Deputized by the Depu­ty Governor, Mr Moses Ekpo, Emmanuel said Nigeria, though a heterogeneous soci­ety, defined by religious and tribal fault lines, can walk through such differences and emerge a truly united nation. jamb results

He said: “I believe Ni­geria has a lot to learn from the American example. We are a deeply heterogeneous society, defined by religious and tribal fault lines. Rath­er than walking through our differences as America did, unfortunately, we have enlarged the fault lines and adopted a largely, zero-sum game approach in solving our national problems.

“From our unfortunate fratricidal war of 1967-70 to the current insecurity in the land, the deepening of the chords of ethnicity and reli­gious differences, to flagrant inequality that exists in our nation, I think, we as leaders have a lot more work to do, in closing the gap or chasm of division.

“I have no doubt that the eminent resource persons you have gathered to speak here, will do a great job to illuminate and bring fresh insights to this problem.

“If America worked through her issues and today is the undisputed hegemonic power of the world, applying and deploying both soft and hard power to shape the world in her own image, which she has done successfully since 1945, Nigeria, too, will in no distant future also emerge as a truly united, indissoluble, equality-laden entity where, in the wordings of our first National Anthem “though tribes and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand.

“Nigeria will fulfil her po­tentials, this, we are collec­tively in agreement,” he said.

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