Secession Is Not The Way Out Of Nigeria’s Problem – Lai Muhammed

The Nigeria Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that separation is not the solution to Nigeria problems.

He stated that those advocating for secession will be the first batch of people to run out of the country if crisis should erupt.

Speaking in Abuja on Sunday, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, during a Radio program said the federal government is working to prevent all secession moves.

“Those who support separation and secession will be the first to run away when any problem starts.

“We should not listen to them as many of them have about four passports of other countries.

The minister said the unity of Nigeria is more important than all the issues threatening its continued existence emphasizing that ethnic clashes are not new in the country and that “you don’t cure headache by beheading the patient”, the Minister said.

He said further, “That we have ethnicity issues is not new. IPOB, Boko Haram and farmer-herders clashes are not new; all we must do is to look for the way forward.

“We are aware of them, the government is working. Secession is not the way out of our challenges. You don’t cure headache by beheading the patient.

“The things that unite us in Nigeria are more than what separate us”.