The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar III, says the discourse on Nigeria’s unity is driven by ignorance and emotion rather than knowledge.
The Sultan, represented by Shehu Yamusa III, Emir of Keffi, stated this while speaking on Wednesday at a national unity summit organised by the National Prosperity Movement (NPM) in Abuja.
He said the discussion on Nigeria’s unity should be informed and driven by facts.
According to him: “It appears that one major problem we have around our national unity and cohesion in this country is that the discourse even among the educated is driven more by ignorance and emotions than knowledge,”
“The discourse has to be an informed one driven by facts and figures, otherwise we would find ourselves boxed into dialogue of the daft where no one understands the other.
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“We also have to avoid confusing unity with uniformity. We don’t have to be uniform to be united. The length of our fingers are not the same because each finger has a unique role to perform.”
He added: This can only happen if we ask our scholars to lead the debate. Some of us that went to unity schools and served in the military find it difficult to understand where the unnecessary hatred is coming from,”
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