Safeguard our birthright as a nation: NNC

Dimapur, July 11 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) on Saturday issued a press statement reminding the Naga people that “the sovereign birthright of our nation is undisputable.”


The statement issued by NNC Joint Secretary Acüyi Vadeo stated that “it is the bounden responsibility of our people to unitedly safeguard our birthright as a nation.”


Stating that the youngsters today are rapidly advancing in all fronts and increasing knowledge, the NNC expressed hope that the “young people will gallantly face the challenges ahead and defend our right as a nation by following the footprints and written guideline of AZ Phizo, father of the Naga nation in 1984.”


Further, it called on the people to preserve the land for their descendants, while adding that “Your birthright as a sovereign person, your possession of land as your own personal property and the way of life in Nagaland which is rooted in the system of pure democracy,” are the three institutions that we have inherited from our forefathers.