NIGERIA IS ON THE RISE - PRESIDENCY SPEAKS ON BIAFRA ISSUE, STATE OF THE NATION

The presidency gave new comments on Nigeria’s state of the nation, including security, economic challenges and Biafra issues. 

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was representing President Buhari in Jos, Plateau state, on Saturday, November 21. The ‘second citizen of Nigeria’ emphasised that Nigeria has entered its glorious era during his speech at the graduation ceremony of in the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru.

1. Boko Haram and other such insurgent groups around the country would soon be consigned to history.
2. Our problem is not legislative, but lack of political will and weak legal process – delay in the judiciary and suppression of the entire legal system.


3. Agitators for a breakaway Biafra Republic should think twice, as the federal government would not fold its hands and allow anyone plunge the country into crisis.

“Your right to protest is limited by the rights of others to safety and peaceful existence,” VP to pro-Biafra protesters.

4. People or groups in Nigeria should to submit to peaceful and democratic means of expressing themselves in case they have some grievance or disaffection.
5. Never again should we allow mindless violence inspired by false and evil precepts to threaten our national security.
6. We can offer our country opinion without violating the law of the land or threatening law and order, join hands with the Buhari administration to develop Nigeria.
7. The APC-led administration would tackle the challenges in the education sector as a means of ensuring better future for Nigeria’s younger generation.
8. We have to focus on early child education, retrain teachers, ensure that our curricular will prepare our children for the 21st century.

NIPSS was established in 1979. Over 1,780 course participants, including 63 people in 2015 have graduated as the members of the National Institute.

The vice president and some 2015 graduates.