Two issues eat deep into my soul and give me displeasure. The first makes me irate. The second makes me whimper. The first: We (Igbos) cause our own problems. We are enfeebled the more by other tribes. We think we are the most sensible yet we let our mother tongue die gradually. We speak to our fellow brother in a foreign language in a foreign land and when he tries to reply in our mother tongue, we label him/her primitive and awkward. We deny our tribe when surrounded by other elites from other tribes. In the banking sector, school or other social gathering, an Hausa speaks his/her own language, a Yoruba does same but an igbo person speaks English-even sometimes, a wrong English but still speaks it anyway. We make up to 85% of these psycho manipulators called churches and ministries. There they change our way of reasoning, there they condemn your initial belief of brotherhood. There they possess the greater part of your deciding faculty. There they label your ancestors ‘the curse and the cause’. Now, ask yourselves; who own those churches- which tribes are majored in being the overseers? Who is fooling who? I watch Emmanuel T.V. and others and I ask myself, “kedu ncha bu Omo?” They get into your psyche and destabilize your thinking powers. I do not condemn any but it is getting too much- their manipulations. Does the Igbos possess the greatest demons, does the Igbos possess the greatest unclean spirits, are Igbo spinsters are the most desperate in seeking for husbands? We attest to these through our actions and these makes us the most vulnerable in this nation. Politically, we are being manipulated. Imagine Yoruba and Hausa affiliated political parties sweeping us off our feet? Imagine 50% of Igbo people owned properties-per architectural structures- be brought down to our land. Are we Ndi Igbo (tribe) or Ndi Igbo (cannabis) anyway, let me not deviate. Karl Max made a great statement to which I term one of the greatest ever made quotes. “Religion is the opium of the masses.” This quote affects Igbos the most. The greatest weapon of destabilization, subversion and manipulation today is born out of religion. I am not saying that being religious is not o.k. I am just on the emphasis that hyper-religious inclination blinds us and gives us another person’s brain to think with. They tell you the benefits of giving- give and it shall be given unto you, good measures, pressed down, shaken together and running over. Who told you that giving has no principles? They would not tell you to make your heart peaceful. I mean, if you have a little fracas with anybody, I mean a little scorn or odium or unsettled issues with anybody, you are giving in vain and enriching their purses. Pursue peace with all men Christ teaches but they will make your mother-in-law, grandmother, uncle etc your grave enemies. They will make you see your fellow church members as your true brethren. But when turbulent troubles strike, these brethrens would not be there to tackle it with you. It would be those presumed enemies of progress that would throw in their weight, time and resources for your rescue. Ndi Igbo biko nu teta nu n’ura. Unu arahuzina. Chi efogokwa nu. I have lots in mind to write but I have no conveying powers to put it down because I am not a journalist. The second issue is about our mother nation, Nigeria. It is bothersome and shameful that what kept the ASUU strike still lingering isn’t worth it. The excess funds from our crude oil; where does it go? The amount that ASUU is asking from the federal government is in fact a pea nut for this Nation, yet your children or rather, their children- because your children are schooling overseas- are all at home wasting away. When shall these vanity seeking officials wake up and be a patriotic compatriot? When would they wake up and see to the fact that we have all it takes to make other continents seek for an admission over here? Look at Ghana, their children are all over there studying. This is a shame. A big ‘rub-ash-on-face.’ Look at investors and industrialists leaving our nation and some Nigerian industrialists relocating to other countries. It boils down to loss of jobs and lack of jobs for our graduates. This system of governance and selfishness affects so many things as it is. Half baked graduates, Jobless citizens, crumbled systems in every sector. The list of failures is exorbitant. We are planning on independence or we had independence – Nigeria @ 53 with our students at home! What is there to celebrate I ask? Is it not better we all wear sack clothes smeared with ashes and mourn? Seriously, we have nothing to celebrate. A man of 53 that still plays with his fingers visiting his anus and nose can be termed abnormal. That’s exactly what Nigeria is doing at 53. Well, as I said earlier, I have lots to write but the ability to convey them is limited- I am not a journalist. Long live Nigeria.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:24:13 +0000
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