The former Governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Kalu, has disagreed with President Goodluck Jonathan ,on his decision to declare some areas as ‘no go areas’ for members of the ongoing national conference.
Kalu, while speaking on Tuesday, on arrival from the United Kingdom (UK), at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, insisted that President Jonathan, was wrong to have told the delegates not to discuss the unity of the country even as he encouraged the delegates to discus every issues affecting the country.
Kalu challenged the members of the national conference to talk about all the problems confronting the country, maintaining that the country would not break under any circumstances.
According to Kalu, Nigeria, having fought a civil war once and survived would not go into any civil war again just as he added that European Unions and the United States of America, are expanding their horizons.
Besides, he insisted that President Jonathan erred when he instructed
members of the conference not to discuss the national unity of the country, maintaining that the President was ill-advised on the unity of the Nigeria.
His words: “Mr President was wrong on that occasion, that there should not be a ‘no go areas’ in the discussion of Nigeria unity, it is those things that will strengthen the unity of the country, we have fought one civil war and we can never fight a second civil war, no countries that go for civil war twice that survives, so I believe Mr President did not think aloud or the adviser did not advise him well, they should discuss everything, including the unity of the country, it helps the country to become one unified country.”
He emphasised further that discuss on national unity and other critical issues would make the country stronger and more unified, saying that the Igbos in the country had decided to remain with Nigeria no matter what.
“I want to tell members of the national conference that they should discuss everything ,including the unity of Nigeria. Nigeria will not break, we are not breaking to anywhere; we Igbos have decided that we are not breaking to anywhere because it will be a disadvantage to Nigeria if the country should break. You see, European Unions are coming together, America is acquiring more entities to become Northern America and everybody is coming together. So, Nigeria is not going to break, but let them discuss the issues that are making us not to have this unity,” he added.
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