The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said Nigeria is yet to attain her full potentials as a nation at 58.
The forum in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Muhammad Ibrahim Biu, said the journey over the years has been full of challenges in the areas of national security, peaceful coexistence, political and economic development.
“Our founding fathers laid a good foundation for a prosperous Nigeria. However, the instability we have had in our polity, especially the military coups and the 30 months of civil war, as well as the insecurity posed by insurgence, the herdsmen saga and kidnapping have tended to affect and distort our political and socioeconomic development as a nation,” the forum stated.
ACF said it is worrisome that at 58, Nigeria is yet to realize its full potential and deliver on the aspirations and expectations of its citizens.
It however noted that Nigeria has been able to sustain the unity and stability of the country despite the upheavals experienced.
“We have also recorded and witnessed some progress in many areas that include education, infrastructural development, economy and relative political stability.
“Our 19 years of continuous presidential system of democracy has placed Nigeria as one of the developing economies with high potential for greatness,” ACF said.
The forum said the current challenges are part of the processes of nation building and should not be allowed to test the collective will and resolve of the people saying they require the cooperation and support of all Nigerians in order to pave the way for a united, peaceful and prosperous nation.
The forum urged leaders at all levels to honour their social contract with the electorates and appealed to politicians to refrain from fanning the embers of disunity, promotion of cleavages along ethnic and religious lines in their electioneering campaigns towards the 2019 general elections.
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