Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has concluded his consultations over ethnic agitations and exchanges between groups in the North and South-East revealing that it was agreed that the nation must remain one.
Osinbajo, on Monday night, hosted Northern Traditional Rulers at the Presidential Villa and gave an overall view of his meetings with the various leaders from different ethnic groups in the country.
THEWILL recalls that the Acting President had met with Governors and leaders from the North, Governors and leaders from the South East and Traditional Rulers from the South East following the threat by a coalition of Northern groups which ordered Igbos to vacate the region before October 1.
“It is heart-warming to know that we have leaders especially traditional leaders, who are prepared to make sacrifices, who are prepared to make concessions and compromises for the good of our nation and I want to thank you for that great leadership,” Osinbajo stated.
“The way that we see things developing around our nation today (obviously as you said, even within families, you have disputes, you have controversies) is worrisome. All of us have however agreed that our nation must remain one.
“When we spoke yesterday with traditional rulers from the South-East; despite the issues that were raised here and there. I think that there is clarity as to that one thing, that our country ought to remain, must remain a united country.
“Just as I said to them yesterday, a lot of blood has been shed on account of the unity of our country and our faithfulness even to the lives of those who have made the supreme sacrifice to this country, demands that we do everything on our part to keep this country together.
“And in any event, the greatest nations in the world are those nations who have the size as well as the human resources in particular to make the best of that size, and I think our nation has that and the mere fact that we have such a large nation and so well-endowed, in terms of human resources.
“I think that we are in the best position not only to be truly great but to ensure that all of our people benefit from the greatness of our country.”
