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Social Member
Gatestone Institute, New York, a US-based civil society organization, has called on Britain to apologize to Nigeria for the “problems and tensions in Northern Nigeria” which “are direct results of left-overs by the British colonial government.”
A representative of GI, Mr. Alan Craig, said this on Saturday in Abuja during a workshop for leaders of Northern ethnic minorities.
During the event, Mr. Craig said told journalists that Britain had to apologize to Nigeria for the unfortunate fallouts of colonialism.
He said, “This type of grassroots work is significant for the people in the villages and we hope to help the local people to have a voice. We want to support ordinary people to have a voice and we are always on the side of the minorities. The problems of northern Nigeria are direct results of left-over by the British Government (colonial) and therefore the tension and difficulties in northern Nigeria are direct result of the British Government (colonial). Therefore, my argument now is that the British Government should be rectifying the situation and contributing instead of telling he Nigerian Government about the gay right law, for instance.”
“It should be saying that ‘we are sorry for the legacy we left and other things we did’ and there are other good things the then British colonial government did too. So, don’t condemn it all but that particular aspect was wrong and was a mistake; so the British Government should be rectifying it.”
A representative of GI, Mr. Alan Craig, said this on Saturday in Abuja during a workshop for leaders of Northern ethnic minorities.
During the event, Mr. Craig said told journalists that Britain had to apologize to Nigeria for the unfortunate fallouts of colonialism.
He said, “This type of grassroots work is significant for the people in the villages and we hope to help the local people to have a voice. We want to support ordinary people to have a voice and we are always on the side of the minorities. The problems of northern Nigeria are direct results of left-over by the British Government (colonial) and therefore the tension and difficulties in northern Nigeria are direct result of the British Government (colonial). Therefore, my argument now is that the British Government should be rectifying the situation and contributing instead of telling he Nigerian Government about the gay right law, for instance.”
“It should be saying that ‘we are sorry for the legacy we left and other things we did’ and there are other good things the then British colonial government did too. So, don’t condemn it all but that particular aspect was wrong and was a mistake; so the British Government should be rectifying it.”