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Rochas Okorocha Advises Nigerians To Engage In Inter-Ethnic Marriages
The previous Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha has appealed to Nigerians to have interaction in inter-ethnic marriages as a way of selling peace and unity within the nation.
Rochas Okorocha who was the chairman of an annual public lecture organised on Tradition and the Administration of Range in Nigeria by the Nationwide Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), mentioned inter-tribal marriage is a approach of constructing cross-cultural understanding amongst Nigerians.
Represented by Professor Sunny Ododo, the Normal Supervisor, Nationwide Theatre, on Thursday, October 7 in Kano state, Rochas Okorocha argued that with over 400 languages and over 200 ethnic teams, Nigerian’s cultural diversity was actually an asset .
Rochas Okorocha who’s the Senate Committee Chairman on Tradition and Tourism insisted that the Federal Authorities has been embarking on measures geared toward selling intercultural understanding utilizing the Nationwide Youth Service Corps.
Additionally the Minister of Data, Lai Mohammed, represented by the Chairman of the Nationwide Orientation Company, Lawal Haruna, said that ‘until we maximise the alternatives offered by our cultural diversities to strengthen nationwide unity and nationwide integration, our nationwide growth agenda will probably be a mirage.’