The recent agitations and issues bordering on Nigeria’s unity will not divide the country, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun has said.
The APC stalwart made this known in his address at an event to mark his 78th birthday on Saturday evening in Abuja.
Oyegun said, “The pride that you feel when you walk out and say you are a Nigerian, backed up by 170 million people and hopefully backed up by an economy that will bring us back to growth, to stability, to development.
“The pride that each and every one will feel is greater than the attempt to disintegrate us into tiny, mini-republics; that will not happen.”
He said President Muhammadu Buhari administration was aware of the challenges faced by citizens.
According to him, the federal government is poised to building a new foundation for the country and delivering on election promises to the electorate.
“We promised change but quite frankly, change of the immediacy that we promised has inevitably run against the kind of fightback that we are having today.
“I think to emphasise that because of the kind of President that we have; because we have a man who is thoroughly ingrained in due process and insists on due process; because we have a man as a President who insists on fairness; who insists that justice must be given its due place. Everything must take place according to due process.
“The powers of darkness are taking advantage of this to fight back in such a massive way that they are beginning to threaten the very foundations of our nation. But let me say this with all the emphasis at my command that change there must be, this nation will stay united!” he said.
