ABUJA — Dr. Ike Neliaku, Chairman, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace and Security has described Nigeria as a strong entity that has become too strong to disintegrate, regardless of various developmental, social, and security challenges plaguing it.
Neliaku, while speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, noted that there are several problems threatening the nation as an entity, and stressed the need for a joint collaborative effort to surmount them.
“NIPR believes that Nigeria is too strong to disintegrate and we as professionals are committed to making the Nigerian project work”, emphasising that the country’s strength does not necessarily lie in its vast natural and mineral resources, but “its exotic diversity and hardworking people.”
“Why do we have agitations in the East, West, North, South, and in the center? Our findings revealed that if certain issues that have formed the fundamentals of agitations across the country are resolved, Nigerians will prefer to live together as Nigerians. If matters that have caused certain misconceptions, misunderstanding, and distrust, are taken care of by leadership across the board, Nigerians will prefer the option of staying together and building a strong, viral and formidable nation in Africa.”
“We have in the last three weeks travelled around some parts of the country, to consult, to dialogue, to meet, to brainstorm with different sections of Nigerians on the heated issues of our nationhood. The outcome of our consultations and deliberations appears very clear that a greater percentage of Nigerians believe in preserving the integrity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
“It is on that note that we call on all Nigerians to join hands with the NIPR and its partners to support this Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace and Security initiative as one way to resolve this matter,” he added.
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