SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, (THEWILL) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to pray and work toward the nation’s unity, declaring that the country cannot experience development without peace.
Jonathan made the call in Abuja, on Monday, while playing host to a delegation of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ministers Forum, comprising former ministers from 1999 to 2015, in celebration of Eid-el-Fitr.
The immediate past president said that no nation’s economy could grow where there was no peace because investors will go back.
“We should always use this period to know that the unity of the country is paramount,” he said.
“We cannot develop as a nation, no matter how people demonstrate, and no president can do magic, if there is tension in the land.
“This is because, immediately there is sense of insecurity in any country, investors will go back and when investors go back, of course, the economy will dwindle.
“What improves the economy is confidence and what makes investors to have confidence is peace.
“Nobody wants to invest where there is no peace, except those that invest in arms and ammunition.
“We should all pray and work toward that peace, that is the only way we can grow our economy.
“We should begin to reduce the cleavages and fault lines and form a political body that will look at things with national interest.”
Jonathan also congratulated all Muslims in the country for the successful completion of Ramadan fast and the Sallah celebration and commended the former ministers for forming the forum and for finding time to celebrate Sallah with his family.
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