The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to embrace peace and eschew divisive tendencies which are detrimental to national development objectives.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the call in Kano at the Annual Public Lecture of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation NICO.
The lecture had as theme: “Culture and the Management of Diversity in Nigeria.”
The lecture was delivered by a former Vice Chancellor of Kogi State University, Mohammed Sanni-Abdulkadir.
The minister, who was represented by the State Director of the National Orientation Agency NOA, Lawal Haruna, said negative manipulation of diversity was detrimental to national interest.
Mohammed said that concerted efforts of government at all levels, in collaboration with civil society organisations as well as traditional and religious institutions would assist in addressing arising issues from multi-ethnic and multi-religious perspectives.
He said that the present administration had remained appreciative of the delicate relationship between national unity and national development.
