By Adoyi M. Aba
Abuja
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has proffered solution to the demand for self determination by South-east groups and the quit notice served on Igbo in the North by Arewa youths.
Adesina spoke during an annual dialogue dinner organised by UFUK Dialogue Foundation in Abuja, recently.
He said: “One thing that struck me at this UFUK Dialogue programme is this saying ‘Reserve a seat In Your Heart for Everyone.’ That is the solution to the complexity that constitutes the problem in a country like Nigeria, in terms of interrelationship.
“If you reserve a seat in your heart for everyone, you won’t promote insurrection. You won’t demand for your own Republic. If you reserve a place in your heart for everyone, you wouldn’t give a Quit Notice to anybody on the basis of tribe because we will be able to live together despite our diversity.
“So, I believe that what UFUK Dialogue is promoting, year after year, month after month, week after week, day after day, is something that is very salutary. I will want to encourage everyone to please embrace it.”
President of UFUK Dialogue Foundation, Mr. Kamil Kermabci, who read a goodwill message from US-based Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen, said he believed Nigeria would overcome its challenges.
Reading an excerpt from the goodwill message, he said: “Although there have been some recent provocation conflicts that appear to be religion-oriented, I hold the belief and hope that Nigeria is strongly proceeding towards a peaceful and happy future; thanks to the broad-minded people like you and the educated generations, who view the future with hope.
“Dialogue, mutual respect, meeting at universal human values and instilling security for people have become not a luxury but a necessity for Nigeria where Islam and Christianity are practised with their great dynamism.”
