{"id":51253,"date":"2021-10-04T19:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T18:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=51253"},"modified":"2021-10-04T18:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:05:29","slug":"we-were-never-one-country-saraki-explains-why-nigeria-will-remain-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/we-were-never-one-country-saraki-explains-why-nigeria-will-remain-work-in-progress","title":{"rendered":"We were never one country \u2013 Saraki explains why Nigeria will remain work in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has noted that Nigeria will remain a work in progress because it was two countries joined together by the British for administrative purposes.<\/p>\n

Saraki said this while responding to a question from DAILY POST on Nigeria\u2019s progress since its Independence on October 1, 1960 during an Independence Day lunch with diverse Nigerian youths, held in Abuja at the weekend.<\/p>\n

He said that Nigeria should not be compared with some other countries that do not have diversity from day one in terms of its process.<\/p>\n

The former Senate President pointed out that the country\u2019s major problem was in the areas of leadership and values, blaming the citizenry for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cI read a book on how Nigeria was formed and I realized that we were never one country. We were two countries but it was efficient for the British to bring the two countries together for administrative purposes,\u201d Saraki said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made sense at that time to bring the two countries together for commercial purposes. From day one, Nigeria is going to be a work in progress because it\u2019s a country with so much diversities. So we can\u2019t compare ourselves with some other countries that don\u2019t have diversity right from time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven with these challenges that we have\u2026despite those diversities, I think we are a society that is very very patient. I think most countries based on what people are going through now, will not be able to take it. We are ready to give people opportunities; we are fresh and take a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that what we haven\u2019t been able to get right is leadership and values. And about values, all of us must take the blame on that. For example, someone just pops up on our neighborhood overnight and shows wealth and we just accept the person into our society\u2026just like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cA society that continues to allow that, where is the values for hard work? Where\u2019s the value for doing things right? What message are we sending? The message that we must cut corners? As a country, we need to redefine that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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