Before 1914 there was no country called Nigeria, all that existed were kingdoms, clans, caliphate, empires etc. People of similar languages, cultures, traditions etc were living together as one. This equation was altered when the Europeans came to Africa, precisely Nigeria.
The British in their selfish wisdom forcefully and cunningly brought all the different tribes with diverse cultures together. Before Nigeria's independence in 1960 different ethnic groups, regions at different time had agitated to be on their own but never succeeded. When 1960 finally came every Nigerian at that time basked in the euphoria of the country being an Utopian society.
After independence, the country went from one problem to another -political, economical, corruption, each person/ethnic group was suspicious of one another hence the scramble for power at the centre at all cost. From 1960 to date there has been numerous coups, successful and abortive. countless number of innocent Nigerians have lost their lives for what they know nothing about. From 1960 till date , some of the best brains have been lost, time, energy, money have all gone down the drain.
Why can’t we just live together as one, is it because of our ethnic background and diverse culture , what is the issue ?. Even the western world -US, Russia, France, China, India, Brazil are made up of people of different cultures, ethnic group, languages, tradition etc. yet they are living as one indivisible country and entity. Maybe, there is something wrong with the black-man. This problem, is it just a black-man problem ?, check the history of the black nation in the world. You must find corruption, ethnic strife, political instability and other form of civil disobedience. Even the black nations that are not in Africa, have not fared better. Haiti, Jamaica etc. This has made some countries to deny the black indigenous population any chance in governance e.g. Brazil, Columbia etc.
After independence in 1960 there was mutual suspicions amongst the regional leaders and their parties which lead to the collapse of the first republic. This event was also the forerunner to the series of coups and and the eventual civil war that followed.
Another election year is just months away, the politicians have started over heating the polity with all manner of unwarranted campaign of calumny coupled with insecurity in the North east that is now spreading to the North central and the government inability to deal with it.
Some couple of years back the Western world [US] has predicted that Nigeria will cease to exist in or after 2015. Recently the Nigerian government requested to buy arms from US to fight insurgency in the North East but the request was turn down. Why was this request turned down?. The answer will be seen as we make progress. The US has a hand if not some hands in almost all the conflicts that are presently going on globally-the middle east, the far East, North Africa etc. The US does not middle or create conflict when it has nothing to gain. All those region mentioned above but Afghanistan
have Hydrocarbon as the main stay of their economy and are members of OPEC. This hydrocarbon is the source of power for the US industries and for a long time the US has always taken exception to the price of crude from OPEC countries hence has advocated for price reduction.
The Niger Delta crises presented an opportunity to the US, but the leadership then was wiser and managed this crises. The Bokoharam crises is another opportunity for the US to destabilise and feast on Nigeria as long as possible with the way she is presently feasting on some of the hydrocarbon rich and crises infested Arab countries and some North African countries that are in crises too. With the way things are going-politicians heating up the polity [attack of calumny ] insurgency, inflation, unemployment etc. this is a pointer to crack in all the structures in Nigeria. The US which has usurp the role of “world police” is tirelessly working tooth and nail to feather her nest selfishness and greed at the detriment of Nigeria. The US has military structure off the coast of Atlantic ocean [AFRICOM]. In several meetings, briefings, and statements, high-level officials have said that AFRICOM has four main goals: (1) to counter terrorism on African soil as part of the Global War on Terror, (2) to protect oil resources, recognising that the US currently purchases approximately 24 percent of its oil from Africa, and (3) to counter China’s growing economic investment on the continent, (4) to bring stability to Africa, but only as it serves US interests. It is our belief that AFRICOM will actually destabilise the continent in the long-run and will put our partners in Africa at risk. For all the talk of it being a new, innovative engagement, AFRICOM may simply serve to protect unpopular regimes that are friendly to US interests while Africa slips further into poverty, as was the case during the Cold War.
Creating security and stability in Africa is not something that can be accomplished by the U.S. military- by any military- regardless of specialised training and cooperation with experts and good intentions. If the US government truly wants to promote peace, stability, and human development in Africa, it should not do so by a military command but by offering a civilian-driven just security approach. Instead of the US government sending medical personnels and equipment to fight Ebola in Liberia, it chooses to send about hundreds of military personnels to Liberia to fight what?. West Africa is fighting war against Ebola and not military conflict and what West Africa needs is medical personnels and equipments. All these military buildup is in preparation for the breakup of Nigeria according to their prediction so that they can feast on the largess of defunct Nigeria.
When the US came to Nigeria after the Chibok’s school girl abduction everybody was happy with the hope that the “kidnapped girls” would soon be released with the western troops build up, but alas this buildup to me only served to to compromise our security system to a large extent towards the predicted breakup of the country.
At this point, lets pulse and answer the following pertinent questions; are we prepared for a breakup, what good will it serve us if we break up, into how many places will this break up occur, can each of the breakup regions survive on their own, what happens after the breakup etc?????????.
The US to me is deceiving everybody, more especially Nigerians. Its high time we all woke up from our slumber and put aside sentiment, religion(s), ethnicity/ tribalism, greed and other differences to tackle this impending disaster headlong because of the too numerous advantages and benefits in being together as one Nigeria irrespective of our different political party/association.
By Mr Rivers
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Let's go our separate ways if that will bring stability instead of all this dog eat dog and mutual suspicion that's ongoing
ReplyDeleteI agree with you jare.
ReplyDeleteDisintegration is the only solution to our problem hence,Sudan will be better of to Nigeria......In a country where some set of people felt they owns the country,there can never be peace since some claims they are born to rule others and have ruled for 40yrs without any meaning impact to the country.... we are all seeing what is going on in the country all in the name of grabbing power by all means.......DISINTEGRATION DISINTEGRATION DISINTEGRATION
ReplyDeleteNigeria is hell country created by devils & evil men,
ReplyDeleteAnd it's leaders, lawmakers, and ministers are demonic, dragons, vampires, and scorpions. So therefore, please God of heaven and earth, moon, thunder, sun and light strike and deal with any lucifers and vampires that's talking about nigeria existence. Because no born creatures can battle with the Lord.Omnipotent God and the problem of evils, remember that what you didn't support doesn't longer exist peaceful , and i believed certainly that nigeria was forcefully man made for selfish criminality interest. And the spirits of all the innocence souls that died prematurely for what they know nothing about are crying daily basis .Father, son, and holy spirits support with power & mighty to peaceful separate your chosen people from this frustration called nigeria, so that they may live with joy and harmonies to worship you with truths and honesty which was one of the purposes you made them, So that majesty name of God will not be forgotten or use for evil Idolatry gods no more. Amen.
NIGERIA IS LIKE A BASTARD BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK. OUR BIRTH AND NAMING CEREMONY WERE DONE IN THE HEAT OF UN-MATRIMONIAL SEXUAL PASSION, AKIN TO THOSE DONE IN BROTHELS. OUR LEADERS' ACTIONS ARE EVEN WORSE OFF. WHAT OF THE FOLLOWERS? HUNGRY AND POVERTY-STRICKEN BUNCH OF CARNIVORES THAT WOULD SELL OUR SOULS FOR A BIT OF DUST JUST TO SURVIVE. NEMESIS WILL SOON CATCH UP WITH ALL OF US. THE WORST LEADERSHIP IS AT THE HELM OF AFFAIRS, YET SOME REFUSE TO ADMIT JUST BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF OUR OWN. BOKO HARAM IS STRANGULATING NIGERIA SPEEDILY AND WE ALL ARE HELPLESS EXCEPT THEIR BENEFACTORS AND SPONSORS. YET THAT NYANYA BOMB BLAST MASTERMIND IS ABOUT BEING FREED. WHAT A SHAME. WHAT A COUNTRY. NIGERIA IS HELL BOUND. Jay 2, Abuja.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't make any contribution here.......You wrote shit and sign out......The question here is if we are gonna continue as a country and u just wrote rubbish here without heating at the questions
Deletei feel dissappointed about d way some nigerians still sounds even after dis expository. d western world want us to disintegrate. Brothers ,we can't stand if we r not united.i know y most of u want us divided-b4 1960 we weren't united but ppl still survived,a few individuals sees naija as theirs' alone,we can always meet d disintegrated parts for assistance as in d old when need be. Fellow nigerians dis can't help at all. don't u think after we go separate ways,some parts will just be like d us, always wanting something in return b4 giving assistance? lets not do dis to ourselves. no one is self-providing. if we split bcos we r angry with one another,is it after d separation we can agree to be helping each other as separate entities? Brothers,its obvious dat our leaders have failed us immensely but as a nigerian youth,we've got to make amends-lets always learn to call a spade a spade,when someone does woz right,he/she should be appreciated irrespective of which part of d con3 he/she comes from, dis same method should also be applied when one goes wrong,lets also try to give every1 sense of belonging(there should be nothing like born to rule),also power shouldn't be handled by people of a particular tribe alone,it should always rotate. lets stop being parochial and sentimental,we r brothers. am sure of us remaining as one indivisible nation if we do all these. ovat from cross river.
ReplyDeleteWhy are you guys always afraid of DISINTEGRATION ? You and i knows there is nothing like one Nigeria.......DISINTEGRATION is the only solution of our problems because we are not BROTHERS and never can be
DeleteHistory always repeats itself. To all u guys preaching separation let me ask. Can u see Sudan? They only split into 2, north and south they have one language unlike us. Yet after the separation the south where the oil is, is still fighting. What can u say about that? Recently mr president wanted to do a ground breaking ceremony for an EPZ in delta state, what happened? To those that think separation will solve our problem, just know this. Especially the SS, their very nature as a people will be their greatest demise, they will never have the time to tap that crude cos they will be busy fighting. I've worked there so I know them even for the govt to build there is a problem, they ask for what they call matching ground money. Nigeria will not break into just 2, north and south. It will break along all our religious and ethnic fault lines, maybe 6 pieces and they are all likely to be at war within themselves. Is that what u want? Nigerias biggest problem is leadership, and it is the consequences of poor leadership we are seeing right now. Simple.
DeleteWe should all go our separate ways. Its about time we put an end to one Nigeria. We are not one, and will never be. Lets stop blaming the US for our woes.
ReplyDeleteChrist!
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