Nationalism and Patriotism has been described as the bedrock of Nigeria’s continued existence as a nation.

The assertion was made by the Convener Integration Summit Group-Nigeria (ISG-N), Dr Chris Ekiyor while answering questions on the topic ‘Improving our National Unity’ a live television programme.

Coming under the heels of the 5th National Integration Summit, a national discourse on the importance of national integration, unity and peaceful coexistence among Nigerians, the annual event put together by Integration Summit Group-Nigeria is scheduled to hold on October 7th 2017 in Kaduna.

Dr Ekiyor reiterated that for an indivisible Nigeria, the indices of ethnicity, sectionalism, religious bigotry and other factors that tend to tear the nation apart will have to be put aside.

The response of ISG-N, he went on, is to capture young people between 18-46 years to be committed to project Nigeria rather than lip thinking mindset that negates the strength of our diversity.

He maintained that when this is achieved, there will be a critical mass of people that will determine the quality of leadership and policies coming out from the National assembly through a simple mass action.

”What happened to our national unity? Our mental psyche should change. We have to look back to when we got it wrong, deliberate on it and redefine our existence as a nation.”

“The bane of our country’s failure is leadership; toying with our common patrimony. There is a disconnect between the leaders and the lead. The investment environment has been bastardized. Instituting a sovereign wealth fund for assessing loans is key for development”.



“The elitist class, politicians and even the civil service are the canker worms of our development. It does not matter who fixes the country but the capacity of such individual. Our constitution provides for true federalism but the country still runs a unitary system”, he concluded.

The organization creates the awareness of integrating Nigerians annually by getting strategic thinkers to gather in a national round table.