they can refine and use for arts, entertainment and sending their message to the world. They are over 75 percent Muslims and still a substantial Christian minority.
HUMAN RESOURCES: based on the 2008 INEC register, Kano has a population of about 9.4 million hard-working people. And some prominent people from Kano who can influence this socio-industrial liberation process and prosperity for Kano people include: Ibrahim Shekarau, Aliko Dangote, Muazu Magaji, Barau Jibrin, Abdul Samad Rabiu, Jaafar Jaafar, Marcia Kure, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Umar Ganduje, Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, Sani Bello, Abba Kabir Yusuf, Abdulmumin Jibrin, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Farouk Lawan.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Kano covers about 20,479 square kilometers of land and has wet and dry seasons. Most of the communities have vast and arable land to support various types of agriculture like guinea corn, maize, millet, tomatoes, groundnut and cotton as cash crops. It is the most extensively irrigated state in Nigeria. In addition to that, various communities in Kano have minerals like gold, tin, copper, lead, zinc, kaolin, gemstones, glass-sand, columbite, tantalite, bauxite and iron.
POTENTIALS FOR THESE RESOURCES WITH THE ACTIVATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NIGERIA
CULTURAL: since they have different ethnic communities, they can develop movies, books, stories, games, and arts to project their story of harmonizing their differences to manifest their intercultural liberty.
HUMAN: with as much as 4.4million people and vast arable land, Kano has and can produce high level farmers, scholars, doctors, athletes and professionals in all sectors of the economy.
NATURAL RESOURCES: apart from various foods that they can massively produce when they fully engage in mechanized farming, and their huge leather production that can drive the economy through fashion, sports equipment, tools, even vehicle interiors, different communities in Kano can also make technical products based on the mineral resources in their lands, such as: gold, tin, copper, lead, zinc, kaolin, gemstones, glass-sand, columbite, tantalite, bauxite and iron.
Gold: used in making jewelleries (50%), Electronics (37%), official coins (8%) and others (5%).
Iron, Tin, Copper, Lead and Zinc: for steel, pan and cables.
Bauxite, columbite and tantalite: used for large-scale aluminium, which is then used in vehicles, electronics, construction, utensils and main constituent material in making aeroplane. It is also used in different industries for chemicals, refractory, abrasive, cement, steel, petrol, rubber, plastic, paint and cosmetics, then in construction, paper-making, water purifying and petrol-refining.
Kaolin: used for film formation, fibre extension, polymer extension and reinforcement, chemical composition, carrier (pesticides and pharmaceuticals) adsorbent, diluent and polishing agent for teeth, automobiles, soft-metals like gold and silver.
Glass-sand: for making glass
When communities and individuals take control of their lands and resources, then they can partner with various groups and well-regulated investors to properly use these resources to prosper and manifest their abundance.
