- Hon Yakubu Dogara says in order to attain full civilization, Nigeria must win the war against violence
- The speaker said any nation that has lost the fight against violence has always lost its civilization.
- According to Dogara, we can defeat violence in Nigeria if we are determined to do so
Hon Yakubu Dogara, speaker, House Representatives, has said that Nigeria must win the war against violence in order to attain full civilization.
Dogara stated this on Friday, May 17 in Jos at the annual cultural festival of Berom people of Plateau known as the “Nzem Berom”, NAN report.
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Legit.ng gathers that the speaker, who was the chairman of the event, said that the violence confronting the country must be stopped at all cost.
He said: “I have said it many times, we cannot afford to lose the fight against violence and still keep our civilization. Any nation that has lost the fight against violence, has always lost its civilization.
“Take the situation with the north-east where I come from, as an example. There are communities where you can’t find anything as representatives of the government. Police stations are gone; roads, buildings, hospitals and schools have all been destroyed.
“How long is it going to take us before we even get back to the position where we were prior to the breakout of violence?”
Dogara noted that he had reflected long on the issues pertaining to the violence in the country, and discovered that most Nigerians dwell on errors, which serve as fuel for violence.
The speaker said that for instance, there was an error that tells us that a whole ethnic group could just be wiped out.
According to him, any person who utilizes his senses should know that it is highly impossible to talk of just wiping out an ethnic group, except the God that created them decides to wipe them out Himself.
He said: “I have also heard of the error that stipulates that violence can be cured by more violence. There has never been a conflict in the world, not even where the best of the war machines are used, that the weapons of war were thought to have resolved and brought peace.
“Peace has always been obtained at the table of brotherhood. So that is another error.
“We can defeat violence in Nigeria if we are determined to do so and we have the leaders who are willing to do so.”
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Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari was summoned by the House of Representatives over the state of insecurity and destruction of property by bandits and kidnappers in most north western states of the country.
While calling on the federal government to urgently deploy soldiers to the affected areas, the lawmakers also asked the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to ensure the provision of relief materials to victims of the attacks.
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