A civil society organization, Better Nigeria Advocacy and Empowerment Initiative, BAEI, said it has embarked on nationwide campaign on the need to bring to an end the menace of insecurity, poverty, religious and ethnic differences across the country.
BAEI coordinator, Comrade Imafidon Franklin, on Monday, while speaking with pressmen at the end of its national conference held in Abuja, noted that the gathering brought together participants from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
He emphasized that Nigeria’s commitment to support the government in its bid to make the country peaceful and safer for all would make things work better.
According to him, “This congress is propelled by the burning desire to set the ball rolling by making a clarion call to like-minded Nigerians, young and old who share the vision of returning the country to a better path. It is time to work together and end the scenario where the rich continue to be richer and the poor poorer, intimidated, oppressed, harassed and jobless because of selfish interests.”
Imafidon urged promoters of ethnic and religious solidarity, saying those fault lines have done the nation more harm than good, warning that only a tolerance of the nation’s diversities would be good enough to promote national unity and cohesion.
He told delegates to the conference that Nigeria belongs to all even as he urged them to see fellow citizens as brothers and sisters brought together by God in the same country for a purpose.
He continued: “We must be united in fighting for a better Nigeria that will replicate the dreams of our founding fathers. The country that is so rich in all kinds of resources is being threatened by kidnapping, banditry, robbery and poverty because of disunity.
“Government can only succeed with the full support of all Nigerians as hiding under the banner of ethnicity, politics and religion will not do us good.”
At the end of the conference, leaders were elected across the six geo political zones of the country to ensure mobilization for a Nigeria for all.