Buhari urge Nigerians to promote national unity

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to promote qualities that

foster national unity with a view to tackling the problems facing the country.
Speaking at the Hassan Usman Katsina Memorial Conference in Kaduna
yesterday, Buhari who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman
Danbazau urged Nigerians to remain patriotic to national cause to foster better
integration.
He lauded the qualities of Usman Katsina describing him as a consequential and
courageous Army General who mentored more than a generation of officers and
men of the Nigerian armed forces.
A former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon described the late Usman
Katsina as a soldier who had total loyalty and commitment to his region.
He said, as his boss, he can testify that General Hassan was absolute in every
aspect and was called the “Governor of Governors.”
In his paper titled “Restructuring Nigeria for Greater National Integration and
Democratic Stability,” a former Nigerian Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
said as a country, not much has been done to realise national integration.
“The fight in this country over resource control, while it may still be significant
today, is really a fight belonging to the past,” he said.
According to him, even the discovery of large quantities of oil and gas in the
north can only bring temporary relief but cannot reverse the fundamental shifts
in the world’s energy trajectory. The Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Aminu
Masari represent by his deputy, Mannir Yakubu said General Hassan Katsina
had always propagated the values of education as a fundamental human right
essential to ensure inclusive, equitable and sustainable democratic development.
He insisted that the quality of education provides people with the skills,
knowledge and values they need to tackle various challenges they are likely to
face in the society.
The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman expressed concern over
threats to national security including Boko Haram, cattle-rustling, Niger Delta
Avengers and kidnapping in the country.
He said threats have become constant occurrences and a serious problem to
the country and the north especially.
The emir said that if Nigerians emulate the characters of past leaders, we would
not be in the mess we are today.