President
Mohammasu Buhari has stated the Nigeria would not tolerate the state of
Biafra. The president spoke against the backdrop of the renewed
agitation for the actuation of the republic of Biafra.
Speaking
to Aljazeera television during his last visit to Qatar, president
Buhari recalled that over two million lives were lost during the Nigeria
civil war between 1967 to 1970 on the demand of a Biafran state.
He
said “At least two millions Nigerians were killed in the Biafra war.
And for somebody to wake up may be they weren’t born. Looking for Biafra
after two millions people were killed, they are joking with the
security and Nigeria won’t tolerate Biafra.”
Also
speaking on the state of Nigerian economy and the pressure to devalue
the Naira, president Buhari stated that Nigeria was prepared to go
against the advice on International Monetary Fund, IMF in that regard.
He maintained that the devaluation of the Naira would not pay Nigeria,
saying the country was purely an import nation. He also stated their
despite the plummeting crude oil prices in the international market, it
would pay Nigeria to remain in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries, OPEC.
“If it is against our national interest, why can’t we go against the IMF advice?” Buhari asks.
“We
were unable to diversify our economy, hence we are much more
disadvantaged by the lower oil prices. Nigeria will make the necessary
sacrifice to remain in OPEC”, he said.
Asked
to comment on the anti-terrorism war, the president headed a sigh of
relief that no local government area of Nigeria was under the control of
the Boko haram insurgents as was the case when he assumed office in May
2015.
Culled from the Vanguard
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