Former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, lamented the myriad of issues bedeviling Nigeria and called for a democracy that incorporated her diversity.
He highlighted individualism, greed, ethnic sentiments, lack of patriotism and religious attachment as some of the issues impeding national progress.
Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, also dismissed claims in a book titled 'Stepping on Toes', which was authored by former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman.His words:"The lies were too many. For instance, she claims that she was not indicted by the panel. Ten-count and she was found guilty. I went with a copy of the memo to the President in which the President endorsed her removal.
"If removed, can you name another person? The rest are not national leaders. Please give it to South-South because we are more national than all Nigerians put together. "Genuine nationalistic leadership transcends ethnicity, religion, creed, region or geography. A truly remarkable national leader is the one that is able to rise above these limitations to take the nation to that place where they long for, but have never been before.
"Our union as a nation remains imperfect, ethnic and regional tensions and sentiments remain alive. They have been joined in recent times by new interests and even more dangerous forms of expression. "In my state, there was no election. The police arrested people until the early morning of the election day. They came to your house at midnight and took you."There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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