The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Friday, said that various agitations by some ethnic groups across the country were threatening the peace and unity of the country.
He said this in Calabar, Cross River State’s capital, during the opening of a two-day retreat of the Southern Senators’ Forum which has the theme, “National unity and restructuring.
The Senate President noted that the unity of Nigeria was a prerequisite for development, stability and greatness, adding that without unity, the country would not achieve the desired change.
Since the end of the Nigerian Civil War, our unity has never been more challenged than at the present time. There are agitations across the length and breadth of this country that threaten our unity.
The Senate President said that there was no group of people better placed than members of the 8th National Assembly to steer the debate on the way forward on restructuring.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Friday said that Nigeria’s unity was negotiable.
The governor spoke in Calabar during the retreat organised by the Southern Senators’ Forum.
Dickson call on the opponents of restructuring to work towards an equitable society rather than seek solace in constitutional provisions “that do not guarantee a fair and sustainable country.
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