Nigeria, March 7 -- I intend in what must be a brief remarks on the theme of the lecture to make four main points.
My first point is that there is no section or ethnic group in Nigeria that does not stand to benefit from belonging to the one country of the size and resources of the present day Nigeria. Therefore, it is and should be in the common interest of all its ethnically and religiously diverse components to sustain, nourish and progress our one country.
My second point is that the current state of affairs in Nigeria is not sustainable if the country is to avoid becoming a failed and broken state. There are undeniable facts about the current situation in Nigeria.
In addition to the country's economic under-performance, with the evi...