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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigerian leaders must be ready to risk their popularity in order to promote peace in the country.<\/p>\n

Osinbajo stated this on Monday, while receiving a delegation of the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC).<\/p>\n

He said leaders must understand the value of non-violent communication, in ensuring that conflicts do not escalate.<\/p>\n

The vice-president advised leaders to emulate former South Africa president, Nelson Mandela and Abdullahi Abubakar, a cleric who saved over 200 Christians during a religious crisis in Plateau State in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose sacrifices, even in what you say, how you say it, and then sacrifices also in the acknowledgment of whatever people are saying and the willingness to accept.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very important that we don\u2019t diminish the importance of language and respectful non-violent communication so that we are able to keep our discussions at a level that ensures that we don\u2019t degenerate too quickly to violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can all talk nicely and say the right things, but unless people are prepared to make some concessions which may cost them popularity within their own group, we cannot move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are stories of people who are not only political or religious leaders but just ordinary people, doing the right thing. Unless we are prepared to not just talk about it but to make an open display, first of all, of those who are doing the right things.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut more importantly, challenging our leaders to say the right things and to be prepared to risk some popularity in order to do so, then we will just be wasting a lot of time,\u201d Osinbajo said, according to a statement by Laolu Akande, his media aide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigerian leaders must be ready to risk their popularity in order to promote peace in the country. Osinbajo stated this on Monday, while receiving a delegation of the Muslim Public Affairs Centre (MPAC). 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