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The Jigawa State
Governor, Sule Lamido, on Sunday, said that though faced with series of
challenges, Nigeria has been pliable when it comes to handling crisis.

Mr Lamido, while
speaking to aviation correspondents on Nigeria at 50, at the Murtala
Muhammed Airport, Lagos, said that crisis and dissenting voices will
always abound in a country that is trying to remain united, and advised
that the ability of leaders in the country to manage their challenges
is what truly counts. “There must be problem in life because nothing in
this life is so ideal,” he said. “There will be crisis, differing
voices and whatever it is, but it is the capacity and the ability to be
able to overcome such kind of things that is most important and Nigeria
has such kind of capacity. Nigeria has been so resilient.”

Mr Lamido said that Nigeria has made positive achievements in the
last 50 years, and urged Nigerians to be thankful to God for the feat
the country has attained. According to him, Nigerians have worked hard
for the country to stay together. “For Nigeria at 50, I think the
journey has been very, very easy,” he said. “Though sometimes there
have been some difficulties in our evolution, but there again like a
growing nation there will always be some challenges, and I think that
whatever thing anybody would say there have been some remarkable
progress in Nigeria. I think we must thank Allah almighty for keeping
us united, and for giving Nigerians the commitment to stay together.
And I think so far it has been very, very eventful not minding what
people will say.”