Imo state deputy governor, Sir Jude Agbaso says Nigeria would continue to grow stronger and cannot disintegrate at 100 years anniversary of the amalgamation of Northern and Southern protectorates which gave birth to the country.
Agbaso who spoke to journalists at the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri on arrival from the flag off of the centenary celebrations in Abuja added that the event is worth celebrating the nation has more to gain from being one country.
“Nigeria as a political enclave has come to stay. The nation has passed through many trying periods like the civil war, insecurity challenges and the like that could make it break, but the people resisted it. What binds us together as a people is stronger than what divides us. There is virtually no part of this country inhabited by indigenes alone without people from other tribes.
He continued: “We inter marry and people from every ethnic group build residences and businesses in any part of the country. Therefore our people have come to realize that they do not have any other country,” he said.
Agbaso who stood in for Gov. Rochas Okorocha at the event further stated the strength of the country lies in its size, diversity and enormous human and natural resources.
“Other nations respect us because we are a big nation. Nobody can push us over, that is why we are called the giant of Africa. Small countries are even trying to come together because they have seen the advantage of being und a big enclave. I’m indeed proud of my country, Nigeria,” the deputy governor boasted.
He added that Nigeria was capable of conquering its challenges as there is no country without challenges.”One of the problems of the country is the management of its enormous resources. It would be solved with time, “he concluded.