Nigeria will never break up because it is God's project - Okupe- Doyin Okupe declared that Nigeria will not breakup in spite of current situation - He admitted that the ingredients to disintegrate the country were in existence - He however insisted Nigeria was God's project A former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, has declared that inspite of the current wave of agitation for the disintegration of Nigeria; the country will not break up. His position has triggered reactions among Nigerians as while some agreed with him, others insisted that the country was not God's project. This Day reports that Okupe spoke on Wednesday, May 24 where he insisted the heightened regional tension will still not lead to the break up of the country. Some south easterners led by the Indigenous People Of Biafra have agitated for the break-up of the country but Okupe believes the recent drumming of war will not affect Nigeria as it was God’s project. READ ALSO: How Nigeria can be a great country - Jonathan He said: “Yes, again and again, there are drums of war, rumours of coups and heightened cries for separation. Yet, Nigeria will not break. I repeat as God liveth, Nigeria is not about to break up. “Those who rely on what is seen physically and those who are not too knowledgeable about life may want to hold this assertion in derision. “Yet there is more than meets the eye in matters that control the affairs of nations and men.” He noted that ingredients required for the disintegration of the country existed such as “inequality, injustice, nepotism, corruption, deception, sectional neglect and lack of inclusivity, mutual distrust among others, but fortunately or unfortunately it is not in the manifest destiny of this great nation to disintegrate. “To anyone who is discerning, it has been crystal clear that God has shown His guiding hand in the affairs of Nigeria since the June 12 debacle. God does not act in vain but for a purpose. It will be preposterous to assume that the purpose of God’s intervention in the affairs of Nigeria in the past 25 years is to lead us to a break up. “In truth, the Nigerian experiment or marriage is grossly imperfect and obviously not working. The Nigerian union presents some of the outstanding features of a dysfunctional marriage. “There is sustained anger, mutual contempt and distrust, lack of openness and poor communication among its component parts.” The former presidential aide also spoke about the issue of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health saying the north is apprehensive because of the case of late president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He said: “But they are not willing to discuss this openly. Official handling of the situation suggests sectional protectionism rather than presenting a national problem seeking a national solution. After all, this is a president loved and voted for by nearly fanatical nationwide followers. Why should his adversity be borne and protected only by a section or just a few disciples? “On the other side are those, mainly southerners, who gloat over the president’s health challenges and cannot wait for power to be handed over to the vice president and for the latter to actually assume the full status of the president almost immediately. They rely exclusively on the provisions of the Nigerian constitution, totally ignoring the main and the central abiding political philosophy of power sharing in Nigeria. PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app “Obviously, there are serious and genuine fears across the divide. But as typical of a dysfunctional union, nobody is ready or willing to discuss these fears openly or even within leadership caucuses. “What we then get are heightened calls and counter calls for breakup of the country, calls for restructuring and official rumours of coups.” “There is an urgent need to develop a national platform from which we can nurture the emergence of an elite political consensus from where we can always look at our problems as national problems and bring about unified national solutions. Then and only can our nation be on its ultimate journey to its divine destiny of greatness.” See reactions below: Is Biafra about to become a reality following the recent release of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu from prison? Nigerians share their opinion in the Legit.ng video below: Source: Legit.ng - Doyin Okupe declared that Nigeria will not breakup in spite of current situation - He admitted that the ingredients to disintegrate the country were in existence - He however insisted Nigeria was God's project READ ALSO: PAY ATTENTION Legit.ng