President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday warned those agitating for Biafra shield their swords as his government has resolved to ensure that Nigeria remains an indivisible country. He urged them to have a re-think and stop further agitation.
Buhari gave the warning at the graduation of Senior Executive Course 37 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPPS, in Kuru near Jos, Plateau State.
The President, who was represented by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, noted that his administration would not sit back and allow anyone to plunge the country into crisis.
Buhari said, “Government would not fold its arms and watch, while some individuals and groups create unnecessary tension in the country in the guise of seeking to break away from Nigeria.
He said, “We need to build the civic capacity to defeat the false and dangerous premises and assumption of violent extremism. Never again should we allow mindless violence inspired by false and evil precepts to threaten our national security.”
Buhari who reaffirmed his administration’s resolve to put an end to all forms of terrorism in the country said, “Let me reiterate that Boko Haram terrorism as well as their ideology will soon be defeated and consigned to the dust bin of history.”
“Let me again call on persons or group in the country who have some grievances or disaffection to submit to peaceful and democratic means of expressing themselves.”
The President observed that the major task confronting his administration was that of defeating the false and evil ideology of violence extremism.
He urged the institute to come up with comprehensive study on menace of civil unrest with a view to preventing future occurrence.
“As this government is already doing, we need to ensure that policy is always rooted in the needs and conditions of the millions of our people who are extremely poor and who do not stand a chance. If we continue to drive policy only on GDP figures without attention to job creation, poverty reduction and opportunities created for the majority to live decently,” Buhari said.
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