Nigeria Will Not Break Up - President Jonathan

Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan while receiving his vice , Namadi Sambo on Thursday, who led the Muslim community on the annual Sallah homage said that Nigeria will not break up.

He however fault the United States report that predicted that Nigeria will break up on or before 2015 assuring Nigerians that the country's diversity is a great strength yet to be tapped.

Speaking with the delegation led by the Vice President, he congratulated the Muslim brothers and sisters for successfully observing the Ramadan, urging them to continue in prayer for peace to duel in Nigeria and other parts of the world.

President Jonathan said, "For us, we cannot imagine a Nigeria without Muslims and Christians; you can call it another name, but not Nigeria. So it is a blessing that this is one country that you have significant population of Muslims and Christians and this religious diversity will enhance our development because we can get across the whole world, wherever we go we are accepted. That helps us in so many ways.

"We are not even exploiting our diversity because of the myopic views about situations. Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters and we must live together, those who are predicting that this country will separate based on our frontline as at the time of amalgamation, by 2015 they will know that these predictions will not be true.

"Today is a unique day, and I urge our Muslim brothers and sisters that they should continue to pray for peace not just in Nigeria but all over the world. If you watch television these days, more than 60 percent of the time is spent on showing crisis all over the world and for the world to move ahead and for Nigeria to move ahead. For us to develop first and foremost, there must be peace and security. Nobody will come and invest in an environment where you are not sure of the safety of your workers and investment." He added.