"Only Buhari can Stabilize Nigeria" - Dr. Olisa Agbakoba.

 

Former president of the Nigeria Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN,  has charged youths to wholly support the President Muhammadu Buhari led government in order to build the Nigeria of everyone's dreams. Dr. Agbakoba stated this when a delegation of Arewa Youth Council paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Lagos. The veteran legal luminary stated that the country has decayed to a level that only people with superficially unquestionable integrity and experience can salvage it; only President Muhammadu Buhari is one such man and the best man for the job in present day Nigeria. According to Dr Agbakoba, President Buhari's affirmation that the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable further comfirms his convinction that Buhari has the will power, courage, commitment and resilience to lead Nigeria to greater heights. On the issue of youth involvement in nation building, Dr Agbakoba charged Youth from all over the country to unite in their diversity in order to make a meaningful impact in the business of governance. In his words,"Youths of northern and southern extraction must unite sincerely and forge a common course of unifying and transforming Nigeria".

 

Earlier, the President of Arewa Youth Council and leader of the delegation, Comrade Dogo Shagari extolled the virtues of Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, describing him as a role model for Nigerian Youth. According to the Youth leader, Dr Agbakoba is one of the very few Nigerians who sincerely believe in the unity of Nigeria without​ sinister motives. Comrade Shagari described Dr Agbakoba as "one man the whole nation looks up to as a person who has paid his dues in the evolution of modern Nigeria." The Youth leader affirmed that Dr Agbakoba's struggle in the human rights community to make Nigeria a better place and a nation that adheres to the tenets of the rule of law have never gone unnoticed. The erudite Comrade further stated that he and his team deemed it necessary to visit Dr Agbakoba in continuation of seeking out eminent Nigerians like him to intervene in issues of present day Nigeria that leaves majority of the citizens worried about the state of the country. "All over the country, there are pockets of crises that need calm voices and steady hands to control.

We have identified you as one of the most articulate and passionate patriots of the contemporary Nigerian society and our mission today is to challenge you to do more to halt the drift in our nation and help steady the ship of our state.

 

 You are a man a lot of people, young, old and across every divide look up to. You and your types fought for the enthronement​ of democracy in nigeria. Unfortunately, the political space have been hijacked by people that neither understand the system nor have the capacity to deliver leadership that can lift our people from hunger and want." Comrade Shagari added. He further charged Dr Agbakoba to heed their clarion call and come back to the arena and provide the leadership and mentoring capabilities that he is  renowned for. "We are all citizens of this great country and it is our collective duty to make it work", Shagari added.