Former Military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has said that only through unity can the north overcome its numerous challenges.
IBB made the assertion when officials of the Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative (NSYEI), led by a former Governor of Sokoto State, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the movement, accompanied by the co-chairperson, Hajia Naja’atu Mohammed and its Director-General Dr Abdullahi Idris visited him at his Uphill Mansion in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday.
IBB commended the activities of NSYEI, admonishing the movement to work hard to unite the north and ultimately the whole country.
He said, “Only through unity can the North overcome its numerous challenges which makes the birth of the Northern Star movement at this time both commendable and timely.”
IBB, however, admonished the movement to be undeterred in the pursuit of its noble objectives.
Speaking earlier, Chairman of the Board of trustees of the movement, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and former Governor of Sokoto State, while tracing the history of the formation of the movement, said it was set up to unite the north and pursue all legitimate interests of the region.
Also Speaking, the co-chairperson and its Director-General Hajiya Naja’atu and Dr Abdullahi respectively, reiterated the importance of unity among the diverse people of the north which, according to them, was the only way the region could pursue its interests as one strong consequential unit of the Nigerian federation.
They thanked the former president for his support and encouragement to the movement, promising not to let him and the region down.
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