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Buhari preaches national unity, identity over regional allegiance
Oct 1, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari in his Independence Day speech appealed to Nigerians to see themselves first as Nigerians instead of people from different parts of the country.
Buhari's administration has for years been accused numerous times of worsening ethnic divisions that have plagued the country for decades, with the president himself accused of clannishness with policies and appointments.
In an Independence Day speech delivered early on Thursday, October 1, 2020, the president said Nigeria's founding fathers worked towards the country's unification in a politically stable and viable entity.
He said Nigerians must uphold that legacy and ensure that the country's interests are always prioritised over indivual interests.
"The stereotype of thinking of ourselves as coming from one part of the country before seeing ourselves as Nigerians is a key starting point to project us on the road to our deserved nation's evolution and integration," he said.
President Muhammadu Buhari read his address from the Presidential Villa early on Thursday, October 1, 2020 ahead of Nigeria's 60th independence anniversary celebrations [Presidency]
The 77-year-old said an underlying cause of the divisions across the country is the consistent picking at fault lines that separate the nation's diverse groups.
He appealed to the Nigerian people, whom he called 'assets', to rally together to begin a process of national healing to eradicate such fault lines.
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