Nigeria Will Suffer if We Break up – VP Yemi Osinbajo

Vice-President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has said Nigeria will be a great loser if the country breaks up.

According to him, there are “more opportunities for prosperity” if Nigeria remains an indivisible entity.

Osinbajo stated this while speaking on Thursday at the National Social Cohesion Dialogue organised by the Africa Polling Institute, in Abuja.

“All Nigerians have a constitutional right to live, work and enjoy their lives in peace and safety under the law. The classification of Nigerians as “indigenes” and “non-indigenes” is a form of apartheid and contradicts our declared aspirations towards equality and unity,” Osinbajo said.

“This is why when we launched our Social Investment Programmes, the eligible beneficiaries were selected based on their states of residence and none was discriminated against on any basis. This was in keeping with the idea that the only true path to national progress lies in broadening access to opportunity for all Nigerians without qualification.

“Our destinies have become so interlinked as to be inseparable. This is why this administration is investing heavily in transportation infrastructure – road, rail, sea and river ports – to reduce the distances between our people and link localities to markets and enable trade, travel and tourism.

We must ensure that we see it for what it is – a criminal act which must be punished according to the law and not an ethnic conflict. Criminals must not be seen or treated as anything other than criminals and certainly not as representatives of any ethnic or religious group.

“We will not defeat crime by dividing ourselves. We can only overcome it by uniting against our common enemy – the criminals who terrorize our people.

“Nigeria will be a great loser if we were to break up; when we see the greatest economic advantage to our size about to come to life. In short, staying together as a collective affords each of our communities far more opportunities for prosperity than they would have if they went their separate ways. We have all that it takes to be truly more than the sum of our parts.”

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Posted: at 27-08-2021 07:44 AM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Will the suffering be more than what we are going through already?  Let's have it once and for all.

Posted: at 27-08-2021 09:51 AM (2 years ago) | Hero

Well said VPO although NGR won't suffer as it won't exist any longer. It is the new independent micro countries that would suffer and be plagued with numerous internal political and economic problems that would last for years. All said and done, no worries VPO. NGR WILL NOT divide. But federalism will come to be.

Posted: at 27-08-2021 12:46 PM (2 years ago) | Gistmaniac

There will be no Nigeria after the division so don't worry

Posted: at 27-08-2021 01:41 PM (2 years ago) | Upcoming