The grand patron of the Biddle Belt Youth Development Organization, Professor Yorwuese Hagher on Monday canvassed a more united, formidable and stronger ties between ethnic, religious groups to overcome killings, destruction arising from herders and farmers clashes in the region.
Professor Hagher who spoke at the inauguration of President Tinubu Unity at Sports Tournament Committee in Akwanga Nasarawa State, promised there was urgent need for the Middle Belt Region to come together; use sports as a unifying factor to halt incessant killings bedeviling major parts of the region and by extension northern states.
He said the step taking by the Middle Belt Youth Development Organization, if supported and embraced by the leaders in the region, crisis would soon be a thing of the past.
According to the one-time presidential candidate of Nigeria, “The move by the Middle Belt Youth Organization will not only reawaken the position of the region as a centre of unity, but propel development and togetherness in the north.
Professor Hagher who condemned the current onslaught by killer herders, especially in the Middle Belt region, however, urged the current leadership by All Progressives Congress (APC) to come up with decisive measures by supporting the proactive steps by the Middle Belt Youth Development Organization to resolve some of the burning political, religious issues that would address the killings.
He said the mission of MBYDO was to rescue Nigerians from shackles of youth restiveness, kidnapping and ensuring availability of social amenities which will have direct benefit to the entire populace.
“This move by the Middle Belt Youth Development Organization is not a personal ambition, it is a struggle to save Nigeria from imminent fascism,” he declared.
The former ambassador who noted that the nation was in short supply of good leaders, cautioned the nation’s leaders against see the citizens as follower rather they should be accorded the due place as citizens.
While regretting that the north was in the face of poverty, hunger, terrorism today, Professor Hagher, called on the federal and state governments especially the northers to explore sports to unite the people irrespective of religion, ethnicity, cultural, political.
