A presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Adamu Garba, has suggested that Nigeria’s name should be changed to The Nigritia Federation.
According to him, this will be a move towards reclaiming “our country away from our colonial identities and divisions to our own definitions of unity, integration, tolerance and cohesion.”
This is as he revealed that Nigritia was the name the region known as Nigeria today was referred to in the past.=, before the advent of the colonialists.
He tweeted, “How about we rebrand this country, properly federalize it and rename it to “The Nigritian Federation” or simply NIGRITIA. Afterall, Nigritia is our ancient name before Lady Lugard renamed it Nigeria.
“This is part of our blueprint. Insha Allah, our govt will propose this to NASS.
“It is high time to clean ourselves from negative stereotypes, reorganize ourselves and reclaim our country away from our colonial identities and divisions to our own definitions of unity, integration, tolerance and cohesion
“This is our country, we shall make it great insha Allah.”