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With an opulent dinner at the Banquet
Hall of the Presidential Villa Abuja, the Federal Government on monday night launched year long preparations towards the celebration of Nigeria's centenary slated to hold on 1st January 2014.
President Goodluck Jonathan at the occasion
encouraged Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of oneness that had always spurred
them to strive for greatness in all their pursuits in the past 100 years
The echo of one Nigeria threaded through all
speeches made at this occasion a far cry from those that have mounted a
vigorous campaign to stop the Federal Government from going on with these
celebrations
Never in the history of the country has a celebration
in Nigeria engendered so much debate, probably because Nigerians are normally a
fun loving people
Something is therefore wrong and the people
against the celebrations are saying that it is because this present
administration has not provided protection for all constituent groups of the
union that would encourage them to continue to be part of it
There are those particularly in the South East
that argue that the political equations are so muck stacked against the region
providing the political leadership in the country that perhaps it would be
better to go it alone
And those from the South. West under the ambiguous
and amorphous banner of PRONACO argue that the conditions for amalgamation have
expired and all Nigerians must come together to renegotiate the terms for
Nigeria's continued union
Despite these arguments, all former leaders
who spoke on this night fought for the unity of the country even under
conditions where it would have been easy to let each ethnic nationality go its
way
The consensus is that remaining together is the
only way for Nigeria to keep its position of leadership in the world
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