You Need More Energy To Break Nigeria Than Fix It – Lai Mohammed

• The agitation for political restructuring is okay. However, what is not okay is the call for secession or for separation

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has rejected the calls for secession, saying that more effort is needed to break Nigeria than to fix it.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Newsnight which aired on Monday, the Minister said the nation’s strength lies in its diversity.

“The agitation for political restructuring is okay. However, what is not okay is the call for secession or for separation,” he said.

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“We would need more energy to break Nigeria than to fix it. As a matter of fact, the strength of Nigeria is its diversity. So everybody agreed that secession is not an option.”

As part of the measures to tackle the farmers/herders’ clashes in some parts of the country, the Minister kicked against the open grazing of cattle and animals.

According to Mohammed, the present system of animal husbandry is not sustainable, adding that “ranches must be established all over, grazing reserves must be established.”

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