Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and
Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said his principal cannot afford to idle away
while the nation disintegrates.
According to the presidential aide, many Nigerians,
including the president, have had to pay personal sacrifices to keep the
country as an indivisible entity.
Adesina, who played host to the Black Apple Media Group, a
production outfit devoted to making movies and documentaries towards the
promotion of unity and peaceful coexistence in Nigeria, on Friday in his office,
noted that Nigerians ought to, in all ways and at all times, embark on
activities that promote the oneness and unity of the country.
He went down memory lane, narrating how President Buhari
trekked from the South-East to a place called Gakem near the Cameroon border,
“all to keep Nigeria one. Do you think somebody like that will sit idle and let
some people try to dismember the country?”
The presidential aide said while some of the patriots are
still alive, those who fought the civil war, wouldn’t sit back idle and watch
the country disintegrate.
“Our anthem says the labour of our heroes past can never be
in vain. Those were the ones who have fought to keep Nigeria together,” he
added.
According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari had always been
committed to the unity of the country.
“By age 20, he joined the army, by 25, he was already at the
civil war fighting for the unity of this country. Mr. President himself has
always said that for three years that the war lasted, he was there throughout,
he didn’t go for any break, he didn’t ask for any pass, he was at the war
front,” Adesina said.
He also reminisced that during his school days, there was no
division.
“When we were in school, it used to be Ife-Modakeke Students
Union. They merged together, they had one group together, there was no
difference, so when that war came, it was strange to us.
“We used to be one, that is how Nigeria was originally, and
we didn’t know any difference. You are from here, you are from there, we were
all together, all the ethnic groups in the country, there was no difference. To
now see some things happening is confounding to us.
“That is why we must commend an initiative like this,
anything that will promote unity, that will promote togetherness, that will
show the evil of Fake News, Hate Speech is something that will be supported, so
I want to assure you that as the Media Office of the President, we will support
this initiative.
“All those who are trying to cause commotion, cause
disunity, cause dismemberment, I think they just struggle in vain, it will not
happen. Nigeria will be together. I want to thank you for coming and for this
initiative and you can count on us for support,” he added.
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