The Presidency has warned Nigerians asking President Muhammadu Buhari to take certain actions in order to avoid the country’s break up.
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye had, at the weekend, lent his voice to the calls for restructuring of the country in order not to allow the breakup of the country.
The view expressed by the cleric has been a recurring one as many other Nigerians had made similar submissions.
However, in a swift response to these clamour, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, on Sunday, said President Buhari would not be moved by “the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country with factions giving specific timelines for the President to do one thing or another or else, in their language, ‘the nation will break up’.”
Shehu’s statement read in detail, “This is to warn that such unpatriotic outbursts are both unhelpful and unwarranted as this government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to deal with the security challenges facing it at a time of the Covid-19 health crisis.
“Repeat: this administration will not take any decision against the interests of 200 million Nigerians, who are the President’s first responsibility under the Constitution, out of fear or threats especially in this hour of a health crisis.
“The President as an elected leader under this constitution will continue to work with patriotic Nigerians, through and in line with the Parliamentary processes to finding solutions to structural and other impediments to the growth and wellbeing of the nation and its people.”