Are you from a community in Niger, “The Power state?” This title came from the state’s hosting of the major hydroelectric dams, like Kainji Dam, Jebba Dam, and Shiroro Dam, which collectively generate a significant portion of Nigeria’s electricity. Do you believe that your people can build more social or industrial excellence if they get 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 oncoming Tour of Liberty. 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 Niger, 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: Niger state was created in 1967 from the North-Western State which include the present Sokoto State. Niger state has various ethnicities like Hausa, Nupe, Gwari, Kadara, Koro and other ethnic groups that are spread across over 200 communities. Apart from their various tribal languages, they generally speak Hausa and English language. Over 75 percent of the people practice Islamic religion, while there are still substantial population of Christians in the mix. These various groups in Niger have different festivals and legends, which they can refine for arts, entertainment and sending their message to the world. Communities in Niger State are popular for their arts and crafts like cloth weaving, mat-making, brass-works, handmade pottery, glass beads and bangles, dyeing and many other cottage industries. These communities are also rich in traditional music and dances like the Kaburu Instrumental and Dance group, The Lale , the Gyandu, the Magaura and Angale.
HUMAN RESOURCES: based on the 2008 INEC register, Niger has a population of about 3.9 million hard-working people. And some prominent people from Niger who can influence this socio-industrial liberation process and prosperity for Niger people include: Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Mohammed Sani Bello, Colonel Sani Bello, Abdullahi Kontagora, Musa Mohammed, Ibrahim Aliyu, Bashir Ibrahim, Garba Ibrahim and many others.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Niger covers about 72,200 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 maize, millet, tomatoes, groundnut cotton, kola nuts, tobacco and palm as cash crops. In addition to that, various communities in Niger have minerals like iron ore, tantalite, limestone, feldspar, quartz, marble, kaolin, silicon and gold.
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 2.3 million people and vast arable land, Niger has and can produce high level actors, farmers, advocates, 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 Niger can also make technical products based on the mineral resources in their lands, such as:
Gold: used in making jewelleries (50%), Electronics (37%), official coins (8%) and others (5%).
Silicon: for electronic chips
Iron ore and tantalite: for steel, pan and cables.
Limestone and marble: for cement
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.
Feldspar and quartz: for making tiles, furniture finishing, building rocks, paving stones, monuments, gemstones and slabs.
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.
