YOLA—FOMER Military Head of State, General
Abdullsalami Abubakar has said the major
challenge facing Nigeria as a nation now is
national unity and cohesion.
He said: “Presently, different agitations
ranging from restructuring, resources control,
self- determination to state police among
others are too much for the country to
contend with at a time when the economy is
not buoyant.”
Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar,retd.
General Abubakar, who spoke while
responding on behalf of those who received
awards from Modibbo Adama University of
Techbology, Yola, observed that in as much as
some of the agitations were legitimate ,
national unity and way forward should be
uppermost in the minds of the agitators.
He said: “Such agitators should not be based
on sentiments and sectionalism. It should be
agitations that will be cherished by all the
sectional, ethics, religious and other
collaborators.
“If there is no peace, there will be no Nigeria
and if agitations are based on sentiments
whatsoever, it breeds sentiments and hate
speech leading to unrest. This is the time
Nigerians should dwell much on peace for all
the tiers of government to provide the much
needed dividends of democracy to the people.”
The former military head of state urged the
graduating students to use the knowledge
acquired in the university to take care of
themselves and develop the community
technologically instead of waiting for white
collar jobs that were scarce.
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