The POLITICIAN 1000

Katsina state has a track record of producing some
of the greatest public servants in the federation, men
and women whose sole purpose for aspiring for public
office is simply to better the lives of ordinary citizens.
From political reformers such as Shehu Musa
Yar’Adua, a military vice President in the Military
government of President Olusegun Obasanjo and the
pioneer president of the Social Democratic party, a
movement which fought tirelessly for the transition of
national governance from military to democratic rule.
Mohammed Tukur Liman, a onetime majority leader
of the Nigerian Senate and of course His Excellency
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who served two
terms as Governor of Katsina State and then as President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Out of the womb of this great state comes another
public servant whose achievements and accolades are
as numerous as the stars in the sky. Musa Mohammed
Sada was born in Mani in Katsina state and as a child
he showed academic brilliance and displayed leadership
qualities which would one day take him to the
pinnacle of his career. He is a businessman of repute
and a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Architects. He
serves on numerous boards as Chairman at both state
and Federal levels. He was the chairman of the Katsina
state government inauguration committee, chairman
of the implementation committee for the Katsina
state youth craft village, a fellow of the Institute of
Industrialists and Cooperate administration of Nigeria
and he currently serves as the federal minister for
Mines and steel.
He is an accomplished professional who worked his
way up the corporate and political ladder with grace
and with dignity. He is equally a deeply religious and
pious man with a heart for the poor and destitute in
society and a true public servant whose only mission
is to uplift the standard of living of his people.
In his capacity as the Federal Minister of Mines and
steel development he has completely transformed the
mining sector in Nigeria and has turned it into a viable
revenue enhancing sector. The challenges and rapid
changes currently taking place in the global economy
has thrown light to the vulnerability of the fiat currency
model and the nations of the world that can
“quickly” move their $dollar reserves into minerals
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are the only ones who will survive the coming global
monetary crash. The American economy along with its
$dollar is collapsing.
Every single day the dollar loses
more and more of its buying power
and intelligent nations need to look
for alternative hedges that they
can use to secure their wealth.
Throughout history, records have
proven time and time again that the
safest way to shield your wealth
(both as individuals and as nations)
is by investing in commodities. You
only need to look at what has happened
to the price of commodities
such as Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron
ore and so forth in the last 3 years.
Today Gold is trading at $1311 an
ounce and it is projected to rise to
well over $5000 over the next 3-5
years because of what is happening
to the dollar.
Why is the $dollar so central to the global economy?
It is because it is the currency of international
trade and all global business transactions are quoted
and traded in US Dollars, so if the dollar should collapse,
the global economy will follow suit, and the
impact will hit nations who have not managed to
move their $dollar reserves into commodities mostly.
America’s national debt has reached $20 Trillion dollars.
How can one single country have so much debt?
and just in case you don’t understand the magnitude of
this, let me quote it in Naira. America’s debt in Naira
is 3200 Trillion Naira (in words: Three thousand two
hundred Trillion Naira). It is economically impossible
for America to ever clear this debt and to compound
the problem even more, they’re printing $billions of
dollars and dumping it into their economy in an attempt
to kick start it, and all it is doing is devaluing