President Muhammadu Buhari has
again shut down talks of Nigeria’s breakup, restating his administration’s
commitment to keeping the country as one.
While speaking at the 12th Bola
Tinubu colloquium on Monday, the president said all citizens have a stake in
the Nigerian project.
He said Nigerians must count the
blessings following the 1967-1970 civil war and forget about secession.
The president’s comment comes
amid continued calls for Nigeria’s breakup from both the proponents of a
Biafran government and other aggrieved citizens.
Speaking virtually at the
colloquium which is holding in Kano state, Buhari said Nigerians are stronger
together than apart.
“Despite occasional inter-ethnic
tensions in our national history, it seems to me that we have all agreed on one
point: That notwithstanding our diversity of ethnicity, culture, language and
religion, Nigerians are better together, even stronger together,” he said.
The president recalled how he
fought for Nigeria’s unity during the civil war which he said left behind
“unspeakable horrors”.
“The peacekeeping, recovery and
reconstruction that followed could also not have succeeded under an atmosphere
of inter-ethnic animosity,” he added.
“We must count our blessings in
Nigeria and see in them the crucial factors of peace and unity. The lessons of
this colloquium are clear.
“Our very best course of conduct
both as leaders and citizens is to now ensure that justice and harmony reign in
Nigeria till we devote the resources of our country solely for its development
and benefits of our citizens and, in the process, ensure that every Nigerian
feel comfortable in every part of Nigeria.
“We all have a stake in the
Nigerian project and while playing our respective parts in its unity, peace and
progress, we must constantly keep faith with the promise of a greater Nigeria.”
Buhari also congratulated Bola
Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), whose 69th
birthday is being celebrated, describing him as a known advocate of unity and
cohesion.
“This has been a constant factor
in his (Tinubu’s) outstanding political career from the time he served in the
senate of the third republic to his involvement in the struggle of the
actualisation of the June 12 mandate of the late Chief MKO Abiola to his
much-acclaimed period of service as governor of Lagos state,” he said.
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