{"id":9361,"date":"2018-03-26T21:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T03:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9361"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:17:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T03:17:55","slug":"face-facts-to-make-progress-invest-in-education-health-bill-gates","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/face-facts-to-make-progress-invest-in-education-health-bill-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Face FACTS&#8217; to make progress. Invest in Education &amp; Health&#8221; &#8211; Bill Gates hits Nigeria Leaders again on CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"pg-headline\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px\">Story highlights<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"pg-side-of-rail pg-rail-tall__side\">\n<div class=\"pg-rail-tall__body\">\n<section id=\"body-text\" class=\"zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-32-containers\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--storyhighlights\">\n<div class=\"el__storyhighlights_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"el__storyhighlights\">\n<ul class=\"el__storyhighlights__list\">\n<li class=\"el__storyhighlights__item el__storyhighlights--normal\">Bill Gates implores Nigerian politicians to focus on human capital and its large youth population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--epic\">\u00a0Bill Gates traveled to Nigeria to publicly give its leaders some tough talk. It was a highly unusual move but the tech billionaire believes the country is facing a critical moment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">&#8220;While it may be easier to be polite, it&#8217;s more important to face facts so that you can make progress,&#8221; the philanthropist told a room of Nigeria&#8217;s government elite that included the president.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">In an exclusive television interview with CNN, Gates said he wanted to speak out to implore Nigerian politicians to focus on human capital and its large youth population.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad ad--epic ad--tablet\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><em><strong>&#8220;The current quality and quantity of investment in this young generation in health and education just isn&#8217;t good enough. So I was very direct.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">The tech billionaire and founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/05\/07\/us\/bill-gates-fast-facts\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill and Melinda Gates <\/a>foundation feels that he has earned the right to speak.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Gates says he has traveled to Nigeria for more than a decade and the foundation is spending $1.6 billion on programs here &#8212; most of it his own money.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Their primary focus is health and their work has been incredibly successful in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/08\/19\/health\/nigeria-polio-eradication-vaccine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mitigating the threat of polio<\/a>, particularly in the crisis hit northeast of the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Gates feels, along with many others, that it is time for Nigeria&#8217;s government to do better. The continent&#8217;s largest economy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/05\/africa\/nigeria-south-africa-recession\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is moving out of a recession<\/a> caused by a tanking oil price and moving towards a closely watched presidential election in 2019.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">In many ways, the country is transforming, with gleaming hotel towers on Lagos Island competing for real estate and the wealthy fighting in the notorious traffic in ubiquitous black SUVs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">But dig a little bit deeper and the statistics are alarming. As Gates points out, Nigeria is still one of the most dangerous places to give birth and the country&#8217;s very young face chronic malnutrition.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"media__caption el__storyelement__title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/Media-Center\/Speeches\/2018\/03\/Nigeria-Human-Capital-Event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Washington modeling,<\/a> commissioned by Gates, estimates that if investment isn&#8217;t increased in health and education, then the per-capita GDP, rising steadily for decades, will flatline.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Gates says he wanted to spark action and debate and he certainly has.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Predictably, some see the tough talk as a rebuke of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria&#8217;s president, who has been struggling to get the economy on its feet and stamp out the persistent threat of Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">On the street, many just want support from their government &#8212; whoever is in charge &#8212; because right now there often isn&#8217;t much.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;These people are just trying to survive, they aren&#8217;t being helped,&#8221; said banker Moses Uchendu, while grabbing lunch at the popular Obalende market in Lagos.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">It&#8217;s a bustling market where vendors sell delicacies such as efo riro, a spicy Yoruba stew. Power outages are frequent and the only contact with officials is when they visit for bribes, say residents and traders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Nigeria is routinely rated as one of the most corrupt nations on the globe. Although the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2017\/10\/nigeria-moves-24-points-world-bank-ease-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently moved up 14 places on the World Bank&#8217;s ease of doing business ranking<\/a>, most of its businesses remain in the informal sector where there is little help and loans are hard to come by.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Few businesses pay their taxes and all these factors have hindered Nigeria from meeting its true potential, says Gates.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Uchendu hopes Nigerians are listening.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;I told my friends&#8230; that Bill Gates is saying the truth. It is better we are told the truth about Nigeria&#8217;s economy. It is better we say the truth.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">But Gate&#8217;s message isn&#8217;t a new one. Activists say they have been making frequent calls to invest in people, and end rampant corruption, all which have been ignored.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;These are not new topics. These are the issues that we have been discussing with the government. We have been engaging with them for so many years now,&#8221; says Timothy Adewale, a human rights lawyer with one of Nigeria&#8217;s largest NGOs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;Nobody will listen. You know, actually, if they are sincere about the best interest of the people, they should listen. It has always been said that the greatest test of your commitment is your actions.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">But Gates believes, together with Aliko Dangote, Africa&#8217;s richest man and a close partner of the Gates Foundation, that if the Nigerian government does a few things differently, then the country is poised for lift off.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">&#8220;I really think that of all the countries I have seen, it really hangs in the balance. If they can get health and education right, they can be an engine of growth, not just for themselves but for all of Africa,&#8221; said Gates.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story highlights Bill Gates implores Nigerian politicians to focus on human capital and its large youth population. \u00a0Bill Gates traveled to Nigeria to publicly give its leaders some tough talk. 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