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Tell Your Colleagues Who Want Biafra To Forget About It! by Nobody: 10:41pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
President Muhammadu Buhari
on Tuesday urged Nigerian
youths from the South East to
tell their colleagues agitating
for the sovereign state of
Biafra to forget about it even as he enjoined them to remain
focused in life, pursue their
dreams and reject those
fanning embers of discord and
disintegration of Nigeria. This is contained in a
statement issued in Abuja by
the president’s Senior Special
Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu.
Buhari made the call when he received more than 100
National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC) members serving in
Daura Local Government Area
of Katsina. The President, who received
the Corp members at his
residence in Daura, urged
them to make Nigeria great
again through pursuit of
knowledge, patriotism and commitment to values that
promote national unity. He
pledged his unalloyed
commitment to the unity and
prosperity of Nigeria. President Buhari, who specially
recognised those corps
members from the Niger Delta
and South-Eastern states
serving in Daura, praised the
vision of former President Yakubu Gowon in setting up
the scheme in 1973. According
to him, the scheme has
creditably promoted national
unity and cohesion by exposing
young people to the uniqueness and cultural
diversity of Nigeria. “I asked for those from the
other extreme of Nigeria
because I very much
appreciate the NYSC scheme
and whenever I see General
Gowon, I always thank him for that.’’ Speaking specifically to
corps members from the South
Eastern states, the President
said: “tell your colleagues who
want Biafra to forget about it.’’ “As a military commander, I
walked from Degem, a border
town between the north and
the east to the border between
Cameroon and Nigeria. “I
walked on my foot for most of the 30 months that we fought
the Nigeria-Biafra civil war in
which at least two million
Nigerians were killed. “We were made by our leaders
to go and fight Biafra not
because of money or oil,
because oil was not critical
factor then, but because of
one Nigeria. “So if leaderships at various levels failed, it was
not the fault of the rest of
Nigerians who have no quarrel
with one another. “So, please tell your colleagues
that we must be together to
build this country. It is big
enough for us and potentially
big enough in terms of
resources. “Those who work hard will earn a respectable
living. I have seen this country,
I fought for this country and I
will continue to work for the
unity of this country,’’ the
President said. In his remarks, Mr Egbewumi
Adebolu, the Corps Liaison
Officer in Daura, thanked the
President for the honour of
receiving them and making
their stay in Daura memorable. He said the youths strongly
believed in the programme of
the President to reduce
unemployment and create jobs
for more Nigerians. Adebolu thanked the President
for his personal gifts of cows,
bags of rice and cash to corps
members in the community for
Sallah celebration. vanguard news |
Re: Tell Your Colleagues Who Want Biafra To Forget About It! by MrCounselor: 11:50pm On Sep 13, 2016 |
For the ipods saying Nigerian govt didn't allow them to secede, Do they think if every faction was allowed to take that choice there would still be an entity called Nigeria? Nigeria has been formed and every sitting government will fight to keep it intact, Not victimisation but it is their sole responsibility to keep it so. To prevent both internal and external insurrections and at the same time prevent fractionation. I think what guys from that region should be doing is to try and gain political acumen, Have strong politicians who can challenge candidates from other regions instead of committing political blunders every time. Also the support of ipod youths for their corrupt leaders is so appalling and makes me wonder how they planned to thrive in partisanship. Even sabotaging their futures just because a corrupt fellow is their kinsman, I've not seen where any Yoruba person obliged to EFCC from probing any of their corrupt leaders before (if indicted). Then citing Northern leaders as leading Nigeria ever since and living large while SWesterners follow sheepishly doesn't fail to amaze me. Most of the past rulers were Military and people can do almost nothing about their reign. Within the last 16 years the government is rotating fairly along the regions but the SE seems to remain rigidly behind in attaining politically national recognition. You've got to wake up from your somnambulism. |
Re: Tell Your Colleagues Who Want Biafra To Forget About It! by Mynd44: 5:35am On Sep 14, 2016 |
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