Jega likens Nigeria’sunity to Catholic marriage, says ‘it’s till death do us part’.
Jega likens Nigeria’sunity to Catholic marriage, says ‘it’s till
death do us part’.
A former chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC,
Prof. Attahiru Jega, has declared that
Nigeria’s unity is sacrosanct and could
be likened to a catholic marriage, noting
that though not necessarily a perfect
union, the marriage of different ethnic
groups in the country is one that will last
“till death do us part.”
He, therefore, called on Nigerians to
“strive to do anything humanly possible
to find accommodation and live
peacefully, and to prevent” the
“annulment” of the Nigeria marriage.
The former INEC chairman stated this
yesterday while delivering a lecture
entitled: “Broadcasting Democracy and
the Challenge of the New Nigeria”, when
he featured as guest speaker at the 2nd
annual lecture organized by the National
Broadcasting Commission, NBC, in
Abuja.
He observed that Nigeria has survived
enormous challenges which would have
divided any other African country,
stressing that in spite of the unfair and
inefficient conduct of the affairs of the
country, Nigeria has remained intact
While calling for a more concerted effort
to sustain Nigeria’s democracy in order
to reposition her among other countries
and address her challenges, Jega noted
that the major challenge facing the
country was that of accelerating
democratization, institutionalizing good,
democratic governance and
consolidating democratic development.
He recalled that during electioneering
campaign, public broadcasters,
incumbent governments and parties
mostly secured undue advantage, unfair
and disproportionate coverage of their
activities.
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