{"id":11542,"date":"2022-04-24T20:50:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T20:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=11542"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:06:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T11:06:54","slug":"lets-use-our-diversity-to-build-a-united-nigeria-ayodeji-adulrauf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=11542","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Use Our diversity To Build A United Nigeria – Ayodeji\u00a0 Adulrauf\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let’s Use Our diversity To Build A United Nigeria – Ayodeji\u00a0 Adulrauf<\/div>\n
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Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n
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Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria<\/div>\n
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The CEO\/Founder, THINKSTARTUP BEYOND BORDERS INC Mr. Ayodeji\u00a0 Abdulrauf has described Nigeria as a land of unity and diversity.<\/div>\n
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He urged Nigerians not to allow their diversities to divide but to unite them.<\/div>\n
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This call was made at a paper presentation held in Lagos.<\/div>\n
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In his paper titled, ” Unity in Diversity,”<\/div>\n
delivered at the occasion of the African British Fellowship Award held by African British Institute UK at LCCI Ikeja Lagos,<\/div>\n
the CEO said the fact that Nigeria is made up of different languages, cultures, religions should be seen as a blessing.<\/div>\n
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He defined the term\u00a0 ‘diversity’, to mean, the collective differences which mark off one group of people from another while Unity in Diversity means, “the state of togetherness or oneness in-spite of presence of immense diversities based on individual or social differences in physical attributes, skin colour, castes, creed, cultural and religious practices, others”.<\/div>\n
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Classifying the various forms of Diversity we have In Nigeria, like the cultural, which is a reflection of the way of life of the people; the linguistic, which concerns different languages of the people, there is also the racial diversity which has to do with a set of distinctive physical feature of the people such as skin colour, nose type etc.<\/div>\n
Nigeria, according to him is a vast country with geographical unity in diversity.<\/div>\n
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Such varieties he noted is in abundance in Nigeria and across the globe.<\/div>\n
Irrespective of this diversity, Nigerians he advised should guide against all forms of divisive tendencies so as to remain a united force.<\/div>\n
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“Nigeria is known for its socio-cultural diversity.<\/div>\n
We have variety of races, religions, languages, castes, and cultures .<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
These differences in us are looked upon as varieties that enrich the society and the nation as a whole.”<\/div>\n
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Abdulrauf bringing into bear the fact that no one individual or tribe can survive on its own called for the need to integrate and remain a united entity.<\/div>\n
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“There should be that sense of one-ness.\u00a0 Nigeria has 36 states including FCT and 6 geographical Zones.<\/div>\n
According to Ethnologue, Nigeria has 525 languages and three out of these languages are considered dominant with English Language as official language.<\/div>\n
Some of the known major languages are Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulfuide, Ijaw, Edo, Ibiobio, Karai-karai, Kupa, Kanuri, Tiv, Idoma, Igala, Nupe, and others.”<\/div>\n
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Just as Nigeria is diversed in languages, so is it diversed in religion. It is a land of re-union of many religions while Christianity and Islam remain the dominant of all.<\/div>\n
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These diversity not withstanding, the burning question he said should be, “how can we take advantage of our diversity for unity of Nigeria project”?<\/div>\n
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Explaining further,<\/div>\n
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\u201cI have a dream that one day will not be judged by my tribe or language , but by the content of my character and competency in Nigeria \u201c A case of your body system.<\/div>\n
Stressing,<\/div>\n
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“No part of the body has the right to say, I have no\u00a0 need of you \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 The body is a unit, though it is made of many parts that form one body. The body is not made up of one but many. The human creator makes a big deal out of diversity.<\/div>\n
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The CEO in his lamentation called for a collective responsibility to enhance unity of purpose of all Nigerians.<\/div>\n
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“What Nigeria tribal stakeholders have been doing to sabotage the creator’s purpose of unity in diversity are Passive withdrawal Imagine.<\/div>\n
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“If the foot should say, because I\u00a0 am not a hand , I do not belong to the body , It would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, because, I am not eye , I do not belong to the body, It would not for that reason cease to be part of the body .<\/div>\n
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“The eye can not say to the hand , I do not need you , and the head can not say to the feet ,I do not need you , What does exclusion look like in today Nigeria ? ,\u00a0 It is reflected in attitudes that we\u00a0 communicate , that is , diversity is optional.<\/div>\n
“Insecurity is not really helping situation as at now except we can start remaking a new Nigeria<\/div>\n
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“Our tribal stakeholders withdraw when they feel\u00a0 they are never really allowed to be fully contributing members of the team or nation building . This comes in two forms , Ignored\/Marginalized and Denial of one experience Active Exclusion.<\/div>\n
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Stressing further,<\/div>\n
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“The way the creator designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a nation. Every part dependent on every other \u2026..If one part\u00a0 hurts, every other part is involved in the healing , If one part flourishes , every other part enter into exuberance .<\/div>\n
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He therefore called on everyone to be pro active and that such should be reflected in our actions as government and governance for we need each other to build a united Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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At the end of the presentation, the\u00a0 CEO\/Founder, THINKSTARTUP BEYOND BORDERS INC Mr. Ayodeji\u00a0 Abdulrauf Waidi was conferred with the African British Fellowship Awards (ABFA) for his undeniable contribution to Humanity And African British Institute.<\/div>\n
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Alhaji Ayodeji\u00a0 Abdulrauf is the VP 1, Nastrul Lahil-L-Fatih Society, (NASFAT) Worldwide.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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