FIGHTING HUNGER IN YEMEN

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In teary-eyed statements and bleeding-heart liberalism emotional appeals, certain honchos just put out that about $6 billion is needed to fix world hunger and if big businesses contribute a fraction of their profits blah, blah, blah then, phew, there shall be food aplenty on the tables of the hungry. This appeal was aimed at American billionaires, principally. Elon Musk has no problem making a contribution to fix world hunger but he wants proof that $6 billion will do this trick.

A recent report indicated that a hefty chunk of the world’s hungry people calls two principally Muslim countries home, namely Afghanistan and Yemen. Elsewhere, in non-Muslim climes, poor folks are working hard to put food on their tables by themselves but the Afghans and Yemenis are cool to wait for food aid efforts. Now, the pre-eminent Muslim country of Saudi Arabia, with its slew of billionaires can help fix hunger in these countries and other Muslim climes but, no, the Crown Prince over there was keen about committing multi-billion dollar funds to purchase Manchester United Football Club before that deal fell through.

Where is the “heart” of Saudi Arabia? Muslims world over tag America and its systems plus other affiliate Western countries “infidels” but these “kuffars” are the ones who are pained that Muslims are on the verge of starving to death in Afghanistan and Yemen. Mr. Musk ought not lose sleep about Afghanistan and Yemen because the king of Saudi Arabia and the sultan of Brunei are super-duper billionaires who can fix hunger in all Muslim climes.

Sunday Adole Jonah,

Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State