President Buhari warns against break-up of Nigeria

– President Buhari tasks traditional rulers on
the unity of Nigeria
– Explains the reason for current hardship in
the country
– Wants uprightness and straightforwardness
in dealings of community leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed
the issue of Nigeria breaking into different
parts following series of unrest across the
country.
Speaking in Katsina on Monday, May 9 when
during his visit to the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji
Abdulmumuni Kabiru Usman, President
Buhari urged traditional rulers to fight
against the unrest and champion the cause
for peaceful and harmonious co-existence
among the diverse socio-political groups in
the Nigeria.




According to him, the call became very
important due to some activities of
several groups preaching hatred, disunity and
divisive tendencies among the populace for
selfish gains.
The president has now called on all Nigerians
to ignore such individuals or groups calling
for the country’s break-up, narrating that over
two million people died during the last civil
war in Nigeria.
While expressing concerns over the current
economic hardship in the country, President
Buhari urged traditional rulers to educate
their subjects on why they have to be patient,
he also implored community leaders across
the country to introduce monthly or quarterly
meeting with their community members
where they will address issues relating to
their welfare.


Such meetings, the Daura native noted,
would provide solutions to some challenges
facing the people instead of the long wait for
government intervention.
According to Vanguard reports, President
Buhari tasked leaders with the responsibility
of being honest and straightforward in their
dealings with the people so that the younger
ones in the society can be well brought up.
The president also spoke on the present
economic situation of the country, stating
that the dwindling oil revenue occasioned by
the unstable global oil price is one of the key
reasons for the anomalies and has asked
Nigerians to diversify their means of
livelihood by engaging in agricultural
activities to alleviate their sufferings.


And again :: t he Niger Delta Liberation Force
(NDLF) has declared that President Buhari “is
not God” , whom the “boys in the creek” would
be afraid of. .
The group recalled that as at the time they
surrendered their weapons during the reign of
ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, they made it
clear to the world that bombing of pipelines
was not over.
NDLF asked the president to sack Paul
Boroh, coordinator of the presidential
amnesty programme, if he wants to be in
control of the “current oil war”.