Can the Igbos survive the demise of Odumegwu-Ojukwu? What does the death of Odumegwu-Ojukwu mean to the Igbo community and its continuous existence as a people? Can Ndigbo survive in this contraption called Nigeria without another fearless Ikemba?
The matter wey we see so, e don tay wey e start. Mutual distrust and suspicions, a civil war, coups, many ethno-religious and socio-economic clashes and clueless leadership cum followership, besieged us. For Nigeria to progress forward ever, we need to ask ourselves: “which way forward”?
With the nation’s slow and steady descent into a failed state, courtesy of its growing number of sundry paramilitaries, warlords and terrorist gangs, it would be a cosmic treason if we let Nigeria fail.
The convocation of a Sovereign National Conference at this time in Nigeria’s history is inevitable. Though regional groups and leaders have voiced their support for it, it requires an atmosphere of calmness, upon which each component unit makes its just demands on the union.
Nigeria’s image is receiving deadly battering with every outbreak of violence in recent times, coupled with lack of good governance and dysfunctional infrastructures. Unless the present government reverses the trend by showing austerity in its administration and policy implementation, doomsday lies ahead.
With the increasing level of anger and resentment pervading the land and amongst Nigerians, as personified by the Boko Haram menace or the peaceful Lagos mass protest against Jonathan’s retrogressive pet policy, there is urgent need to restructure the Nigerian federation. Enough of mediocrity…We all want a changed Nigeria!
Following the incessant Boko Haram attacks on Southerners in Northern Nigeria, there has been an eternal question of the Nigerian dream as a workable enterprise or forced contraption. Preserving our multi-ethnic and multi-religious society is a worthy challenge to embrace if we want to develop as a nation.
Like the proverbial “stubborn dog,” President Goodluck Jonathan has lost the good luck that brought him into power last year, especially with the hike in fuel price last three weeks. His continuous oppression of public opinions signifies his journey of no-return to Nigeria’s political landscape in the near future.
In today’s Nigeria, everyone is an amebo on the issue of fuel subsidy. From the Presidency and his “cabal” to the common man on the street and the #Occupy Nigeria protesters, enough of tattling, rattling, gossiping and parroting. It’s time for action!
If President Jonathan cannot deal with the cabal that necessitated the removal of fuel subsidy with his all-knowing lieutenants, it’s time Nigerians help themselves – beg the cabal or occupy peacefully for change.
