The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that those who are insinuating that the creation of Nigeria is an artificiality to bury the idea that Nigeria is divisible after a century of amalgamation. told.

Professor Yakubu rejected calls for divisiveness and stressed the deep-rooted historical bonds that existed between Nigeria’s various communities long before the amalgamation, but said the concept of Nigeria as a unified and indivisible entity is here to stay. He said he is doing so.

The INEC Chairman spoke in Kaduna over the weekend at an international conference organized by Arewa House’s Department of History, Political Science and Economics and Ahmadu Bello University’s Zaria School of Law in collaboration with the Pan-African Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies. An organization commemorating the 110th anniversary of the merger of Nigeria.

The theme of the event is “The Making and Building of Nigeria: People, Places, Times and Heritage from 1914 to 2024” which will bring together scholars from across the country to scrutinize the past, present and future of Nigeria’s history. I did.

The INEC Chairman said: “I have made peace with the fact that I am a Nigerian.If some people think that Nigeria is an artificial entity, then I believe that nations are always formed in different ways and are integrated over time.” You should know.

“Name one nation that was brought together by consensus. The fact that we are still here after more than a century is a positive for Nigeria.”

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