One has to look into d history books to trace d origins of d baseless tantrums displayed in d emirs palace in Kano some few days back. Some significant phenomenas during d last decade of pre-independence are worth looking at,inasmuch as they indicate Britains refusal to take note of warnings about Nigerias future stability. Throughout that decade,Northern speeches nd writings revealed a steadily growing dislike of d Easterners in their midst. Time nd again speakers in d Northern House voiced their deep conviction that the North was for Northerners nd that d Southernrs should go home(most of these Southnrs were from d East). Sporadic violence against Eastnrs had occurred in d past,notably during d bloody Jos Riots of 1945 and very regretably the pogroms of 1966 in d north that became d chief catalyst for d Nigerian Civil War. A dose of reality check for my misguided freinds; d Nigeria of today is nothing near the colonial one. One could ask, of what major economic importance is the North to d Nigerian union today? I remain a strong protagonist of the mantra One Nigeria but i strongly advice that we should always look b4 we leap, for the child who is at comfort in d cradle of d mothers back does not realize tht d journy is a long nd a tedious one. Ka Chineke mezie okwu...
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 07:33:55 +0000
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