Nigeria Will Be A Great Loser If She Breaks Up – VP Osinbajo

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has once again condemned the calls for the division of Nigeria saying there are more opportunities for prosperity if Nigeria remains an indivisible entity and the Giant of Africa will rather be a great loser if she divides.

Osinbajo said this when he spoke at the National Social Cohesion Dialogue organised by the Africa Polling Institute, in Abuja on Thursday, August 26, noting that despite the activities of those who want Nigeria divided, the country will prevail over its challenges.According to him, all Nigerians have a constitutional right to live, work and enjoy their lives in peace and safety under the law, and the classification of Nigerians as indigenes and non-indigenes is a form of apartheid and contradicts the declared aspirations towards equality and unity.
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Naming the Social Investment Programme as an instance, Osinbajo went further to note that the Government’s programmes ensures that the eligible beneficiaries were selected based on their states and residences and none was discriminated against on any basis. He further added that the Buhari-led administration is investing heavily in transportation infrastructure.“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.”
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“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”, he added. TRENDING VIDEO OF THE DAY: Super TV CEO: 4 Others Cleared While Chidinma Ojukwu Is Indicted With More Evidence

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