Nigeria Can't attain Civilization in the Midst of Violence-Dogara

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has advised Nigerians to declared war against insurgency in order to attain full civilization.He stated this on Friday in Jos at the annual cultural festival of Berom people of Pleateau, known as the Nzem Berom.

Dogara, who chairman of the event, said the violence confronting the country must be put to an end at all costs.

In his words, " I have said it many times, we cannot afford to lose the fight against violence and still keep our civilization. Any nation that has lost the fight against violence has always lost its civilization. Take the situation with the northwest where I come from, as an example, there are communities where you can't find anything as representatives of the government"

"Police stations are gone, roads, buildings, hospitals and schools have all been destroyed. How long is it going to take us before we even get back to the position where we were prior to the breakout of violence?"

He further noted he had reflected long on the issues pertaining to the violence in the country, and discovered that most Nigerians dwell on errors, which serve as fuel for violence.

In his words, " Any person who utilizes his sense should know that it is highly impossible to take of just wiping out an ethnic group, except the God that created them decides to wife them out Himself"

"Peace has always been obtained at the table of brotherhood. So, we can defeat violence in Nigeria if we are determined to do so and we have the leaders who are willing to do so. It is also an error to say that some people are being killed because of cattle rustling"