Nigeria can’t afford repeat of civil war – El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Tuesday said that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war that tore every fabric of the country.

El-Rufai spoke at the closing ceremony of the orientation course organized for members of the 2022 Batch B (Stream 2) National Youth Service Corps members posted to Kaduna.

The governor urged the youths not to fan the embers of violence and war in Nigeria.

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Represented by the State’s Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, El-Rufai said: “The youth must remember that the NYSC came into being after the civil war that tore every fabric of the Nigerian state. The war was a needless savagery that we cannot afford to repeat.

“Nigerian youths must, therefore, distance themselves from fanning the embers of violence and war in Nigeria.”