KADUNA — The former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has said unifying every region of the country would require strategic efforts from the government.
Atiku said this on Thursday at a lecture in Kaduna state.
The former PDP presidential candidate indicated his confidence in the possibility of promoting and ensuring unity in the country.
According to him, citizens should be accorded equal treatment irrespective of their ethnicity.
“I don’t see any Nigerian as Igbo, Hausa, or Yoruba. When I see you, I see you as a Nigerian and I expect the best from you.
“That is why I didn’t select where I should marry from. I married women from diverse backgrounds because I don’t look at their backgrounds; I only see them as wonderful Nigeria women.
“My children have brothers and sisters from different backgrounds and that is why I am confident that a strongly united Nigeria is possible because I made it happen in my family.
“All Nigerians are equal and supposed to be treated equally; unity is not about homogeneity, but by accepting the diversity in differences between us. This kind of unity cannot be achieved by accident; there must be strategic efforts to promote unity.
“Language is another primary source of disunity; that is why I recommend a national law to mandate every Nigerian to speak one more language from another region of the country, so that we can connect and appreciate things we share in common.
“Our common enemies do not recognize who is from the South or North, Muslim or a Christian. If we stand divided, we will be trapped by the enemy. We can only escape if we work together.
“Unity is your strength; as long as you stay united no harm can come our 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,” he said.
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