Those who advocate break up of Nigeria are wrong – Osinbajo

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The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that those waiting for Nigeria to break up into bits will be sorely disappointed.

Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressives Youth Conference on Monday, June 21, Osinbajo sends this message of oneness to the separatists.

He also added that Nigeria is better and stronger as one and not in little part says it is “crucial for geopolitical and economic relevance.”

He, therefore, emphasised that those waiting for Nigeria to break into pieces for their primitive gain will be “sorely disappointed.”

In his words:

“In the area of disruption and disruptive innovation, the principle that we are stronger together than in little part is a sound principle and it is my respectful view that those who advocate the breaking up of the country are terribly wrong.

“Our size is crucial for geopolitical and economic relevance. Our people will be better served by a large populous and diverse country. As with all big and diverse countries, our business is to make this union work; it is to give everybody a sense of belonging.

“All of those waiting on the sidelines, hoping that this big country called Nigeria will break up into bits so that they can pick up the pieces, will be very sorely disappointed and I am very sure that those of you who are seated here today will prevent that from happening.”

VP Osinbajo also addresses the missing role of youths in government affairs in Nigeria, he said he is disappointed but encourage Nigerian youths to get involved as he acknowledged that the idea of governance being generational has failed Nigeria.

“I am also frankly not very impressed with the notion that the role and power of young people are somehow postponed until elders have gone, or that there’s some kind of generational queue that to which we all must subscribe.

“Even if that was true at some point, today, that notion stands on very weak legs indeed.”

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