Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari
while breaking fast on Tuesday evening
urged Nigerians to be patriotic.
He recalled the challenges he's faced
since he assumed office and admitted
that the task wasn't an easy one.
“Let me assure that the time of Ramadan
is making us more conscious of what
leaders at every level ought to do, and
leading the people is not a joke. It means
accepting responsibilities for good or
wrong,’’ he said.
He also reminded Nigerians of the Civil
war in which over 2 million people were
killed.
“We need a lot of prayer. Certainly, with
the nation’s economy going down.
Haven’t developed the agriculture, we are
still trying to talk on those who will come
and develop the solid mineral for us," he
said.
“The militants in their various homes. We
need to reflect very seriously on what
happened between 1967 and 1970 where
about two millions Nigerians lost their
lives.
“And at that time, as young military
officers, you hardly heard of anything
about petroleum or whatever money you
got from it.
“Look at what Gen. Gowon said; `To keep
Nigeria one is a task that must be done’
and every soldier whether he has been to
school or not knew what the General
meant.
“But, we were quarreling with our
brothers, we were not fighting an enemy
and then somebody is saying that once
again he wants Biafra.
“I think this is because he was not born
when there was Biafra. We have to reflect
on the historical antecedent to appreciate
what is before us now and what we
intend to leave for our children and our
grand children,’’ he warned.