Most of Nigeria’s problems caused by lack of tolerance, says envoy

Faruk Yabo, the Nigerian ambassador to Jordan, has encouraged Nigerians to be more tolerant of each other.

Yabo spoke on Saturday during an interview with NAN in Jordan.

He blamed the current challenges in Nigeria on partisanship and urged the citizens to emulate Jordanians.

The ambassador said Nigeria would come out of the current security, economic and political challenges with tolerance and patriotism.

“With tolerance you can achieve a lot. Tolerance among the people of Jordan is a model to emulate, it is a nation that does not define you by religion or ethnicity and Nigeria can achieve this, if they embrace each other,” he said.

“Most of our problems are not deeply rooted. It is sometimes partisanship that is used to amplify it, this is how some of these issues are translated into bloodshed, this is unacceptable and this is what President Muhammadu Buhari is tackling.

“Nigerians in Jordan are doing incredibly well, we have few consular issues, most of them are working with international organizations, we have students studying in different universities.

“The embassy has established direct mobile links with Nigerians, to help them call or reach the embassy when they are in distress.”

Yabo urged Nigerians to stop partisanship and join hands with the present government to move the country forward.