SNC, ONLY PANACEA TO NIGERIA'S PROBLEM -AREGBESOLA

Aregbesola stated that the SNC would be packaged in such away that it would resolve all problems of the country, rather than allow it to disintegrate the country, saying Nigeria should adopt true federalism.

Aregbesola spoke at the 50th anniversary of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi-Akoko, the secondary school he attended between 1970 and 1975 where he donated and inaugurated a computer centre named after the former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

'This situation calls for true leadership. Life is sacred. We cannot watch helplessly, the wanton destruction of life and property as it is presently. What is necessary to tame this menace is imperative now. An unconditional engagement is strongly recommended for the sake of our nation and people.'We must also accept as irreducible minimum condition, the practice of true federalism. We are a plural society with many nations within the Nigerian nation. On many occasions in the past, we have got to the brink and miraculously returned.

'We have thus stretched our luck too far to the point of taking it for granted. Are we not daring fate? We may have gone beyond the tolerance threshold and if care is not taken, we stand the risk of plunging the nation into a catastrophe by obdurately clinging to a system that is beyond salvage. We must therefore return to true federalism.

'We must also embark on sovereign national conference.

While we are the same in our essential humanity, we are different as a people - with different, history, worldview, cultural practices and I dare say at different levels of civilisation. These differences are showing everyday and posing danger to our union. Sovereign national conference is not and has never been a call for the dissolution of Nigeria. What is necessary and which we are asking for is the negotiation of the terms of our union.

'Those who foreclosed the negotiation of our union are the real enemies of the country. We must commence this national conference without delay if we are to save the country from inevitable untoward consequences.'

The governor however enjoined old students across the country to support and cooperate with governments in their efforts at developing the standard of education.

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