SURVEY RESULTS: Nigerians disagree with Buhari 's call for 'One Nigeria'
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SURVEY RESULTS: Nigerians disagree with Buhari 's call for 'One Nigeria'

An online poll conducted by Ripples Nigeria has returned an unsavory verdict on President Muhammadu Buhari’s call for a united Nigeria.

Insisting that the country’s unity was not negotiable, President Buhari had, at various times and at several fora, queried agitations by certain constituents for a break up of the federation.

Particularly irritating to the president has been the persistent call for a sovereign state of Biafra and the restiveness in the Niger Delta where certain elements have mooted self-determination.

Spurred by Buhari’s stance, a survey titled, ‘Buhari says Nigeria must remain as one. Do you agree?’ was administered on December 7. While the survey reached 388,113 Nigerians across all strata, a total of 1,171 persons responded to to the questionnaire.

The stats show that a very significant proportion of the population, about 78.3%, voted ‘No’ to Buhari’s persuasion for a united country. Those who stood with the president amounted to just 18%. However, 3.7% remained undecided on whether the country should break up or not.

A further evaluation of the stats also revealed that over 5000 comments were engendered by the survey, indicating very high level of robust discourse and conversation.

Read also: Join the survey: Buhari says Nigeria must remain as one. Do you agree?

The poll outcomes appear to tally with the position of some power blocs, especially of the Southern hue, who continue to maintain that the unity of the country must be negotiated.

Speaking for the pan-Yoruba group in July, Yinka Odumakin said, “I think the President is a sincere man but he may not be reading the mood correctly. The country is divided under him than before. Amalgamation and armed dialogue are going on all around us over the unity of Nigeria which many sections perceive has treated them unfairly.

“To continue to insist that the unity is not negotiable is aping that bird which buries its head in the sand and believes, because it is seeing nobody, it has become invisible too.”

Ohanaeze, on the other hand, said while it is not calling for secession of the country, it totally agrees with the Afenifere on the negotiability of Nigeria.

Ohanaeze Youth Council President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, stated that the current structure of Nigeria had not favoured all parts of the country, adding that Nigeria’s unity should be placed on periodic review.

Noting that the Igbo as a group canvassed the restructuring of the country during the last constitutional conference, Isiguzoro argued, “We (Ohanaeze Ndigbo) believe that Nigeria’s unity is negotiable. The principles and structures on the co-existence of the various nationalities that make up the country should be reviewed periodically.”

If the survey results are anything to go by, it leaves the president and the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), with the very daunting task of seeking more equitable ways of holding the federating units together.

 

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  1. Emmanuel Alayegbami

    December 21, 2016 at 8:31 am

    Nigeria unity is nonnegotiable. So we should not bother about people’s survey.

    • king

      December 22, 2016 at 1:21 pm

      you are simply crazy and idiotic. your empty statement implies that if given an opportunity to exercise power, you definitely would be a mad dictator that gives no respect to peoples’ feelings

  2. JOHNSON PETER

    December 21, 2016 at 8:43 am

    Whether buhari likes it or not, Biafra will secede from Nigeria soon.

    • seyi jelili

      December 21, 2016 at 8:46 am

      You are a joker . ojukwu who tried it fail. Kalu also failed . so no jupitar can make Biafra dreams come to reality.

      • Amarachi Okoye

        December 22, 2016 at 5:29 am

        You lied KANU will make it comes true that i promise you

    • Nonso Ezeugo

      December 22, 2016 at 5:23 am

      Amen oooo because the surfring is to much so we want Biafra

  3. Adeyinka Mayowa

    Margret Dickson

    December 21, 2016 at 9:27 am

    I think I have to start giving up on Nigeria, this country is divided, Buhari crashed and broke our hearts.

  4. Mr Septin911 – Lagos State, Nigeria – I'm not as complicated as you thing, equally not as easy as you've imagined. Huh? Yeah, Don't get it twisted.

    Animashaun Ayodeji

    December 21, 2016 at 9:31 am

    I just laughed! Nigerians bow to pressure easily, because our economy is untidy, they want Nigeria to secede. When the economy is good and in fact becomes better than it used to be, these same people who voted against Buhari will later vote to support one Nigeria and also support Buhari if he’s ready to go for second term

  5. Johnson Amadi

    December 21, 2016 at 9:34 am

    All these fight on Nigeria should break won’t help. Let Nigeria break first to see what will happen sef

  6. Roland Uchendu Pele

    December 21, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    One Nigeria is a myth! We should know that by now.

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