 Former editor-in-chief of Daily Times, Tohla Adeni, says ethnicity and religion have become a major setback against national development. The veteran journalist made this position during a virtual lecture organized by Orulu Club Ikorodu on the need for the six geopolitical zones to be self-reliant. Plus TV Africa's correspondent Destiny Momo has more. The theme of the lecture series organized by the club is historical brief, the Nigerian conundrum and possible antidote. In his welcome address, the president of the club, Professor Adebayo Nino Louu, spoke on the rationale behind the choice of the lecture theme. Members of the club, including secondary school students, listened with rapt attention to the cursed lecturer base in Canada who delivered the lecture virtually. According to the lecturer Tohla Adeni, the topic is very apt due to growing ethnic and religious tensions in the country. He argues that the 1914 amalgamation of the North and South may have happened and solicited the need to explore the current arrangement cannot be overemphasized. He warned that if these regions are not ready to tolerate one another, the option of self-actualization should not be discarded. Some key leaders of the club spoke to journalists after the lecture where they are in sync with the guest speaker. We are a social club, more or less like an NGO. We are not going to detail, we are not involving politics of the nation, but it is it dawns on us to make sure that we prepare the minds, the thoughts, the thinking, facts and figures about this country, to people, and that is what we have done. Awards were given to the speaker and the chairman of the event, Professor Aki Uyebode, for their enviable achievements. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.