Chairman of the Harmony Corps of Nigeria, Prof. Kailani Muhammed, has said Nigeria’s unity is not threatened contempt agitations for regionalism and authorities police, insisting that lone bully enactment tin warrant stableness and progress.
Kailani, who besides serves arsenic the nationalist president of the Civilian Joint Task Force of Nigeria, spoke successful Abuja yesterday during the 14th day acme of the Harmony Corps of Nigeria.
The event, themed “Food Security Summit: Tracking Transport Challenges Against Economic Development successful Nigeria,” was held successful concern with the Nigeria Association of Agricultural Products Dealers.
He dismissed calls for secession from assorted quarters, saying they were misplaced.
“Some radical are saying we privation to leave, we privation to separate, we privation a structure, we privation regionalism, we privation authorities police. That is not the case. The contented is bully leadership,” helium said.
Kailani noted that Nigeria had survived unity threats for implicit six decades and would stay 1 if leaders acted successful the people‘s interest.
“If we could not abstracted 65 years ago, I don’t deliberation we volition abstracted now. Tell my brothers successful the East — they are not going anywhere,” helium declared.
He stressed that unity should not beryllium compromised by tribal oregon determination sentiments, citing Nigeria’s founding fathers who resisted part successful pursuit of nation-building.
“The large Zik of Africa, Awolowo and the Sardauna came unneurotic erstwhile radical were calling for separation. The occupation is that we are not playing authorities properly,” helium added.
On nutrient security, Kailani identified aggregate amerciable checkpoints and road extortion arsenic cardinal drivers of rising nutrient prices.
He said the Harmony Corps had been mandated by the authorities to enactment with cultivation stakeholders to wide amerciable roadblocks and trim proscription costs for nutrient items.
“For example, I bought 10 bags of maize from Kaduna yesterday. By the clip it gets here, the terms goes up due to the fact that of implicit 10 amerciable checkpoints wherever wealth is dubiously collected. That outgo is passed connected to consumers,” helium explained.
In her remarks, Ambassador Elizabeth Omini, laminitis of the Harmony Corps of Nigeria, called for wide collaboration among stakeholders to tackle nutrient insecurity and enactment economical growth.
“Together, we tin marque a quality and guarantee nutrient security, beforehand development, and physique a amended aboriginal for our nation,” she said.

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