President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja received the report
of the National Conference and commended its delegates for setting in motion
the building blocks for a new Nigeria, saying a new nation is afoot. The
president also taunted critics of the conference and prophets of the
disintegration of Nigeria as a sovereign nation, stating that instead of
disintegrating, the country would grow from strength to strength. Also, the president promised to implement the recommendations of
the conference contained in 22 volumes of approximately 10,335 pages with 600
resolutions. Speaking after receiving the report, Jonathan said: All those who
have predicted the disintegration of our country at the end of our first
centenary would wish they chose another country when the possibilities of the
new vision for Nigeria are actualised. In place of disintegration, we shall
have integration. In place of bitterness and spilling of blood, we shall have
sweetness and healing in our land. Henceforth, our country shall become like
running water that approaches a rock, rather than stopping it takes a curve and
flows on. It is now very clear that as Nigerians, we have devised a way of
addressing and resolving our differences amicably: we dialogue and dialogue
until we agree. This is most heart-warming indeed!
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