Nigeria: Federal Character Should Be Based On Merit, Not On Ethnicity - Emir Sanusi

Worried by misapplication of the federal character principle, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, said on Thursday that the principle should be based strictly on merit rather than on ethnicity.

Mr. Sanusi spoke at the 10th memorial lecture of Kehinde Sofola with the theme: "The Role of the Legal Profession in Nation Building: the Nigerian Context."

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