{"id":62217,"date":"2021-07-24T20:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T19:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=62217"},"modified":"2021-07-24T20:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T19:47:53","slug":"nigerias-problem-not-religious-ethnicity-lai-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/24\/nigerias-problem-not-religious-ethnicity-lai-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s problem not religious, ethnicity \u2013 Lai Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the challenges facing the country is neither ethnicity nor religion.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said some elements in the country were exacerbating ethnic and religious differences to tear the country apart for their selfish reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mohammed spoke in Abuja on Saturday at the book presentation and 75th birthday celebration of Bamigboye Ogunbiyi, a re-known obstetrician and gynaecologist.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Ogunbiyi who hails from Ilofa in Kwara state is the husband to Clara Ogunbiyi, a retired Supreme Court Justice from Borno.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiling the autobiography titled, \u201cRipples of Grace\u2019\u2019, the minister said the things that unite the country were more and significant than those things that the divisive elements were escalating for disunity.<\/p>\n<p>He said the foundation for national unity had been built a long time ago by the nation\u2019s forefathers and what the people needed to do was to sustain it.<\/p>\n<p>Mr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/17\/fg-to-take-possession-of-looted-benin-bronzes-when-returned-lai-mohammed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammed<\/a> gave three personal experiences to buttress his position including his days and that of the celebrant at the Government College, Keffi which he described as \u201ca great model for the unity of Nigeria\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the book, we leant that the celebrant attended Federal Government College (FGC), Keffi and that is why I am not surprised he ended up marrying Justice Clara from Borno.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Keffi, we were taught at a very young age that this country is one and the same and that religion, ethnicity and social status do not matter but rather one\u2019s academic prowess,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mohammed who said Mr Ogunbiyi was his senior in FGC, stressed that in his time, only the very best from the 13 Provinces in the North made it to the college and not by any other consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that the school was a leveler where children of peasants mixed freely with the children of the rich, adding that Christian students fasted along with those of them who were Muslims during the Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>He implored Nigerians to emulate and revive the \u2018Keffi spirit de-emphasising ethnicity, religion and social status and co-exist as Nigerians.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The minister also gave another instance when he used the premises of St Andrews Catholic Church, Oro, his hometown for Ramadan lectures for three consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a shining example of religious harmony and peaceful co-existence that we know in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor three years, a Church making its premises available free of charge for the annual Ramadan lecture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is contrary to the acrimony and mutual suspicion that many religious leaders are promoting today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lesson from this is that the religious disharmony that is being propagated today by some religious leaders is avoidable, and that adherents of the two major religions do not have to be enemies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mohammed also gave a similar account when a Church in the heart of Lagos had to shift its Sunday service forward to enable Muslim faithful celebrate Sallah when the date fell on a Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been living in GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, for almost 25 years and during annual Eid-el-Fitr and Eid-el-Kabir, we, the Muslims always have our open prayers at Arch Bishop Vining Memorial Church belonging to Anglican Communion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a particular year, Eid-el-Kabir fell on a Sunday when the venue will also be used for the usual Christian service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this development, we all agreed that we should come very early to pray so as not to disrupt the church service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our surprise, the management of Vining Memorial Cathedral rescheduled their own Sunday service to noon after we would have left the place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not seen better example of religious tolerance in Nigeria,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the same vein, Nimi Briggs from University of Port-Harcourt said inspite of all the challenges facing the country, Nigeria was not a failed state and should not be allowed to be one.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Briggs who is the guest speaker at the event said: \u201cseveral nations have had worse experiences and have returned to the path of rectitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be encouraged by their outcome because humans are remarkably good at meeting the challenges of their environment and Nigeria will meet and overcome its present predicaments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are experiencing these days has inherited various behavioural adaptation that proved useful to previous generations\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the Chairman of the occasion and former Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole described the celebrant as a bridge builder and an epitome of Nigeria unity.<\/p>\n<p>He said besides having the best time of his practice in Kaduna and Borno, Mr Ogunbiyi established a top-rated hospital, Nakowa Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri where he married from.<\/p>\n<p>Other dignitaries who spoke glowingly of the celebrants were Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum represented by his deputy, Umar 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