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No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by biafranking: 9:52pm On Dec 18, 2014 |
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/northern-southern-citizen-nigeria-says-jonathan/ Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday urged Nigerians not to see themselves as “Northern“ or “Southern“ citizens, but as people and a race bound by the same history and constitution. Jonathan gave the advice in Abuja at the annual National Migration Dialogue, organised by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and internally Displaced Persons. Vice-President Namadi Sambo, who represented the President, called for an end to the classification of Nigerians as “indigenes“ or “non-indigenes“ of any particular state. “We must insist that in relating among ourselves as a nation, there are no Northern or Southern citizens neither are there citizens of any particular state in the East or in the West. “We are citizens of Nigeria, a people and a race bound by the same history and constitution. “We must continue to insist and uphold our constitution that guarantees the right of all Nigerians to live anywhere in Nigeria without any fear of economic, political, religious, or social exclusion. “Our ethnic diversity, ideally, should be a source of strength, not weakness; a country where people freely profess and practice their respective religious beliefs anywhere within our national boundaries, without any fear of discrimination. “The future I see is of a nation where people are no longer identified by their ethnic or religious affiliation but by the very virtue of their Citizenship as Nigerians,“ he said According to him, the Nigerian Constitution and the recommendations of the recently concluded National Conference guarantee the right of every Nigerian to reside anywhere in the country without discrimination. While acknowledging the role migration plays in national development, the President noted that the country has the highest volume of international migrants, and the largest remittances in sub-Saharan Africa worth 20.76 billion dollars in 2013. He, therefore, stressed that Nigeria, while aiming to mitigate the negative impact of migration, would continually to deploy strategies to encourage Nigerians in the Diaspora to invest remittances in social infrastructure, human capital development and other activities. He stated that his administration had made it a cardinal principle that Nigerians must be treated humanely and with dignify in any country of their residence. On internally displaced persons, the President said he had directed that victims must be given due care and maintenance without any form of social exclusion. Jonathan expressed the hope that the national migration dialogue would help shape Nigeria’s national migratory orientation. In her remarks, the Federal Commissioner for Refugees, Hajiya Hadiza Kangiwa, noted that Nigeria was the first country in ECOWAS sub-region to institute the dialogue. She said the dialogue was conceived as a strategy for mainstreaming migration into the post development agenda, and was also a derivation of the draft National Migration Policy document. According to her, the objective of the dialogue is to provide a platform for debating the impact and linkages between migration and development thereby shaping Nigeria’s national migratory linkages. She said the dialogue would also provide opportunity for reviewing the various operational challenges at the implementation level. The participants at the dialogue were drawn from the 36 States of the federation. It also has the participation of international development partners such as the International Organisation for Migration. (NAN) |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by ibedun: 10:30pm On Dec 18, 2014 |
Self delusion!! Like say we be one country. 2 Likes |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by jking001(m): 10:44pm On Dec 18, 2014 |
The world sees us and addresses us as Nigerians,they don't call us hausa northerner or yoruba from where ever truth be told we are nigerians. |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by jumu: 12:23am On Dec 19, 2014 |
gej trying to play soft b/c he knows is losing alredy |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by onoja12: 2:32am On Dec 19, 2014 |
i begged you GEJ over the years on this issue,i advised you but you refused,you allowed Edwin Clark to deceive you,allowing small boys treating the nation,i reminded you that 4 million ijaws and the hole south south cant make a president,you refuse to listen to me. Now you have only the support of 3/4 of the ijaw people,you have lost all other tribes in the south south,you have lost four other regions. it is unfortunate that when we finally Got some one from the south south this is how he performed too bad \ SAI BUHARI 3 Likes |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by oduastates: 2:45am On Dec 19, 2014 |
I am Yoruba first , I am Yoruba second and I am Yoruba third. Nigerians do not exist. As far as I can see ,the only Nigerians are the ones feeding fat and feasting on the corpse of the people of that geographical expression. There is nothing special with the way the ethnic groups relate with one another. They relate with eachother the same person ways African relate with one another. That is until they have a reason to kill the other tribe. Even European union is reaching breaking point under the smaller pressure of the same factors. We are talking about an educated and rich Union on full bellies here. Ka bosi bosi a place of illiterate and half literate tribesmen trying to fight nature. I am a citizen of the Yoruba nation. 50 million strong. That Northern / southerner thing is a fourth base |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by musiwa97: 2:50am On Dec 19, 2014 |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by BossAyuk: 3:06am On Dec 19, 2014 |
musiwa97:I can only imagine how bad your condition has gotten. |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by BossAyuk: 3:09am On Dec 19, 2014 |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by biafranking: 8:40am On Dec 21, 2014 |
oduastates:what do yu mean by odua state or yoruba first, re yu guys agitating for odua state,cos yu guys seem to be comfortable with nigeria as a country,cos our oil money... so dont tell me nigeria does not exist in ur comment... |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by ItsMeAboki(m): 10:08am On Dec 21, 2014 |
onoja12: Abeg no mind am, after he had further divide Nigerians based on ethno-religious lines; its now that he wants unity; well its too late for him - let him start packing now, he'll be lucky if they allow him back to Otuoke because Kirikiri is probably what he deserves. Meanwhile, I do hope Nigerians will find a way to heal and set aside their differences under a new less divisive humane leadership so that we can collectively all move forward. |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by manmade(m): 11:36am On Dec 21, 2014 |
onoja12:by the time Gej trashed ur old baba 70's by overwhelming gap then I would like to see the kind look u will wear on ur ugly face |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by onoja12: 1:06pm On Dec 21, 2014 |
everybody knows that GEJ cant win that election,even if he rigs it,it would be difficult to explain to the people manmade: |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by onoja12: 1:09pm On Dec 21, 2014 |
Nigeria would heal,does promoting the divide have stolen and looted all they can,so once there main man is gone it would take long for nigeria to heal ItsMeAboki: |
Re: No `northern` Or `southern` Citizen In Nigeria, Says Jonathan by Thatdave(m): 2:34pm On Dec 21, 2014 |
GEJ and buhari saying the same thing just to win elections |
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