…Constitution amendment to enhance national unity<\/p>\n
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has advocated patriotic, selfless, and knowledgeable leadership as critical imperatives in Nigeria\u2019s quest for development.<\/p>\n
He stated this while delivering the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Anambra State Chapter 2nd Zik Annual Lecture Series entitled \u201cThe Political Ideology of the Great Zik of Africa and the Challenge of Leadership in Nigeria\u201d in Awka on Monday.<\/p>\n
Senator Ekweremadu who was the guest lecturer stressed that putting Nigeria first and pan-Nigerian principles were the hallmarks of Zikism, the political ideology of Nigeria\u2019s first indigenous Head of State, Rt. Hon. Nnamdi Azikiwe. He regretted that the Nigeria\u2019s progress had been stalled because her leaders veered from the foundations of patriotic, pan-Nigerian, selfless, bridge-building, and integrity-driven leadership laid by the nation\u2019s founding fathers.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cFor me, the great Zik, symbolizes the modern Nigeria. Apart from being one of the core architects of the nation\u2019s independence, his unwavering belief and commitment to one united Nigeria always came handy in stabilizing the polity at critical moments of our nation\u2019s evolutionary history.<\/p>\n
\u201cZik\u2019s selfless, sacrificial life and towering intellectual and political capacities made him one of the finest and greatest black men to walk the surface of this earth.<\/p>\n
The Deputy President of the Senate disagreed with those who blame Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe for opting for a Northern Peoples Congress, NPC, and the National Council of Nigeria Citizens Party, NCNC, coalition in which he was a ceremonial Head of State rather than an NCNC and Action Group, AG, coalition in which he would have emerged as Nigeria\u2019s Prime Minister and Head of Government.<\/p>\n
He noted that \u201cIf we consider that a coalition of both AG headed by Chief Obafemi Awolowo and NCNC headed by Zik himself would have led to a virtually all South government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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