National Unity: Northern/Southern Leaders Hold Peace Talks In LAGOS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 25, 2020
Some prominent Nigerian leaders from across the nation helda closed-door meeting in Lagos, on the need to preserve continued unity andpeaceful coexistence of the country.
The meeting was chaired by a former Presidential Adviserfounding member of Northern Elders Forum, Tanko Yakassai, with the theme:“National Discourse on Nigeria, Chaos or Community”, was convened by NigerianNational Summit Group, NNSG, in collaboration with the ‘Osigwe Anyiam- Osigwe’Foundation and ‘We Care’ Foundation.
Those in attendance included leaders of thought from variousethnic nationalities across the country and representatives of some civilsociety and socio-cultural organisations.
In his remark, Yakasai appealed to government to pay greaterattention to the progressive views of Nigerians who showed genuine commitmentto preserving the unity of the country.
In his remark, the Executive Secretary of NNSG, Tony Uranta,said the meeting was ‘pro-peace’, aimed at proffering solution to the myriad ofchallenges in the country.
He added that the conveners of the meeting decided toinitiate the discourse for selected distinguished Nigerians to fashion out aplausible strategy that could arrest the current slide in Nigeria.