National Dialogue Outcome To Be Sent To National Assembly -

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday
said the outcome of the national
conference would be sent to the National
Assembly. Jonathan promised that he
would forward the outcome of the national
conference to the National Assembly so
that it would form an integral part of the
ongoing Constitution amendment.
The president chided some unnamed
Nigerian elders whom he accused of
making provocative statements in the mass
media, thereby instigating one group
against another. Jonathan spoke while
receiving the Muslim community in the
Federal Capital Territory led by Vice
President Namadi Sambo and the Minister
of State for Federal Capital Territory,
Olajumoke Akinjide, who paid him the
traditional Sallah homage at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said such
elders, who were supposed to give the
nation the right leadership, always quarrel
over nothing and end up insulting
themselves while engaging in discussions
that lacked direction.
The President said his decision to set up a
committee that would work out the
framework for a national dialogue was
borne out of his desire to provide a
platform for Nigerians to engage in
discussions that would have direction. He
regretted that despite his repeated
assurance of his sincerity, many Nigerians
were still exercising doubts over his
intention. He said, “In Nigeria, we must
work very hard, we must talk to ourselves
in a way that our children will not develop
hate among themselves. And that is one of
the key reasons that we decided to have a
conversation as a nation. “At times, when
you listen to radio and read newspapers,
you see even our elders that are supposed
to give us leadership quarreling over
nothing. And sometimes even insulting
themselves and even making provocative
statements that will sometimes instigate
one group against the other. “We decided
that we cannot continue that way, the
talking must have a direction. What has
been happening on the pages of the
newspapers are discussions that have no
direction. “We want a country that will have
a direction so the discussions must have a
direction, the discussions must lead Nigeria
to where we want to be, not a divided
Nigeria, not a Nigeria that is sown on hate,
not a Nigeria that will be based on
acrimony, ethnicity and tribal sentiments in
the way we conduct ourselves. “That is the
reason we set up that committee and we
have given them the free will. Some people
are still instigating others that the
President is doing this, the government
does not have the capacity to do that. We
are totally committed to do what is right.
We don’t need to carry cain to flog
Nigerians to show that we are determined.”
He said it was left for all Nigerians to
impress it on their representatives in the
National Assembly and state Houses of
Assembly because state and federal
parliaments must work together to ensure
that the outcomes were properly enshrined
in the Constitution in order to have a better
nation. He assured Nigerians that his
administration was totally committed to
ensuring that it handed over a country
whose citizens would live in peace and the
next generation would be proud of. He
reiterated his position that the killings in
some parts of the country had nothing to
do with religion or ethnicity.
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