In light of the Baga massacre by Boko Haram last week and the 10-year-old suicide bombers, Face2Face Africa Contributor Victor Bomi has quite a bit to say to his fellow Nigerians: Compare the killing of more than 2,000 Nigerians in Baga to France, where just 17 of its own were killed by terrorists and the entire country came together, marched, and made a strong statement against terror. At a point, I was pretty upset about the lack of media coverage, especially here in the West, about the attacks in Baga, Nigeria; however, I must say that it breaks my heart to admit that a lot of problems in Nigeria are due to our own people, and that unless each Nigerian can look in to the mirror at themselves as one and also as part of the solution, we will continue to repeat the cycle of mediocrity with no form of stability and concrete structure in the country. Remember #BringBackOurGirls? Those 200 girls are still missing and are not back yet, so internally Nigerians really need to take responsibility for their continuous struggles, holding our politicians/government accountable and stop waiting for a savior from another country, because that will not happen. Much like the plight of our African-American brothers and sisters in America, my view is the same: Until we start to value our lives, the world will continue to not value our lives either. I dont need someone of another ethnic background that is not African to value the life of my people for me to know just how valuable each life is. These are children, parents, grandparents, etc. that are all being massacred with no remorse in our country, with some people treating the situation as life as usual and are desensitized to the atrocities. Indeed. Do you agree with Bomi? Do you think Nigerians, and Africans in general, fail to unite and bring value and solutions to our own issues??? Read the rest of his dynamic op-ed here: https://face2faceafrica/article/boko-haram-nigeria
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:00:00 +0000
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