Who wants Nigeria dissolved?
By Femi Ajayi
According to Howard Zinn, ”Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience: Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders. Millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obediently filling our jails full of petty thieves while the grand thieves are running the country. That is our problem.”
Many Nigerians, at the end of 2020, prayed never to experience what they went through the COVID-19 pandemic, as they looked ahead to more favorable year, 2021. Unfortunately, the first quarter of the year proved to be laced with greater dangers, occasioned by insecurity and growing dissent in almost every part of the country. Bandits, Boko Haram, herdsmen, and others killed over 5,000 Nigerians across the country.
Things are speedily falling apart.
Chandler Good Government Index, CGGI, rated Nigeria as the third-worst governed country in the world; especially the ability to handle corruption properly as the strongest indicator of good governance. CGGI ranked Nigeria 102 out of 104 countries, with a score of 0.319 points, ahead of Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
Unfortunately, the Buhari administration is proving to be the worst natural disaster any country can have with poor leadership. It is worse than hurricanes, tsunami, volcano, wildfires, and flood.
According to the Greeks, three types of people on earth are idiots, tribesmen, and citizens. Unfortunately, studies have shown that only 10 percent of Africans are citizens, while the remaining 90 percent are either tribesmen or idiots.
When the Greeks used the word “idiot”, they did not use it as a curse word. ‘Idiots’ are people who just do not care. If they write exams, they will cheat. If they are in government, they will steal. If an idiot eats bananas, he throws the peels anywhere instead of putting them in a trash container.
According to the Greeks, some societies have more idiots, than tribesmen and citizens. ”Tribesmen”, are people that look at everything from the point of view of their tribe. These are people that believe in you, only, if you are part of their tribe.
Nelson Mandela summed it up that ”Our world is not divided by race, colour, gender, or religion, our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, colour, gender or religion.”
According to Dr. Chuba Okadigbo ”If you are emotionally attached to your tribe, religion or political leaning to the point that truth and justice become secondary considerations, your education is useless. Your exposure is useless. If you cannot reason beyond petty sentiments, you are a liability to mankind.”
When the Greeks talk about tribes, it is not just about ethnicity, they also consider religion as a tribe. A great percentage of Africans are tribesmen, because they view everything from the point of view of their tribes. They trust only their tribesmen.
According to Greeks, ”citizens” like to do things the right way. They will respect traffic light rules, even if no one is watching them. They drive within speed limits. They respect the laws, will not cheat in exams. In government they will not steal. They are compassionate and give to others to promote their welfare. ‘Citizens’ often promote projects that benefit everyone. The Greeks called this group the citizens.
Some countries have more citizens than tribesmen and idiots. Others have so many idiots; like in Nigeria, where hungry and jobless people blindly support those responsible for their agony and misery, where idiots are voting for thieves.
A tribesman can become a citizen through orientation. And an idiot can become a citizen by training and constant enforcement of the law. But things fall apart if you elect an idiot or tribesman to lead if he has not been reformed.
According to late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, ”The pursuit of wealth is not a bad thing in itself because without the food and comforts which wealth provide, life will be penurious and drab. But always remember that any wealth accumulated on a selfish basis, at the expense of the state, in defiance of social justice, helps to create a disorganized society in which everybody, and no one person, can be safe.”
The social ills brought into Nigeria by Boko Haram and herdsmen are causing insecurity in the country, while the current administration is not concerned; hence the call for restructuring or agitation for Nigeria’s dissolution.
Ironically, Governor Sani Bello, Niger State governor, reported that Boko Haram insurgents have taken over Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, with its flag hoisted in Kauri. Shiroro hosts one of Nigeria’s largest power stations, while the area is barely 200 kilometers from Abuja. Unfortunately, more than 3,000 people have been displaced across Niger State, including those fleeing Shiroro and Munya Local Government Areas.
Kwara State, Niger State’s neighbor could be the next target, while Boko Haram could be working in concert with criminal herdsmen to penetrate to the south, which is already experiencing some pocket attacks.
According to an Ubuntu African Proverb ”A village without elders is like a well without water.”
Which reminds of what Kawu Baraje, a former APC chieftain once said and which has not been controverted: ”…we brought in Fulani from Mali, Sierra Leone, Senegal, others to win 2015 Election.” Unfortunately, they are causing unresolved security problem in Nigeria while they refused to leave after the election.
Historically, the tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation says, ”When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.”
Nevertheless, in modern business, education and government, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed: Buying a stronger whip; Changing riders; Threatening the horse with termination; Appointing a committee to study the horse; Arranging to visit other countries to see how others ride dead horses; Lowering the standards so that dead horse can be included; Re-classifying the dead horse as “living impaired”; Hiring an outside contractors to ride the dead horse; Harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed; Providing additional funding and/training to increase the dead horse’s performance; Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse’s performance; Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses; Re-writing the expected performance for all horses; and promoting the dead horse to supervisory of hiring another horse.”
Nigeria has become a mockery for Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo, Addo-Dankwa once remarked ”…why Nigerians themselves are not angry enough to change the situation. The Nigerian government is an ethnic government, not a nationalistic government.”
Ignoring the issues of security, massive unemployment, desecrating the future generation and snubbing restructuring could be the last straw that would break the camel’s back.
Following the advice of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, ”Our diversity should enhance good economy and strengthen it …we must focus on the management of our diversity and not desecrate it.”
Boko-Haram, Unemployment, Herdsmen, Armed-robbery, Recession, Insecurity: BUHARI leadership is the problem being faced in Nigeria.
A wise man said, ”Don’t be afraid to start over again. This time, you are not starting from scratch, you are starting from experience.”
In an unjust society like Nigeria, silence is a crime!
- Prof. Ajayi writes via [email protected]
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