Gen Abdusallam Abubakar Insists On One Nigeria towards National Conference

A former Nigerian Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has described the opinion of some Nigerians that have called for the disintegration of the country as ‘wishful thinking’.

Some Nigerians, in their opinion on the proposed National Dialogue, have suggested disintegration along religious and ethnic lines.

General Abubakar stressed that despite the series of ethno-religious crises across the country, ‘Nigeria will still remain one united country,’ expressing his support for the proposed conference.

He was in Kaduna as a guest speaker at the opening ceremony of the ‘International Conference of Forum for Cities in Transition’ held on Monday at the Murtala Mohammed Square.

In a speech delivered at the event, General Abubakar said that the diversity of the nation ought to have been its strength, but lamented that this unique blessing had become  a source of disunity.

He advised Nigerians to go back to the old times when tribe and religion were the instruments of unity and peaceful co-existence, describing peace as absolutely necessary for any meaningful development in the world.

Also at the event, the Kaduna State Governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, said that there was no alternative to dialogue if the nation would march forward and sustain the present peaceful coexistence being enjoyed by its citizens. - Channels