Are you from a community in Yobe, “Pride of the Sahel?” Do you know that your people can achieve more social and industrial pride 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.”
Your people are not made merely to depend, survive and endure, but to prosper and manifest abundance to other people in Yobe, 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: Yobe state was created in 1991 from Borno State. Yobe is home to several tribes who include Kanuri, Hausa, Fulani, Bade, Kare-Kare, Ngizim, Bolewa, Ngomo, Shuwa, Manga, Bura, Maga, Marghi and others who are spread across over 150 communities. Though each group has its own language, Hausa is the general language and Islam is the dominant religion, with a sufficient percentage of Christians and Tradition religious adherents. The various groups in Yobe have various festivals and legends for arts, entertainment and sending their message to the world. Some of the cultural festivals celebrated in Yobe like Bade Fishing Festival, Durbar, sawak, Kukar-Gadu and Damaturu Carnival Festiva, Barakau and others which showcase the rich heritage, unity, and traditions of the state’s diverse ethnic groups through music, dance, food, and historical reenactments.
HUMAN RESOURCES: based on the 2008 INEC register, Yobe has a population of about 2.3 million people. And some prominent people from Yobe who can influence this socio-industrial liberation process and prosperity for Yobe people include: Mai Mala Buni, Ibrahim Gaidam, Ahmed Lawan, Mohammed Abba Gana, Hamza Al-Mustapha, Buba Galadima, Idi Barde Gubana, Adamu Waziri, Laylah Ali Othman, Alkali Abdulkadir Jajere, Mohammed Sani Idriss, Sani Machina, Goni Bukar, Ibrahim Bomai, Tijjani Abubakar and others.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Yobe state covers 44,962 square kilometers and the vegetation is mostly dry savannah. Most communities have vast and arable land to support various types of agriculture like gum, groundnut and cotton. Also, various communities have minerals like limestone, gypsum, kaolin, potash and coal. Some of the tourist attractions in Yobe state include Gooya Valley, Tulo-Tulowa (oasis with sand dunes and palm trees, Kuri-Wakko Dunes in Nguru and others.
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 2.3 million people and vast land, Yobe has and can produce high level farmers, advocates, manufacturers, scholars, doctors, athletes and professionals in all sectors of the economy.
NATURAL RESOURCES: apart from the foods that they can massively produce when they fully engage in mechanized farming, individuals and communities in Yobe can also make technical products based on the mineral resources in their lands, such as: columbite, tin, lead, zinc and limestone
Tin: used in making steel and pans.
Limestone: used in making cement, paperboard and plaster.
Lead: used in batteries, cable sheaths, machinery manufacturing, shipbuilding, light industry, lead oxide, radiation protection and other industries
Columbite: used for chemicals, refractory, abrasive, cement, steel, petrol, rubber, plastic, paint and cosmetics, then in construction, paper-making, water purifying and petrol-refining.
Zinc: used to make brass and for medicinal purposes. It is the fourth most consumed metal in the world after iron, aluminium and copper. It is combined with copper to form brass and with other metals to form materials in automobiles, electrical components, and household fixtures.
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.
