According to Osinbajo, there’s no doubt that the biggest challenge the country is facing is that of national unity.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the biggest challenge confronting Nigeria today is national unity.
Osinbajo spoke at a one-day national unity conference organised by the Alumni Association of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (AANI) in Abuja.
The theme of the conference is “Nigeria’s National Unity in the build-up to the 2023 General Elections”.
Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, commended the alumni for always coming in to intervene whenever the nation was facing challenges.
“I want to take this opportunity to thank the alumni of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) for always coming in to intervene when the nation is facing challenges and difficulties.
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“And they always get it right. Today there’s no doubt that the biggest challenge the country is facing is that of national unity,” said Osinbajo.
He added, “If one listens to the cacophony of voices from the East, to the West, from the North to the South, whether you are talking about challenges, of the disorders, Boko Haram insurgents or the bandits.
“So, bringing us together here to discuss this very, very important matter, especially with regard to the 2023 elections, is timely.”
On his keynote address, former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Martin Agwai, said Nigeria’s unity has been over-centralised to the extent that it reflects more of unitary arrangement than a federal one.
