He urged Nigerians to return to the path of progress and unity charted by the founding fathers.
“If you are on a journey and you find out that you are travelling the wrong road, the right thing to do is to turn back and take the right path.
“We must be ready to surrender our perceived narrow advantages to the general good.
“We must let go, for unless you release the man you are holding to the ground, you would not also be able to move an inch.
“ Now is the time to offer one another a hand of comradeship and together we can move to the Promised Land.’’
Ekweremadu said he wrote the book, not as the Deputy President of the Senate, nor as a card carrying member of any political party, but as a patriotic Nigerian.
He added that “I lay no claims to having the solutions to Nigeria’s problems.
“I simply want to challenge and inspire Nigerians to rise above ethnic, partisan and selfish interests and focus more on how to build a better country for us and our children.’’
He urged leaders to show fidelity to democratic imperatives of accountability and transparency, respect the laws of the land and respect the rights and liberties of citizens.
According to him, nobody can save or help Nigeria except Nigerians.
The deputy president of the Senate further commiserated with the families of those who lost loved ones in the attack in Enugu and other parts of the country to suspected herdsmen.
He said the incident further reinforced the need for his book and the ideas espoused in the book to be championed by all Nigerians.
Highpoint of the event was a minute silence observed in honour of those killed in Uzo Uwani, Enugu State and those killed in other parts of Nigeria by suspected herdsmen.
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