Buhari & Ayaoku. |
Former
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Sir Emeka Anyaoku, has joined others to call
on President Muhammadu Buhari to manage the nation’s diversity in a way that
will give all components a sense of belonging and curb the pervading
insecurity.
Anyaoku
who spoke at a book launch in Abuja, in honour of Dadi Onyeama, a former judge
of the Supreme Court, said Nigeria is on the brink of a national disaster and
urged Buhari, the governors and the National Assembly to stop living in denial.
“Let
me now come to my message to President Muhammadu Buhari and all members of our
national assembly. Nigeria is on the brink; and our foremost national challenge
is the management of our country’s diversity,” Anyaoku said.
“I
call on our president, the members of the National Assembly, the governors, and
indeed, on all our political elites not to continue to live in denial of the
seriousness of these glaring facts, if not effectively addressed, are bound to
push the country over the brink of a national disaster,.
“As I
have stated on many occasions, I believe that the current travails of Nigeria
will be more effectively tackled if the country’s diversity is managed with a
structure of governance that draws not only from the present lessons of
successful diverse federations but more importantly, from Nigeria’s own past
happier experience during its immediate post-independence years.”
He
said that adequate delegation of powers to the federating units will enable the
government to handle internal security and significant aspects of their socio-economic
development.
“Every
diverse federal country throughout the world achieves political stability and
socio-economic development through successfully managing its national
diversity,” he said.
“There
are two common keys to this. The first is having an inclusive central
government which gives the people of the component parts of the federation a
sense of belonging that in turn underpins the sense of unity and patriotism in
all the citizens.
“The
second is having adequate delegation of powers to the federating units to
enable them to handle their internal security and significant aspects of their
socio-economic development.
“However
today, Nigeria is on the brink. For no objective observer, including those in
the government, can deny that the current state of affairs in our country is
extremely worrisome.
“We
see an unprecedented diminution of national unity; we see an unprecedented
level of insecurity of life and property with kidnappings and killings of human
beings occurring virtually every day in many parts of the country including the
seemingly unchecked violence by Fulani herdsmen which has spawned fractious
controversies over the proposed Ruga policy by the federal government.
“For
the sake of peace and integrity of the country, the Ruga policy must be handled
with circumspection and strictly in accordance with our extant constitution’s
provisions on the land tenure.”
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