President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said that the National Youth Service Corps, the Police, and the Armed Forces are the only bodies uniting Nigeria.
Buhari spoke to corps members in his Daura, Katsina State when they paid him Sallah homage, to re-dedicate themselves to uniting Nigeria.
The corps members were led on the visit by the Chief Liaison Officer of NYSC in Daura, Aliyu Abdullahi.
He specifically mentioned the NYSC, the police and soldiers as the “only” bodies keeping Nigeria united.
“It is only the NYSC that is uniting the country and of course, the police and soldiers,” a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, quoted the President as telling the NYSC members.
Buhari told his guests that at every opportunity he had meeting with a former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), who initiated the NYSC in 1973, he would always express his appreciation for introducing the scheme.
“President Buhari said the entire nation depends on past and serving youth corps members to bridge the country, since they have the first-hand experience of living with different ethnic groups in various parts of the country, studying their cultures and traditions, and enjoying hospitality, which underpins every community in Nigeria,” the Presidency added.
