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| Pres. Buhari With South East Traditional Rulers |
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told South East traditional rulers that 'It’ll be very difficult for Nigeria to break up'
The President stated this during a meeting he had with the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari
in statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, was quoted to have said during the meeting that the “question of having another country out of Nigeria is going to be very difficult. From 1914, we have more than 200 cultures living with one another. God had endowed this country with natural resources and talented people. We should concentrate on these and be very productive.”Speaking on other specific issues thrown up in the address by the traditional rulers, President Buhari assured them that the South-East will also benefit from the new railway architecture that is being put in place by his government. In response to their request for more representation of people from the region in his government, the President said that he took cognisance of that and that it was based on the sensitivities of the South East, he made sure four out of five ministers from South East senior ranking Ministers in the Federal Cabinet.
He then promised the delegation that kidnapping and cattle rustling, which according to him is “unfortunate”, will be the government’s next target, especially as government has managed to calm down the North-East issues. This meeting coincided with the day Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and two other leaders of the group, who are agitation a seperation from Nigeria, was denied bail by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja.
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