The
progress of Nigeria does not require the rhetoric of APC nor PDP, it does not
require a strong President as PMB is being portrayed nor a weakling as GEJ was
being portrayed. Even if Nigerians like, let them vote Obama or Cameron as
their president or Prime Minister, the problem will still persist. The society
cannot give what it does not have!
If
you bring Obama to govern Nigeria, he would be worse than GEJ! The society
shapes our behaviour and the Nigerian environment, the structure of polity and
nature of its governance cannot bring forth better governance until something
drastically is done to restructure it!
The
best of the Nigerian history, when she made strides in the committee of nations,
was during the time of regionalism. The first TV station in Africa, even before
Belgium, was built in Ibadan. The first high rising house in Africa, the cocoa
house was built. The first indigenous university, University of Nsukka was
built. The pyramid of groundnut was in existence in the north. Every region was
performing optimally till the military struck.
Since
then, the fear of disintegration has led us to disintegrate economically which
is gradually steering to a ‘failed state.’ Many unviable states that cannot
even pay salaries have been created so as to weaken the state and thus
strengthening the central government.
Nigeria
since then has not taken her place as ‘the giant of Africa!’
The
optimal performance that is being recorded in Ethiopia today was because of
their restructured system. Since the secession of Eretria and the plan of
further secession of other ethnic nationalities, Ethiopia re-wrote their
constitution which our own Ben Nwabueze was the pivot. They even included
secession clause in their constitution as Awo advocated before; but up till now,
no one has seceded.
Why?
Because, every ethnic nationality respects another knowing fully well that any
of them could activate the secession clause!
In
Nigeria, is it so?
Ndeewonu!
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