Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said Nigerians are trapped in the net of poverty, insecurity and bad governance.
Atiku, who made the comment at the National Lecture Series organised by Arewa Media and Development Forum in Kaduna, said the only thing that can save Nigerians from this trap is unity.
According to him, all Nigerians are equal and are supposed to be treated equally.
“All Nigerians are equal and suppose to be treated equally therefore unity is not about homogeneity but it is by accepting the diversity in differences between us, not using this differences as a yardstick in judging others this kind of unity cannot be achieved by accident there must be strategic efforts to promote unity.”
“It is only through unity that we can surmount and overcome our challenges. We all face a common enemy, we need to fight this common enemy because this enemy will not spare anybody.
“Our common enemies do not recognize who is from the south of north, Muslim or a Christian, if we stand divided we will be trapped by the enemy. We can only escape if we work together and its just like a story of Pigeon in the ancient world.
“Unity is our strength, as long as you stay united no harm can come your way. just like the pigeons we are all trapped in the net of poverty, insecurity, backwardness and bad governance and the only thing that can save us from this trap is unity.
“I invite all Nigerians to flap our wings together and fly away from danger zone and get rid of this traps. This can only happen if we can vote for that kind of wise party, you can see our potentials, the choice is in your hands,” Atiku said.
Speaking on the theme of the lecture “Unity in Diversity”, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, said Nigeria will remain one indivisible country.
He said Nigerian elites stokes the hate between one part and another, he said the country fought civil war in the past and couldn’t manage these flaming passions, adding that enough is enough.
