Why Nigeria Is Still Poor – Jerry Gana

A former minister of information and national orientation, Prof. Jerry Gana, has said Nigeria is still poor because the people have failed to do the things that are right in a sustained manner.

Gana stated this yesterday in an interaction with journalists after the three-day Synod of the Anglican Church in Busu in Lavun local government area of Niger State.

He said Nigeria should not be poor, considering the abundant natural and human resources God has endowed the country with.

The former minister, who is also the Haske Nupe, said, “The nation is well endowed to be poor. Honestly, I am too angry with Nigerians. We are so rich, yet so poor. The reason why we are poor is that we do not do the right things in a sustained way.

“Instead, we go about having strategies about killing people. God hates all those who shed blood, whether you are a Christian or a Muslim,” he added.

Gana, who went spiritual, said wherever blood is shed, there will be God’s curse on the land.

He said, “We should come together, serve God, honour and love one another. We should work together and have productivity to move Niger and the nation forward.”

“If you are a farmer, farm well, if you are a trader, trade well. Wherever you are and whatever you do, do it well. God will bless us and not steal or kill,” he further admonished the people.

Earlier, a former provincial archbishop of Kaduna, Most Rev. Edmond Efoyikere-Akanya, said that as a Church, ministers should continue to teach the faithful to abide by Biblical teachings to prepare them to overcome the challenges of the end times.

Efoyikere-Akanya expressed the belief that referencing Christ as the foundation of the Church would bring everlasting joy to the brethren.