“We can only make progress by understanding and embracing our challenges.
“Common fundamentals are policy goals in the political, economic, cultural, religious and social affairs of a nation that often must be similar to achieve political cohesion.
“These common ideals are usually taken for granted, but remain central to effective governance and development of nations.
“The notion of missing fundamentals are at opposite poles and refer to an absence of common political objectives on vital national policy.”
He then cited for President Buhari examples of countries that managed their diversity (the United Kingdom, Canada) and those that did not (Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Russia).