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From the question of restructuring, secession to how the Nigerian government can harness sports to catalyze development in the country, themed “Putting together the jigsaw pieces that form Nigeria,” here are the top quotes from The Platform.
“Federalism is not a Nigerian invention, it is global. What works for America might not work for Nigeria.” – Prof. Rev. Osaghae Eghosa.
“The essence of federalism is to be found in the nature of the society the constitution serves and not the constitution itself.” – Prof. Rev. Osaghae Eghosa.
“We all play games. When we play games, we have one objective which is to win. Every player desires to win, but there are rules and we must play by the rules.” – Prof. Rev. Osaghae Eghosa.
“It’s not a matter of how much money you get. Delta for instance gets more money than its neighboring states Edo and Anambra; but those two states are doing far better than Delta state.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“If Nigeria performs up to speed, more nations will vote to become part of the Nigerian federation.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“Local governments are completely ineffective in the country. Right now they’re not working for the people.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“The challenge in Nigeria is the failure of leadership.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“We have created a society that the world watches and is sometimes amazed by.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“What we have is a government of politicians, for politicians, by politicians.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“Only an active citizenry can keep the elite from going further astray.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“Restructuring is a continuous conversation in a federal system; nothing to abuse or fight people over.” – Prof. Pat Utomi.
“Nigeria is like a family, and families do sometimes experience disagreements.” – Olusegun Adeniyi.
“Poverty leads to social unrest. Human capital investment is gold.” – Roman Oseghale.
“Nigeria is operating at less than 20% of its capacity.” – Roman Oseghale.
“There is nothing in nature that happens on its own. It must be triggered by something.” – Roman Oseghale.
“Poverty leads to increasing population and increasing population leads to poverty.” – Roman Oseghale.
“Nigeria has 10 million kids out of school, twice the population of Denmark. We are raising a country of illiterates.” – Roman Oseghale.
“Nigeria is raising a population of illiterates. Unless we invest in education, Nigeria is heading for doom.” – Roman Oseghale.
“What is right is not always popular, what is popular is not always right.” – Dr. Oke Enelamah quotes Albert Einstein.
“We must inspire a committed generation to build the Nigeria of our dreams.” – Dr. Okey Enemalah.
“No nation can survive if its citizens always have to jump high hurdles before they succeed.” – Dr. Okey Enemalah.
“We are mostly religious, but we have not followed the principles of the faith.” – Dr. Okey Enemalah.
“Experience is the best teacher for a fool. Other nations have successful done what we are trying to do.” – Dr. Okey Enemalah.
“We may not reap where we sow, but we always reap what we sow; sow what you need.” – Dr. Okey Enelamah quotes Bob Gass.
“Many problems get easier to solve if approached.” – Dr. Okey Enelamah.
“Identities are often and always constructed. We have a problem of identity, as we have all embraced different identities. Our identities are often and always constituted, that is why I support the need to start a new tribe.” – Bishop Matthew Kukah.
“For the first time, every Nigerian is angry, although the reason may be different. If we fought the Civil war 40 years ago, but the reason why we fought still persists then there is a problem.” – Bishop Matthew Kukah.
“The only freedom people confer on you is the freedom to agree with them.” – Bishop Matthew Kukah.
“Anyone who want to govern Nigeria must be prepared to cope with our Anger.” – Bishop Matthew Kukah.
“You can be in office and not be in power. You can be in power and not be in office. Some Nigerians think being in office means being in power; power is about influence. Power and leadership is about getting people to do what they don’t want to do, but doing it happily. We cannot all be in office at the same time but each of us is a leader in our different capacities.” – Bishop Matthew Kukah.
TheNewsGuru reports The Platform Nigeria events are designed to facilitate growth in the areas of personal capacity, productivity and national development within Nigeria.