The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has again assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration is not deaf to grievances in parts of the country, disclosing that the government will address them, while urging that such grievances be expressed with grace.
This emerged from the highlights of the series of consultations the Acting President called to interact with leaders from the North, South East and the media over the last two weeks between June 13 and 22, 2017.
An updated statement from the Presidency on Tuesday noted: “The meetings were convened to provide a platform for frank and open discussions between the concerned stakeholders and by extension the Nigerian public on issues relating to the unity, peace and security of country.”
While this set of consultations were concluded last week, the Presidency said it will continue to actively engage with different segments of the Nigerian population at different stages and format in the near future.
In response to the recent spate of agitations pitting some groups in the North against others in the South East, Osinbajo commenced a series of engagements and consultations with political, religious, traditional and media leaders from across the country.
Hemet with Northern Leaders of Thought on June 13; South East Leaders of Thought, June 14, 2017; South East Traditional Rulers on June 18, 2017; Northern Traditional Rulers, June 20, 2017; State Governors, June 12, 2017; and media Publishers and Editors on June 22, 2017.
The meetings were convened to provide a platform for frank and open discussions between the concerned stakeholders and by extension the Nigerian public on issues relating to the unity, peace and security of country.
The Meetings touched on various issues relating to the ethnic agitations that have manifested most recently in a call for secession by some groups of youth from the South East and an ultimatum by Northern youths for Igbos living in the North to leave the region by October 1, 2017.
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