{"id":7739,"date":"2013-08-04T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T20:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/lets-stop-ethnic-politics-jonathan\/"},"modified":"2013-08-04T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T20:40:22","slug":"lets-stop-ethnic-politics-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/lets-stop-ethnic-politics-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lets stop ethnic politics \u2013 Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called\u00a0 for the end of politics centred on ethnicity in Nigeria<\/p>\n

He made the call while speaking at the reception held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in honour of Chief Tony Anenih, who marked 80 years birthday.<\/p>\n

Faulting inflammatory comments by certain individuals, he said that Nigeria needs more nationalistic politicians in the mold of Chief Anenih.<\/p>\n

According to him, Anenih has\u00a0 enjoyed unrivaled reverence due to his nationalistic outlook.<\/p>\n

He said:\u00a0 “We can learn from him because he has always been a nationalist.”<\/p>\n

“From him let’s learn to sing the song of unity and use our cleavages for good and not to promote dis-unity. Some provocative statements have come from elder statesmen who witnessed civil war. But Tony Anenih\u00a0 has never made such statements, this explains why the hall is filled to capacity today”.<\/p>\n

Giving the vote of thanks, Anenih urged the past and current leaders in Nigeria to learn to forgive one another.<\/p>\n

He said: “The leaders are gathered here today and this is why we have ask ourselves why can’t\u00a0 we forget the past and move forward. I must confess that I was thrilled that President Obasanjo came to the church.”<\/p>\n

“This is the kind of forgiveness leaders have to show for the country to move forward, ” Anehih\u00a0 stated<\/p>\n

He also called for support to the present administration.<\/p>\n

“Abdulsalami Abubakar and IBB are here, they can give us peace. I believe that if all of us here put our hands behind him (President Jonathan) and genuinely advise him even our worst enemy Boko Haram will be afraid”.<\/p>\n

Many politicians, captains of industry and highly placed government functionaries attended the birthday celebration.<\/p>\n

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