Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to take take initiatives that can douse the ethnic and religious tensions across the country.
In a statement Sunday, Saraki said “both the elite and ordinary people have a responsibility to begin to take measures that will reassure the people across the board that a united Nigeria will benefit everybody better than a disintegrated country.”
“I appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to provide leadership. Mr. President, take measures that will reassure all and sundry that you are working on the problems and that nobody should lose interest in a united, peaceful, and progressive Nigeria,” he said.
He said the deafening silence by key stakeholders, leaders and others who we think should speak out is worrisome. “This silence is a dangerous tell-tale sign that things are wrong. This is not good for our country. We must all speak out and talk about the solution to this twin-problem of insecurity and threat to national unity.”
Saraki also pleaded with Senate President Ahmed Lawan and House of Representatives speaker Femi Gbajabiamila to provide the far-reaching legislative intervention that will help the executive arm in the search for peace.
