Progressive Nigerians, support ethni-religious politics because insanity is defined as,
Labaran is right and as I have said it before, Jonathan is not that messiah but he is surely the prophetic voice in the wilderness that preparing for the coming of the One. Jonathan is not that ideal leader that will finally set Nigeria and Nigerians free but without doubt he will make the way straight for that leader if he continues with his leadership style. It is an indisputable truth that in the last three years the current administration by any measure have done better than Murtala through Yar'dua administrations combined.
Lest I forget, folk I have to admit Labaran's defense here of the current administration is superb, coherent, articulate. He is an able information Minister. I hope he will deliver his state, Nasarawa for Jonathan.
Fellow Nigerians please don't be deceived by the Hausa/Fulani's rabid quest for power. For over 34 years this group led this country without single opposition but had nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it, neither for their people nor for the Nigerians at large. If Hausa/Fulani military dictatorships offered NOTHING but, economic, social, political, infrastructure, security and moral decay for 34 years under their unchallenged military dictatorships how could they usher in good leadership in a democratic dispensation where every policy is challenged, debated, opposed, negotiated and compromised with the opposition parties? Folk the taste of fofo is in the eating. And for 34 years we ate the Hausa/Fulani leadership fofo and we all know the taste, the effect, the consequences of the pill we were force to swallow for these 34 years. Folk, insanity is defined as doing the same again and again and expecting different outcomes.
I can sware that an average Hausa/Fulani man or woman not religiously indoctrinated to religious fanatism is a good human being. But most Hausa/Fulani political elites are schooled on feudal Islamic theocracy hence it would be practically impossible for a Hausa/Fulani leader to succeed in a secular multi- ethno-religious nation like Nigeria.
Folk, I do not make these up, do your research; Islamic feudal theocracies have no room for a truly multi-party, multi-religious secular system. For a true moslem the order of importance is, Allah, Islam, Mohammed, Imams, moslem serf and others. For the average Hausa/Fulani, Abacha, IBB were exceptional leaders, because in Islamic theocracy the leader no matter how evil he or she may be is anointed by Allah. Yet they can't explain the type of leader the devil anoints if Allah anointed even the evil ones.
In Islamic feudal theocracy the leader is sovereign, he is everything. So to ordinary Hausa/Fulani man, is not only that Abacha and IBB did no wrong but they were exceptional. The question is, how come this mindset, well average moslems are not taught otherwise but that the leader, the king is a god after Allah. It is no surprise that Ahmadu Belllo never like Igbos that have neither king nor a central sovereign leader. So the Igbo Hausa/Fulani rivalry is political, religious, and cultural and can only be resolved by either complete political separation which am against or by regional autonomy which am in favor of. To a less degree this Igbo Hausa/Fulani cultural dichotomy also applies to Hausa/Fulani to Northern Minorities, Hausa/Fulani to yoruba, Hausa/Fulani to southern minorities, relationships.
Recently Lai Lie Mohammed, APC pubsec have been warning against ethnic and religious politics yet when Hausa/Fulani state governments deny city allocations for the building of churches in their states, when these governor refused to sponsor christian pilgrimage while at the same time they finance pilgrimage to Mecca, when Hausa/Fulani military dictatorship allocate 44 local councils to Kano after the state has been split into three, when Hausa/Fulani military ruling councils and administrations are overwhelmingly dominated by Hausa/Fulani, when governor Kwankwosa and Hausa/Fulani governors give free education to predominantly moslem natives and to moslem none-natives while they denied the same to other Kano residents who know no other home than Kano, when federal quota aka federal character that favors Hausa/Fulani are used in federal appointment, admission and military recruitment, then Lie Lai Mohammed did not raise alarm on the dangers of religious and ethnic politics. I read a news article just few hours ago where Governor Kwankwosa was warning Jonathan to leave Sanusi alone. The Governor in the article called Sanusi a good citizen of Kano yet Sanusi is from Yobe State but moved to Kano. Surprising Kwankwosa calls him Kano citizen while Igbos born, raised in Kano and know no other state as home but Kano are not described as citizens but as nyamiri and they do not benefit from Kano free education policy simply because they may not be Moslems like Sanusi.
Hausa/Fulani political elites and military juntas claim that they have the demographic numbers and asuch arrogate to themselves more states and more local government councils which translate to more Niger Delta oil wealth to them yet when it is time to do accurate headcount they either boycott or stifle it.
I have nothing personal against any Nigerian or against any
section of Nigeria, God forbid and far from it. However, until we start being
upright, honest, truthful, not deceitful, not taking advantage of each other
ethnically, not killing on the bases of ethnicity and religion, until every
Nigerian sees self as being at home regardless of the city, state he or she
lives in, Nigeria will continue to remain a pipe dream, an illusion. And I, we
must continue to call spade a spade. Until Nigeria sees it proper to abolish
the divisive indigene-ship policies in the regions and in the states, the calls
for national unity would continue to be a ruse and at best a waste of time. It
is impossible to achieve cohesion among the people in a country with fluid and
incoherent citizenship. Today in Nigeria depending on current place of
residence every Nigerian is either first or second class citizen. If you're
Igbo in Lagos or Kano, or Hausa in Onitsha or Lagos or Yoruba in Onitsha or
Kano you're a 2nd class citizen. But if this Nigerian goes back to a city, a
state in his ethno-geo-political area he or she then reclaims 1st class citizen. Our politicians know that it's impossible
to achieve unity, cohesion, love,
patriotism from and among the citizenry with this kind of incoherent
citizenship classification yet they pretend to not know that the political
turmoil, ethnic rivalry, ethnic mistrust, hate and tension, unhealthy competition,
the cutthroat politics, professional mediocrity in Nigeria; all stem from this incoherent
citizenship classification. Northern Politicians would not fathom addressing
this incoherency in citizenship classifications because such action would go
against the politics of North's foremost leader and father and the chief advocate of the
two classes of citizenship in Nigeria, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello. Ahmadu Bello's
unpatriotic policy of north for the Northerners, and divisiveness and his Igbo
fears is purely responsible for ethnic mistrust, and division in Nigeria today.
Almost all political problems in Nigeria today even the January 1966 coupe have
their root in Ahmadu Bello's geo-tribal politics.
Yes, ironically Mohammed Lie is right, religious and ethnic politic is wrong but I should add, in a ideal society but Nigeria is far from ideal. Nigeria is not even up to un-ideal. So, presently I would support none violent religious and ethnic campaign politics if it would help wane Hausa/Fulani political elite from their born-to-rule drunkenness, if it will disprove Hausa/Fulani claims of population demographic superiority over other groups and faithfuls. Yes I will support it if it will guarantee their political defeat and win for the rest of the Nigeria groups who have for long played second fiddle.
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