Former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana has told Northerners preaching division that the Middle Belt minorities will not follow them if Nigeria breaks up.
Gana said this while delivering a sermon at the St. Matthew’s Church, Maitama, Diocese of Abuja (Anglican Communion), in Abuja on Sunday.
Gana, who is also the current National President of the Middle Belt Forum, blasted Northern youths over the ultimatum given to Igbos to leave their region.
Gana said, “They think when it comes to break-up, we will go along with the North. We have already told them that if they allow this country to break up, we are not going with the North. We are staying where we are. So, just take notice. If it comes to that, we will tell you that you are Arewa and we are ‘Middle-Belters.’
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“We love Nigeria and it was changed to a federal system because of the minorities so that we can have a place. So, we love Nigeria but in the unlikely event that people want to go their way, the Arewa in the Sahel will go. But we will remain here in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
He also lambasted a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University and the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, for supporting the quit notice issued by the northern youths.
He added, “One of them, who also spoke is a former vice-chancellor. I thank God he didn’t sign my certificate. My own was signed by Prof. Ishaya Audu. How can a man of that stature, of that status, of that level of leadership, says he supports the youths in Kaduna to give to other legitimate citizens, an order to go? Who are you? Who says that?
“In this country, there are no second-class citizens. We are all first class. We are all sons and daughters of this land and that was why I decided to call a conference of all the minorities from 14 states and we had to state in clear words that the quit notice was totally unconstitutional. This is our home.”
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He suggested that the Federal Government accepts restructuring in order to solve agitations in the country.
The ex-minister said, “In democracy, dialogue is the language, consultation is the way. Two cannot work together unless they agree. So, there needs to be dialogue and mutual respect.
“Anywhere you have diversity of ethnicity or religion in the world, the type of system that works is federalism. And that is the way. And each one must build his federal system the way it suits him. It cannot be imposed; it cannot be engineered in favour of one person.”
People like Gana are the mean problem of the North. He has since been succeeded in dividing the North into region, religion and ethnic groups, we called it north he called it Arewa and Middlebelt. He force himself to be the president of Middle belt, so that when Nigeria break he will continue as their president. Gana must not talk we are all aware that,if Nigeria will break it will either into two or six(ie. North and South or NE, NW, NC, SE,SS,SW).
why must you take that issue to Church? because you know that’s were people will see you as good man, you and your kind are devil’s saint, people like are suppose to be welcome in place of worships, place of worships is place of peace and unity, is not a surprising thing your types are with the Muslims doing the same, trying to course crisis, God will exposed you people one by one.
we know that won’t happen, but what will you say about Kanu? you are talking of middle belt, is there anything like that in Nigeria? apart from north central, I am from plateau state, you are the people that use to bring problem in Nigeria, in the name of religion, when KANU is doing all his nonsense where are the so- call ndi gbo, but now the know the had property’s here, what have you say about that? WE are ONE NIGERIA,
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