Nigeria and its Igbo conundrum

"Nigeria: A century of lies" vanguard newspaper 2/3/14

Nigeria and its Igbo conundrum

The truth is that Igbos by their very God given nature are radicals and like the Saxon they neither have kings, nor are they beholding to tradition, nor to religious dogmatism, nor to feudal class system. It is historic as well as a contemporary fact that every change, any significant progressive change in human history; just name the change, one would see the radicals behind it. It is not exaggeration to foretell that Nigeria developmental leap intrinsically connects with its Igbo participation and leadership. It is no surprise that since after the civil war that the Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba have been in charge what Nigeria and Nigerians have witnessed is total decay in every aspect of societal development.

 

They say the taste of fofo is always in the eating. The Nigeria fofo that have been fashioned by the Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba leaderships since the 1960s has been an abysmal failure. The Nigeria ship has been captained by the due of Hausa/Fulani and Yoruba captains and the results are back and we all know the scores because we are all the victims of their poisonous fofo. The Nigeria ship has been dooming since 1970 and the captains of this ship must take responsibility for there mediocrity and incompetence. These failed captains must step aside for the radicals, the Igbos to lead. Nigerians must remember that insanity is defined as prospecting different result for the same course of actions.

While Igbos are radicals beholding to no religion, to no traditions, Hausa/Fulani are Islamic feudals that behold to religion, while the Yorubas though exhibit progressive ethos are too traditional, self-centered and not pragmatic enough to bring wider societal developmental changes. Nigeria for any meaningful radical breakthrough must call on its radicals, the Igbos. These are the gospel truth and we must deal with them in honesty and truth and for posterity otherwise we will continue to run round the Hausa/Fulani - Yoruba designed and led circular path
of religion, hedonism, traditions and stagnation.