Nigeria at 60. Comments from top Nigerians and groups

 

Nigeria clocks 60 today, stakeholders remained divided on how far it has gone in the march to development. While some are convinced that some progress had been made in the quest for development, others argue that the nation was actually drifting towards disintegration, owing to its faulty structure.

Among those who have ventilated their opinions on the state of the nation were Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Okogie; former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Others include the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, and its counterpart in the South East, Ohanaeze Ndigbo as well as the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF.

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…Nigeria sick unto death — Cardinal Okogie

…Nigeria moving closer to reality of greater nation — Tinubu

…Implement 2014 confab report, fix Nigeria’s problems, CAN tells Buhari

…We’re counting more losses than gains— Ohanaeze

…Nation not at ease —Afenifere

…At 60years Nigeria still crawling — PANDEF

Sixty years old empire of vampires — Gbenro Olajuyigbe