The presidency says it will not respond to ordinary calls and comments which suggest that the nation will break up if it does not “do one thing or another”
A statement released by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu stressed that the President will only work in line with parliamentary processes in proffering solutions to structural and other impediments bedeviling the growth and well-being of the nation and its citizens.
Mr Shehu’s statement comes not too long after after influential cleric, Pastor Enoch Adeboye called for an immediate restructuring of the nation to prevent a national disintegration.
The presidential aide who stressed that the the current administration will not take any decision against the interests of 200 million Nigerians, warned that “unpatriotic” suggestions of conditional breakup are both unhelpful and unwarranted as the government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure.
“The Presidency responds to the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country with factions giving specific timelines for the President to do one thing or another or else, in their language, ‘the nation will break up,’” Shehu’s statement said.
“This is to warn that such unpatriotic outbursts are both unhelpful and unwarranted as this government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to deal with the security challenges facing it at a time of the Covid-19 health crisis.
“Repeat: this administration will not take any decision against the interests of 200 million Nigerians, who are the President’s first responsibility under the constitution, out of fear or threats especially in this hour of health crisis.
“The President as an elected leader under this constitution will continue to work with patriotic Nigerians, through and in line with the Parliamentary processes to finding solutions to structural and other impediments to the growth and wellbeing of the nation and its people.”
