WHY EVERY NIGERIAN SHOULD BECOME A BIAFRAN
The name ojukwu is one name that rings loud and clear in the ears of many Nigerians,the name of a man inseparable from the first and only civil war that had ever taken place in the country,to some the name commands respect while to some others it disdain,if you find yourself among those whom respect that name,nine out of ten times I would be right if I assumed such a person was of an eastern extraction,while the others would mostly be from the northern part of the country,each for understandable reasons.its been about 48 years after the civil war that made the man ojukwu popular,for spearheading the eastern people in their endeavor to secede from the entity called Nigeria,as a result of the perceived injustice,everything the man and his people stood up and fought against is still very much alive and pinching every single Nigerian on a daily bases,and let me state this for the record that this has been the only time when the Nigerian people has grabbed the bull by its horn en masse and demanded for justice,even though this time it was by force,which is the only choice the rulers of the country understands and continues to encourage.
am well under 30,but I don't need a 50 year old man brain to know that Nigeria as it is,is nothing but a failed state,and my peers knows me to be notoriously unapologetic about that opinion,reason because,Nigeria in its current state ticks all the right box of a failed state,on every single poll or census carried out by the international community on negative thing,Nigeria almost always comes up among the top 5 nations among all other nations of the world,from "terrorism,insecurity,poverty, corruption"just to mention a few from a list that is literally endless,it is indeed from all this countless improprieties that one section of the country keep rising up against, and in recent times these clamour has been revived all over again,and the demands has not changed one bit "let us make Nigeria work and cater to every single Nigerian regardless of tribe or religion or else we want out of it",for those whom don't know,regardless the impression we seem to be getting from every activity taking place in that section, these are indeed their underlying and subtle request.I hear all other section of the country say "this igbo people(the ethnic name for people from eastern region of the country) keep complaining as if they are the only ones being hit by the sorrowful state of the country,while the north with whom they bear grudge are the ones worst hit by it afflictions,why don't we all stay together while we pray somehow miraculously the country will fix itself",but while this position may seem noble in itself,it lacks one non negotiable factor,if Nigerian must continue together,things cannot continue as it is,cos if it does,even a blind man will accurately predict its future, which is never leaving the sorry state of comatose where it currently find itself.I mean the way out is and had always been written in the stars for all to see,obviously we choose to see and ignore what we want,because if not,by now we should all be able to see the solution Nigeria needs is nothing but a thorough rejig or shake up to it current system,I can't understand how the people at the head of affairs don't seem to see this,they keep postponing the inevitable, thereby prolonging our suffering in this nightmare or horror movie called Nigeria,am even more disappointed in every elderly person not politically affiliated whom is over 50 and goes about on the airwaves both tv and radio as social-political analyst,but refuses to hit the nail on it head,and treat the future of Nigeria with the urgency that it begs for,some of them say things like "what Nigeria needs is a restructuring of it citizens mind and not the dictionary definition of restructuring that you and I know of,isnt this sickening,as I wonder if a day will ever come when all Nigerians will go to bed and suddenly Wake up with a restructured mind,free of all biases and excesses with which most Nigerians are known,is it not a working system that is suppose to whip everyone in line and achieved the zombie like mind effect,sometimes I get so concerned thinking if I was the only one who was thinking straight,how can a must do,such as restructuring,still be a thing only discussed on political programs on TV and radio,when it actually should already have passed 3rd reading in both hollow houses of Chamber,why should a constitution such as the one we operate,which is filled with numerous loop holes,still be in vogue,by now those houses should have been forced to be redrafting another one that suits our peculiarities,how come everyone goes mad at hearing the possibility of the return of the military,although i was too young when they held sway in the political scene and to have experienced their madness,but am knowledgeable enough to know that 90% of infrastructures we enjoy in this nonsense democracy that was handed to it by the same military,not to mention the near zero level impunity except the ones enjoyed by the actual player's,unlike this days where impunity is an everybody thing.
In Nigeria's case,I doubt if the worst style of democracy is any better than the military,at least a political structure of a military nature is working perfectly in China,Saudi and the likes,i mean,we mustn't be like America if its refusing to work,lastly,what is the big deal about a section of a country believing it isnt benefiting anything by sticking to failed entity and asking for a fresh start on their own,a brilliant idea the current state have refused to consider as a way out this quagmire it is neck deep in and yet won't restructure,which is a direct healing pill for the self determination going on in the east.
however I must say out of all this,I personally favour restructuring and going back to when Nigeria operated the regional system,i wasn't alive then to assess its viability but i have read and heard about it,from the groundnut pyramids3 of the north,and the cocoa boom that took place in the western region,
Until date,I am yet to hear any bad thing about that arrangement,meaning history must have indeed judged it to be a workable system,then i wonder why the need for the delay of an already tested and trusted system.
And as for those who question how any one of this solutions as an effort to rejig the system would work,often saying "is it not the same crop of leaders which we have now,that still would lead the new system",here is an answer,in a restructured state of Nigeria,an igbo man currently accusing the country of marginalisation would have no reason to,as he is being led by his fellow tribesmen,and so he would have to bear whatever grudge he has with them, and hold them responsible for his misfortunes, and not the central government that he generally sees as people from the north,same goes for all other sections,finally let me play out a a scenario,imagine if everything I have been writing in this write up seem to distort the point of view I wish to get across to eventual readers,without being told,the reasonable thing to do is to rob off Everything and start afresh in other to pass across my desired message,in same light Nigeria has threaded long enough on a part it otherwise didn't want to,the only thing to do now is go back and start again.
In closing,it is in this regards that I believe that every Nigerian should stand up from their slumber and request for something,just like the Biafran people have always been demanding for.
am well under 30,but I don't need a 50 year old man brain to know that Nigeria as it is,is nothing but a failed state,and my peers knows me to be notoriously unapologetic about that opinion,reason because,Nigeria in its current state ticks all the right box of a failed state,on every single poll or census carried out by the international community on negative thing,Nigeria almost always comes up among the top 5 nations among all other nations of the world,from "terrorism,insecurity,poverty, corruption"just to mention a few from a list that is literally endless,it is indeed from all this countless improprieties that one section of the country keep rising up against, and in recent times these clamour has been revived all over again,and the demands has not changed one bit "let us make Nigeria work and cater to every single Nigerian regardless of tribe or religion or else we want out of it",for those whom don't know,regardless the impression we seem to be getting from every activity taking place in that section, these are indeed their underlying and subtle request.I hear all other section of the country say "this igbo people(the ethnic name for people from eastern region of the country) keep complaining as if they are the only ones being hit by the sorrowful state of the country,while the north with whom they bear grudge are the ones worst hit by it afflictions,why don't we all stay together while we pray somehow miraculously the country will fix itself",but while this position may seem noble in itself,it lacks one non negotiable factor,if Nigerian must continue together,things cannot continue as it is,cos if it does,even a blind man will accurately predict its future, which is never leaving the sorry state of comatose where it currently find itself.I mean the way out is and had always been written in the stars for all to see,obviously we choose to see and ignore what we want,because if not,by now we should all be able to see the solution Nigeria needs is nothing but a thorough rejig or shake up to it current system,I can't understand how the people at the head of affairs don't seem to see this,they keep postponing the inevitable, thereby prolonging our suffering in this nightmare or horror movie called Nigeria,am even more disappointed in every elderly person not politically affiliated whom is over 50 and goes about on the airwaves both tv and radio as social-political analyst,but refuses to hit the nail on it head,and treat the future of Nigeria with the urgency that it begs for,some of them say things like "what Nigeria needs is a restructuring of it citizens mind and not the dictionary definition of restructuring that you and I know of,isnt this sickening,as I wonder if a day will ever come when all Nigerians will go to bed and suddenly Wake up with a restructured mind,free of all biases and excesses with which most Nigerians are known,is it not a working system that is suppose to whip everyone in line and achieved the zombie like mind effect,sometimes I get so concerned thinking if I was the only one who was thinking straight,how can a must do,such as restructuring,still be a thing only discussed on political programs on TV and radio,when it actually should already have passed 3rd reading in both hollow houses of Chamber,why should a constitution such as the one we operate,which is filled with numerous loop holes,still be in vogue,by now those houses should have been forced to be redrafting another one that suits our peculiarities,how come everyone goes mad at hearing the possibility of the return of the military,although i was too young when they held sway in the political scene and to have experienced their madness,but am knowledgeable enough to know that 90% of infrastructures we enjoy in this nonsense democracy that was handed to it by the same military,not to mention the near zero level impunity except the ones enjoyed by the actual player's,unlike this days where impunity is an everybody thing.
In Nigeria's case,I doubt if the worst style of democracy is any better than the military,at least a political structure of a military nature is working perfectly in China,Saudi and the likes,i mean,we mustn't be like America if its refusing to work,lastly,what is the big deal about a section of a country believing it isnt benefiting anything by sticking to failed entity and asking for a fresh start on their own,a brilliant idea the current state have refused to consider as a way out this quagmire it is neck deep in and yet won't restructure,which is a direct healing pill for the self determination going on in the east.
however I must say out of all this,I personally favour restructuring and going back to when Nigeria operated the regional system,i wasn't alive then to assess its viability but i have read and heard about it,from the groundnut pyramids3 of the north,and the cocoa boom that took place in the western region,
Until date,I am yet to hear any bad thing about that arrangement,meaning history must have indeed judged it to be a workable system,then i wonder why the need for the delay of an already tested and trusted system.
And as for those who question how any one of this solutions as an effort to rejig the system would work,often saying "is it not the same crop of leaders which we have now,that still would lead the new system",here is an answer,in a restructured state of Nigeria,an igbo man currently accusing the country of marginalisation would have no reason to,as he is being led by his fellow tribesmen,and so he would have to bear whatever grudge he has with them, and hold them responsible for his misfortunes, and not the central government that he generally sees as people from the north,same goes for all other sections,finally let me play out a a scenario,imagine if everything I have been writing in this write up seem to distort the point of view I wish to get across to eventual readers,without being told,the reasonable thing to do is to rob off Everything and start afresh in other to pass across my desired message,in same light Nigeria has threaded long enough on a part it otherwise didn't want to,the only thing to do now is go back and start again.
In closing,it is in this regards that I believe that every Nigerian should stand up from their slumber and request for something,just like the Biafran people have always been demanding for.
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