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According to Reno who through his X page revealed reasons there is more rich people in the Southwest of Nigeria while others struggling.
Reno explained: “Let us learn from how maturely the Southwest handles issues. Sharia law raised its tentacles in the region, and both Muslim and Christian Southwesterners united to calmly and quietly kill it. No riot, protest, unknown gunmen, or known gunmen. Just nipped in the bud.
“Yoruba Nation agitators tried to agitate in Oyo, and without involving the Federal Government or any force outside the state, Governor Seyi Makinde put a decisive end to it, and his fellow Southwestern Governors joined him irrespective of party affiliation.
“An Eze Ndi’Igbo in Lagos made a broadcast inviting IPOB to Lagos. The following week, he was in prison. He is still there. No shout or fight.
“Barely a month ago, there were fatal stampedes in Ibadan, Abuja, and Anambra. As I speak to you today, only those behind the Ibadan stampedes went to prison and are gnashing their teeth before a judge. Everywhere else, people have moved on. Until it happens again!
“Moreover, the Southwest is the only part of Nigeria where people went to jail, compensation was paid, changes were made, and culture was changed after #EndSARS. No other region had that sequence of events. Some did part, others did less. But only in the Southwest did it all happen together.
“That is why the Southwest, with less than 30% of Nigeria’s population, generates more than 60% of Nigeria’s VAT at ₦3.11 trillion, while the rest of Nigeria combined generates only ₦2.4 trillion.
“Because this thing called money is a coward. It is afraid of anywhere where there is violence, anger, trouble, or strife, and it runs to places with relative peace.
“That is why if you look at the VAT generation numbers from the various regions per capita, they do not follow population. They follow peace, law, and order. The more peaceful and ordered a region is, the higher its per capita contribution to the Nigerian economy.Tap Here To Read Full DetailsÂ
“The two wealthiest men in Nigeria are in order, Aliko Dangote and Abdulsamad Rabiu. What do they have in common? They are all not from the Southwest, but they left where they are from to prosper even more in the Southwest.
“If you say it is just because of ports, why did they not go to the South-South, which has more ports than the Southwest (two ports in Rivers, two in Delta, and others in other parts of the region)? No. It is not ports. It is peace!”
