Nigeria is now “more divided than it had ever been,” former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said in an exclusive interview with The Guardian.
Anyaoku, who turns 85 today, spoke at his Ikoyi, Lagos residence on his contributions to the nation.
Meanwhile, received praise from President Muhammadu Buhari via a statement by spokesman, Femi Adesina.
The president extolled Anyaoku’s patriotism and commitment to unity and progress and prayed that God would grant him longer life and more fruitful years of service.
Anyaoku regretted that wrong socio-economic and political choices have created a cache of internal problems and impeded Nigeria’s foreign relations, forcing it to lose influence in blocs like the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
