Gov Ahmed, Ooni Call For National Unity

By Bisi Adedayo, Ilorin

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Adeyeye Ojaja II, have called on Nigerians to work for the unity, peace and corporate existence of the country using diversity as an instrument of strength.

The duo of Ahmed and Oba Adeyeye made the call weekend in Ilorin, the State capital when the latter paid a courtesy visit on the Governor at Government House, Ilorin.

“Our diversity should be seeing as a source for strength rather than a source for disunity. God has a reason for creating us in this geographical entity call Nigeria. We should allow that reason for greatness to manifest”, the Governor said.

Ahmed who cautioned Nigerians against inciting utterances capable of threatening the existing corporate existence, peace and unity of Nigeria, stressed “we should be able to live together in peace irrespective of our political, social, ethnic or religious differences. Everyone must be an advocate of peace”.

He described Ooni Enitan  as an epitome of peace considering his antecedents since he assumed  the throne of his forbears, saying the monarch has redefined the role of traditional rulers as participatory in the art of governance.

Earlier, the monarch emphasized that Nigerians have sacrificed immensely for the cooperate existence of the nation than the pervasive but unfortunate song of disunity in some quarters.

Ooni urged Nigerians to show more patriotism and muster all available resources for the growth and development of the country, adding: “We have more to benefit as a united entity. We must, therefore, sacrifice for the generations yet unborn”.

The traditional ruler described Gov.  Ahmed as a focused driven and
an embodiment of simplicity and humility