Alhaji Muktari Mapia, the Deputy
Treasurer of the Peoples’ Democratic Party ( PDP) in Sokoto State, on
Tuesday said that there was no compromise on the unity of Nigeria.
Mapia spoke against the background of issues for discussion at national conference proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.
“Nigeria has come to stay as one, indivisible country, in spite of the
current political and insecurity challenges plaguing the nation,” he
added.
Mapia told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that what the country was passing through at the moment was
very normal and not too peculiar.
“The earliest the country can overcome
these seemingly formidable challenges, the better for the country and
her citizens,” Mapia, said.
He said that the nation needed an
institutionalised formal policy that would project holistic awareness,
collective participation and teamwork.
Mapia said that this would be the basis for sustainable peace in Nigeria in a diverse setting.
“Nigeria’s bond of unity and stability
needs to be strengthened through collective spirit of true friendship
and brotherhood,” he said.
Mapia explained that the country was blessed with abundant human and material resources which needed to be
fully harnessed.
“For example, there are mineral
resources that needed to be fully explored and exploited for the full
utilisation of their socio-economic benefits,” he added.
According to Mapia, this will help in further moving the country forward, to boost revenues and ensure
even development.
“But lack of people-oriented policies that would project and develop such materials was responsible for the
nation’s set back.
“The time has come for all Nigerians, irrespective of tribal, religious, ethnic and political differences, to work
together for the common good of the country,” he added.
The PDP chieftain said that Nigerians needed each other in the effort to
move the country forward as the country strived to take its rightful
position in Africa and the comity of nations
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