A former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mamman Nasir has said that Nigeria will succeed if there is peace and unity.
Speaking at the 9th Engineer Mahmud Urwatu Armiya’u memorial lecture organized by the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Kaduna Branch on Saturday, the Galadiman Katsina further charged engineers on nation building.
He said, “Past leaders did not leave wealth for the nation but left success which is what we are after not how much millions you have, and if you have, how did you make your millions; all of us here must contribute and look at what this particular profession can do in building this nation because Nigeria is a very great nation, highly respected and if we do not destroy it by misleads, it will carry us very far.
“With all the problems we have come across, Nigeria is still the greatest African nation and that is why I am appealing to all professions to see what they can contribute to help the government of the day do what is good for the development of the nation.
“You cannot build any nation by just talking and forgetting about it, there must be practical honesty, there must be practical security and peace in the society. Where we believe government is wrong, our duty is not to criticize but tell them what you think should be done.”
He said the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello preached that for unity to be achieved, the leadership must respect the followers and in return the followers have a very great responsibility to follow the leadership.
The Chairman, Kaduna branch, Engr. Abdulrasheed Babalola called on the government to give engineers opportunities to perform by challenging them with specific projects while providing the enabling environment to perform.
