Mufti Menk: Nigeria can become best nation in Africa | We need to be united

Mufti Menk, the Zimbabwean Islamic scholar, says Nigeria can become the best nation in Africa if the country harnesses its potential.

Speaking on Friday in Abuja ahead of the peace and unity convention to be in the nation’s capital on Saturday, the cleric urged the leadership of the country “to be upright and honest and to serve the nation”.

He said Nigeria has the right qualities to be a shiny example for the rest of Africa.

“We need to be a united people, we need to respect each other, the leadership that we have, we should appreciate it, we should acknowledge it,” Mufti Menk said.

“We should understand that if we are going to respect our leadership, we will be able to achieve as a nation. If you look at the countries that have failed it’s because they don’t respect their leadership and they actually fail as a result.

“But if we are going to rally behind the leadership and ensure that every one of us contributes positively to this nation, Nigeria can be the best nation in Africa, and in all honesty, I believe the population, the resources and everything we have in Nigeria myself being an African coming from Zimbabwe, we always look at Nigeria as one of the biggest economies. 

“If not the biggest in Africa, I believe it is the right time to be upright and honest and to serve the nation and in this way, we will be able to be a shiny example for the rest of Africa. I always pray that we can be upright as citizens, and that way, we will achieve more than what we’ve actually dreamt of.”