Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has charged ethnic groups in the country to shun oppressive tendencies against other groups in order to end the currently raging ethnic tension in the country.
The Speaker spoke to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to him, the issues causing tension currently primarily premised around the farmers/herders constant conflicts could be resolved when all concerned parties agree to have sincere discussions.
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He warned that attempts by one ethnic group to want to assume preeminence over others would always lead to conflicts, advising the various groups to respect the cultures and businesses of others in order to maintain peace.
He, however, informed that the National Assembly would swing into action soon as it resumes on Tuesday to start working on legislation that will take care of many of the issues breeding tension in different parts of the country.
“Everybody just has to come to the table and discuss and come to an amicable resolution, which I’m sure we will. I don’t think any ethnic group should lord it over any other ethnic group; the south-west should not lord it over the north, the north should not lord it over the south.
“We should respect each other’s trade, geographical space, history, culture and more importantly the issues of crime, murder, all those things should be completely jettisoned, but more importantly, we all have to sit on the table and discuss this matter and look for the way forward. I think everybody is willing to do that.
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“From the National Assembly, solutions will come from talking. I believe that now that we are about to start work on Tuesday, I know these issues will come up and adequate and proper legislation that will address the issue frontally and in the best interest of the country, and all nations that make up the nation such legislation will be put in place,” he said.
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