History has taught us that it is better to address the fundamental causes of friction in a society than to paper over the cracks. See what happened in Afghanistan. The vulture is a patient bird. Although the Taliban regained control of the country after two decades of American occupation, the tribes would have waited patiently for many more decades if it was necessary to do so…
The reason we did not have many ethnic clashes and separatist movements in the First Republic was that each region ran its own affairs as it deemed fit and everyone contributed to the centre for joint services. The parliamentary system, which granted autonomy to the regions, was negotiated by the representatives of the various nationalities making up Nigeria over several years.
Two prominent Nigerians, Professor Bola Akinterinwa and Governor Nasir El Rufai have been expressing their worry over Nigeria becomingAkinteriwa warns that what happened in Afghanistan may not be too far-fetched a possibility in Nigeria, if we don’t frontally address the issues that fuel separatist tendencies in the country.
We have argued over the years that it is unfair of any parent to bring into the world children he has no intention of catering for, and throw them to the elements in the name of almajiris or Koranic disciples. There are millions of Muslim children in Southern Nigeria who undergo both Islamic and Western education. They do not constitute any threat to society because they go on to become economically independent.
Nigeria is just a name you can give to a zoo , not a country because there is no country called Nigeria anymore.
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