President Buhari warns against break-up of Nigeria

– President Buhari tasks traditional rulers on the unity of Nigeria – Explains the reason for current hardship in the country – Wants uprightness and straightforwardness in dealings of community leaders Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are still canvassing for a country of their own. President Muhammadu Buhari has addressed the issue of Nigeria breaking into different parts following series of unrest across the country. Speaking in Katsina on Monday, May 9 when during his visit to the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumuni Kabiru Usman, President Buhari urged traditional rulers to fight against the unrest and champion the cause for peaceful and harmonious co-existence among the diverse socio-political groups in the Nigeria. READ ALSO: Pipeline vandals should get the terrorist treatment – Senator According to him, the call became very important due to some activities of several groups preaching hatred, disunity and divisive tendencies among the populace for selfish gains. The president has now called on all Nigerians to ignore such individuals or groups calling for the country’s break-up, narrating that over two million people died during the last civil war in Nigeria. While expressing concerns over the current economic hardship in the country, President Buhari urged traditional rulers to educate their subjects on why they have to be patient, he also implored community leaders across the country to introduce monthly or quarterly meeting with their community members where they will address issues relating to their welfare. Attacks by Fulani herdsmen have killed hundreds in Nigeria recently. READ ALSO: Pipelines attack Niger Delta activist cautions Buhari Such meetings, the Daura native noted, would provide solutions to some challenges facing the people instead of the long wait for government intervention. According to Vanguard reports, President Buhari tasked leaders with the responsibility of being honest and straightforward in their dealings with the people so that the younger ones in the society can be well brought up. The president also spoke on the present economic situation of the country, stating that the dwindling oil revenue occasioned by the unstable global oil price is one of the key reasons for the anomalies and has asked Nigerians to diversify their means of livelihood by engaging in agricultural activities to alleviate their sufferings. And Niger Delta militants have also resumed their attacks. Meanwhile, the Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF) has declared that President Buhari “is not God”, whom the “boys in the creek” would be afraid of. . The group recalled that as at the time they surrendered their weapons during the reign of ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, they made it clear to the world that bombing of pipelines was not over. NDLF asked the president to sack Paul Boroh, coordinator of the presidential amnesty programme, if he wants to be in control of the “current oil war”.