Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa was former governor of Sokoto state and two time-presidential aspirant. In this interview, he maintains that for Nigeria to develop, all hands must be on deck and that Nigerians need to support the government to move the country forward.

THE on-going strike by the organized labour in Anambra State has taken another dimension with the state government and labour leaders trading allegations that had helped to deepen the animosity between government and workers. On Monday, Gov Peter Obi assembled who is who in Anambra at the famous Women Development Centre , Awka and made a frightening speech that sent jitters down the spine of many workers.

Our founding fathers did not negotiate that at 51, Nigeria would become the 14th failed state in the world. Neither did they agree that it would be among the nations with the least human development index, nor that it would still be crawling five decades after independence. Our founding fathers did not dream that their great grand children would be treated with contempt as a result of mismanagement of its abundant resources.

The former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN), laments that 51 years after independence, Nigeria is yet to be a nation, citing sectional and selfish interest as major drawback. Akinjide,, in this no-holds-bared interview blames the northern leaders on the Boko Haram insurgency, among other issues.

AS Nigeria marks its 51st independence anniversary today, there have been various reactions from people, especially eminent Nigerians calling for peace and tranquility.