My sincere observation supposedly made me get so many name callings, but I refuse to be cowed by just a cheap and unfounded truth. Nigeria as a nation has gone beyond the nomenclature of 1914 when the Colonial bigots amalgamated the three colonies to form a protectorate of Nigeria. Little did Lord Lugard understand that human beings are not metals that can be amalgamated. Hence, unity becomes a traded issue.
As a custodian of peace and harmony, I tried within my capacity to detach myself from viz religion, creed or tradition discussion that will snowball into partiality. My solitude was taken for a cowardice, perhaps, a separatist. The problem of this nation is incessant. We cannot attain the paper work of Vision 2020 if we are still in the business of religion or tribes.
It could be recalled that the National Confab reflects the banality of the conference when the Chairman of the Conference, retired Justice Idris Kutigi, had to start his prayer in Arabic language, while Lagos-based Pastor Tunde Bakare kicked against it. The Northern Muslim body called Pastor Bakare all kinds of name. I quickly made a response to their argument: that they should have made their complaint in Arabic not in English Language.
Another toga of irrelevance I observe in this nation is our prided military might and so called professors of lies in telecommunication and technology. It has been months that our children have been in captivity and we can still go ahead with political toiling. Let the sore water be given to a man that creates laughter when the whole city is in pain.
If secession will make the three regions to experience peace and tranquility, I am in support. Then anybody can make friends with her allies in the Diaspora. Well, I hope commitment to remain one will not further threaten our territorial integrity by neighbouring countries.
My sadness further increased when I saw mute lips from our clerics. P. O. C. Umeh painted them in his poem: Ambassadors of Poverty. They milked the congregation through soulish massages and concoctions. Our know it all professors have abandoned their callings. The nation is steered by the wind. Nobody at the corridor of power seems concerned and we want a nation that will work.
The fastest way of getting relevance in this nation is to get good academic certificate by all means. As if any academia in this nation has produced a way forward to our broken economy. Until we put less importance to ordinary papers we call certificate, we will never get there. We should learn from Asian countries. They are now the tigers in manufacturing, while we pride in a certificate that is not transferable. What a shame!
Comrade Duro writes from Lagos.