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Nigeria Needs A Conference Of National Ethnicity – Political Analyst

A Political  Analyst, Hakeem Alobo-Bakare, has said that in 2014, the Nigerian government should set up a conference of national ethnicity that sill enable citizens … Continue reading Nigeria Needs A Conference Of National Ethnicity – Political Analyst


A Political  Analyst, Hakeem Alobo-Bakare, has said that in 2014, the Nigerian government should set up a conference of national ethnicity that sill enable citizens fashion out a way of living together.

He said that the kind of national dialogue the the government planned to hold was not the type Nigerians need.

“We need an ethnicity whereby anybody that lives in any particular state can aspire to contest at any point in time,” he said.

Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Bakare stated that there were fundamental issues between ethnic groups that could only be resolved by having an “ethnicity conference”.

Mr Bakare insisted, that the  kind of conference he was suggesting would help Nigeria identify ways citizens could live together.

Birth Right To Rule

“We need to sit down and fashion out a way we can tolerate one another”.

Mr. Bakare stated that most ethnic problems in Nigeria were because “most people believe  it’s their birth right to rule this country and that  if you don’t allow them to rule there will be problem”.

He explained that about 30 years ago, before globalization, Christians and Muslims were living together.  “Now people believe that they are short-changed and everybody wants to claim rights,” he added.

He cited the June 12 election in 1993 which the late M.K.O Abiola was one of the presidential candidates and stressed that Abiola was a man that was beyond ethnicity and loved by everybody even the Hausa’s.

Mr. Bakare also emphasised that Nigerians should be given a chance to pick their leader to avoid further ethnic problems.