NEWS ANALYSIS: THE IGBO AND QUEST FOR PRESIDENCY IN NIGERIA There has been much ado and clamour about a Nigerian President of Ibo extraction. Much as I am not averse to that, I would without fear of misunderstanding and vilifications state that the way we are going about it would not help the Ibo cause and Nigeria and Nigerians that would best benefit if an Ibo man happens to be president of Nigeria. Recently a group by the style Ibo Security Council stated that the Ibo would be president of Nigeria after Jonathan’s second tenure in 2019 otherwise heavens would be let loose. I beg to differ and therefore state that it is not about talk but about working at it with a singleness of heart and mind. The way the Security Council sounded seems as if someone would hand over power to the Ibo. My knowledge and experiences show that nobody gives you power, you have to take it. That is what all the other groups in the fabrication called Nigeria had done since independence. Politics and power is worked out. It is not talked about. The British and the North worked at the power structure of Nigeria to get what they got. The West worked at power leveraging the civil war, coups and counter coups to come to the point they are now. Ibos should go and work. They should stop talking. Their working should be no-holds bared. Everything thing should be worked at including secession. My primary school rule said you do a lesson, you do not succeed, try, try, try again. The cause of the civil war is still here with us. Because the first attempt failed, is not reason it should not be tried again. Those who mouth one indivisible Nigeria do not even believe so much in Nigeria. These are those who are using Nigeria’s unwieldy nature to steal it blind - robbers. There is no reason why secession should not be repeated since history repeats itself because of the foolishness of man. There is a good opportunity now in the National Conference. Nigerians should come with an open mind and talk about these issues without no-go areas. Because, what we have today is an albatross that is not serving any group well. For Ibos go get power, they need to work more than others. The shining light the Ibos represented at Nigerias independence frightened the others so terribly that plots were made with British to destroy it and it succeeded. So, the Ibos cannot get power by talking or threatening. They should concentrate on other types of powers and work at it so hard until this people come to beg them to rule Nigeria. Because actually, it would take an Ibo man to make Nigeria a real nation. This country would continue to be worthless to all who are unfortunate to be called its citizens by the way things are going. Fifty three years of independence, fifty-two years of sectional stealing, the only time that someone had come upon the stage to do something, because he is not from North who claim right to rule and West which can destroy to they rule, every tongue is wagging and even bandit governors are abusing the President. The north and the west political elite are mere vultures beside a dead elephant. They would not offer anybody, including their own people any worthwhile experience in being a Nigerian. For Nigeria to be a country and possibly a nation, we need the type of egalitarianism only an Ibo man can offer, which President Jonathan, though not an Ibo man, have been trying to offer in spite of the sabotage and subversion of the North through boko haram and media and the west through the instrumentality of a recruited Obasanjo and media power. Nigeria may survive. Nigeria may triumph. If we could have a Nigerian nation, I would so much like to be part of those who made it happen. Think about it. nigerianfundamentals.blogspot
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:19:15 +0000
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