North wants a blank Census Form and Federal Character at the same time

Their constitution is Nigeria and Nigeria is their constitution

Nigeria is a country made of many ethnic nationalities and religions. Census is the ideal project where these diversity need be captured for historical, genealogical, political and economic planning purposes. But I wonder how Federal Character, State of Origin, Catchment Area are constitutional backed policies but knowing the population of Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba , Igbo, Ijaw, Ishakiri, Ibibio, Egon, Tiv, Edo and over 300 other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria is diversionary, divisive and unhealthy in the thinking of the Hausa/Fulani hegemony?
Now, in the 2016 census let's us in the name of peace and one Nigerianess continue to capitulate for the Hausa/Fulani whims and caprice and just count Nigerians as Nigerians and not on state by state bases if this is what they want. Let us give every Nigerian a numerical digit and do away with names which may hint to our ethnicity so that by this doing we would have completely done away with   ethnicity and religion and other citizen tribal differences. I am quite sure Con IBB and his fellow crooks from the north reeling against the inclusion of religion and ethnicity in 2016 would object to this type of census that would be100% free of tribal and religious differences and sentiments. As we continue to dance the Hausa/Fulani dance of death and under the constitution given by their military henchmen,  my caution to  well Nigerians is for us to understand that peace NOT based on mutual fear and respect, equality, equity and justice is at best a truce, a postponement of the day of doom; is a peace between a Master and a servant.
It shouldn't be a surprise that Con IBB and hegemonic Hausa/Fulani want just a half measure and not full measure in eliminating tribal and religious differences in 2016 census. Because the status quo favors their region, religion and ethnicity. The status quo of 19 northern states (13 Hausa/Fulani controlled States with Christian minority and other northern minorities shredded among heavy Hausa/Fulani population in the three other northern states) as against 17 in the south; the status quo of twice the number of local governments in the North as there are in the south; the status quo of Muslim North being in absolute overwhelming majority in13 states and in simple majority over the Christian North in another 3 states of North. These 19 northern states and so many local governments translates to so much, political, social, religiously, economical, legislatively, etc advantages
The 19 states means the north would get 19 state shares in federal allocation
Twice the of LGAs means the north would get twice local government shares in federal allocation to local governments
It means the north would have 6 senate seat advantage over the south which means the north controls the legislative arm of the government
It means the north have over 30 legislators advantage of the south in the lower house.
It means by federal character the north would always have more federal executive cabinet members over the south; more federal employees, more students in the federal universities and unity schools, more personnel in the police and army 
It means the northern minority would forever be subservient to Muslim Hausa/Fulani.
It means that Hausa/Fulani is 16 states ahead in producing the president of Nigeria as against 6 for the Yoruba and 5 for the Ibo.
Its means Christian North would never build their schools and places of worship without the approval of Muslim Hausa/Fulani Leader and as one would imagine approvals for building churches in the Muslim northern are as difficult as the head of cow going through the eye of a needle.
So the advantage the Muslim north enjoys with the status quo is beyond description hence it would be utter madness in their part for them to support any policy or action that would scuttle their strangle hold and advantage over other Nigerians. So we know why census with religion and ethnicity data would not be welcomed by the Muslim north.  For them Nigeria is not broken so why fix it. For them a Sokoto or Bornu desert dweller can take full and absolute control of Liquid black gold found at the backyard of riverine man living over a thousand kilometer from the desert man.  For them census with information on religion and ethnicity would reveal either of two things; either that their self-arrogated advantage is correct and therefore should be maintained or that they are taking more than their fair share from the current arrangement in Nigeria and hence an end to their political and economic rape. So why should they take the risk, to know if the Muslim north is actually  as numerous as they claim to be when such risk could expose a dislikeable truth. I for one would not try to fix that which favors me and not yet broken. Every time one proposes justice, equity, equality, fairness and justice, Hausa/Fulani would object on the base of the 1999 Hausa/Fulani constitution, they would say 'it is against the constitution.' their constitution. They pretend to not know that the problem with Nigeria is fundamentally and foundationally constitutional. Yet they are always quick to reference the same faulty foundation because a shaky Nigeria is Nigeria owned and controlled by Hausa/Fulani
   But how?
Under the current pseudo federalism in Nigeria today, federal allocation that is given on state and local government bases mean that, the more states and or local governments a zone or state has the more money it gets from the center. The current state and local government partitions in Nigeria were all executed by Northern military dictatorial regimes and were skewed as one would imagine, favoring the old Northern region. One could not help but ask, what were the bases or criteria for the creation of the existing 36 states and 774 local governments by the military dictatorships? No criteria whatsoever, perhaps I should say that the creation of the existing states and local governments were based on arbitrary war and peace time military strategy, expediency, cronyism, nepotism, tribalism and or political manipulation. If military dictatorships are aberrations so are the political structures and partitions done by the dictatorships. Once again what were the bases for the creation of the present 36 state structure and 774 local governments? What if a local government depopulates to zero population due to natural or manmade disaster, would this local government continue to receive federal allocation just by the mere fact that it already exists even when it is inhabited by wild beasts only?
With the current flawed divisionary indigenous acts in most states in Nigeria an Ibo man living in any other part of Nigeria outside Igbo land is treated as an indigene of one of the Igbo states, a stranger to his state of residency. So in states creation and or local governments creation such Ibo man should also be assigned or counted to an Igbo state and not to the state where he resides until such a time the regressive divisive indigenous laws in the states are changed. But this was not the case when the present states and local governments were created by the Northern Military Juntas. For instance, Kano has 44 local government councils which perhaps took into account none indigenes living in Kano. However these none indigenes are not accorded ‘indigene-ship rights and privileges. So if there are 3M Ibos for example living in Kano and it becomes necessary that these Ibos move back to their states as is the case with Boko Haram attacks in the north, then Kano state would lose 3000000 residents but still keeps its 44 local governments; while the states where these Ibos relocated still maintain their twice less the number of local governments as Kano State. This arrangement is not only unfair but also wrong and criminal. With this arrangement, Kano State has it both ways and there is sound moral ground to legally and politically challenge the current geo-political arrangement and partitions in Nigeria. This is an example of nepotism, tribalism, cronyism that the January 1966 rebels and Gideon Orkar group complained about, it still exists and in a worse form.
South East zone have only five States and 98 local councils while the other zones have either 6 or 7 states and some have 188 local councils and the national cakes are given out on state and local government bases. Does anybody honestly believes that each of the three zones in the north is more populated than the Ibo population in Nigeria? The colonial masters recognized that in Nigeria then, there were 3 major ethnic groups, viz, the HausaFulani, the Ibo and the Yoruba ethnic groups. By the colonial master’s official record these three major tribes where more or less equal in population. There exist no colonial master’s official record that says that even though there are three major tribes, that Hausa/Fulani maintained super numerical population over Ibo and over the Yoruba tribes, yet in today Nigeria the Huasa/Fulani is in complete control of 13 states and majority in 3 other states in the Northern central which all together puts 16 states under Hausa/Fulani control while the Yoruba has only but 6 and Ibo 5. If this ratio 16:6:5 was the population of the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Ibo respectively the British Masters would not have recorded 3 major tribes in Nigeria. Because 16 is not equal to 6 or 5, the British Masters would have rather said that there is one Major tribe in Nigeria, the Hausa/Fulani and about 300 others tribes.
This kind of injustice against Ibo and Yoruba by Northern military juntas in states and local government creation demands courageous leader all over the world's true democracies, ship and unity of purpose. If civil disobedience, political, legal pressures, national conference fails to halt this Igbo marginalization and disparity in federal to zone allocations, then social disengagement along with UN actions seeking Igbo autonomy should precede economic and political disengagement from the center. And this mass political movement will need courageous leadership, the type that is currently lacking in Nigeria and in Igbo land in particular.
The ongoing National Conference must recommend National Identity Card scheme backed with biometrics, an 8 to 10 year periodic national head count and a federal allocation based on congressional districts which in itself should be based on actual population of the human beings in the districts. As an example, every 400k to 600k people can make up a congressional district. Or the Conference for equity and fairness among the zones should provide for 7 or 8 states per zone and equal number of local governments among the zones. Contrary to Hausa/Fulani  fascination with land mass, all over the world's true democracies,  tax payable beings and not land mass is the criteria and bases for allocation except the land mass is taxed appropriately and proportionately.

"Lamido to support Niger Republic’s Fulani settlers’ education"

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BY ALIYU DANGIDA
"DUTSE—Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has pledged to support the education of Fulani settlers from Niger Republic, as part of his efforts to enhance cordial relations between Nigeria and Niger.
Lamido spoke while receiving a delegation from Maradi State in Niger Republic which was in his office in Dutse, the state capital to thank him for his kind gesture.
He explained that supporting the young Fulani in Niger Republic to acquire education was not different from supporting same tribe in the country, pointing out that Nigerians, especially those in Jigawa State had common borders and similarities that bind both countries together.
The governor further said that there was very cordial and mutual understanding between the two countries even as Nigerien women were married in Jigawa State.

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/lamido-support-niger-republics-fulani-settlers-education/#sthash.xz54LWD3.dpuf"

Curtail Boko Haram mass murder by un-sitting security personnel from the comfort of their offices, stations and barracks.

Curtail Boko Haram mass murder by un-sitting security personnel from the comfort of their offices, stations and barracks.
End Boko Haram mass murder in the cities by posting or mounting 24/7 security check points at 1.5 miles away from the city centers; at all the motor-able entry points or gates to the cities. In the 24 hours manning period security check points would be adjusted according to the presence or movement of people. Depending on the city size and number of entry points each check point can be manned effectively by 3 security personnel with one or two mobile squad patrolling city periphery and the fixed check points. It would be advisable to use same security officers for the same check points when and where possible. The primary responsibility at the check points would be to check vehicle loaded with IEDs, or motorcyclists, walkers carry IEDs and for particulars and identification check only when there are probable cause to demand for particulars and Identification.
Every 50 Km of Highways should have at least two Highway security patrols teams that head in opposite direction of the highway at any given time Each patrol vehicle team would have two security agents. The primary responsibility of these mobile squads is to accost suspicious persons, vehicles or activities on the highway and particulars and identification check of persons only when there exists probable cause to demand particulars and Identification from a road user. At every 50 to 100 km or at highway exit points should be a fixed security check points with same responsibility as the mobile squad. Motorist and road users must be advised as to the number, frequency and locations of other legitimate and legal security checks points they would expect on the road in the direction of their journey. The fixed highway check point and mobile squad must coordinate activities and work together.
Video cameras may be deployed at every check point and with every mobile unit. The cameras must be ON at all times. Taking bribes from road user must be strictly prohibited with harsh jail time and termination of service. There should be enough standby anti-terrorism response team of highly and powerfully armed personnel in each local government such that there would not be more than 20 minutes response time to reported terror or criminal activity. 
The above measure would not eliminate Boko Haram death squad but would deter and curtail their ability to inflict mass murder in the cities and on the highways. So Nigeria Soldiers would then concentrate and deploy in the villages and bushes where Boko Haram attacks are frequent and unchallenged. The reason rag tag book Haram has become a formidable menace is because our security agents are not as proactive as they ought to be and this may be due to poor training, poor equipment and poor compensation. All the above mitigating factors  against effective policing need change if Nigeria intends to root out Boko Haram and terrorism from the country.

In addition to effective security patrols and security check points around major cities and highways in the north East and eventually in the North in general, then across Nigeria, the FG in conjunction with the State governments must Immediately begin Biometric Biographical Data capture of all persons in the North East, the North and Nigeria in General. This Data Capture would tremendously aid in the fight  against terrorism and all crimes. The data capture should starts with males 13 years and above in the North East then in all of the North and all over Nigeria and all citizenry.

Boko Haram is but an Institutional Failures.

In honesty, the threat of BOko Haram to Nigerian is greater than that posed either by Al-Qaeda or by any other terrorist organizations to any other Nation. And this threat to Nigeria is neither because of the sophistication of this terror group nor their uncanny abilities to cause mayhem and or destructions. These ragtag terrorist primitive bastards are successful in their scourge because of institutional failures, corruption, mediocrity and gross incompetence in the Nigerian society exemplified.

For example, how can a nation fight terrorism or terrorist when it does not have even an inaccurate head counter and identities of its citizenry. In Nigeria there is neither birth, death, national, local registry of the citizenry. The result of this one out of many institutional failures is that anybody is and is not Nigerian depending on the immediate circumstances and desires of the individual.

Just by mere common sense, it is impossible to stop Boko Haram if its members like many Nigerians can assume any identity at any time and place of their choosing. Boko Haram will grow and increase in straight and assume any name and coloration as long as Nigeria remains one of the few countries in the world that cannot identify its own citizens.

A terrorist who appears Middle Eastern laden with explosives and AK 47s can walk freely across the porous Nigerian borders and within the Nigerian states parading self as citizen. And I ask, can we found somebody we know not of his or her existence, identity, name, height, complexion, familial? The answers is no; but when we do, it is by sheer luck but the security of a nation and of a people cannot be entrusted to luck and randomness. So credible head count back with biometrics is an Imperative and Odimegwu should have been encouraged and supported and Kwankwaso and his likes can go to hell.

The ongoing National Conference must recommend National Identity Card sheme backed with biometrics and an 8 to 10 year period national head count.

Free speech on display indeed! What an ego and self-serving Yoruba talk?

Free speech on display indeed!  What an ego and self-serving Yoruba talk?

 Olu asked Tokunbo; Tokunbo, do we mean what we say or we’re just saying it for the sake of saying it; or is this a new awaking for us? Tokunbo replied; Olu, just say it, who cares whether we mean it or not, is our exercise of our free speech.

Excerpt:  “This forced marriage of diverse ethno-national groups has produced tension and difficult moments for the country, Nigeria. The next step in charting a course for the future is to safeguard the destiny of the Yoruba people [through autonomous regional governmental system], and reconstruct the Nigerian federation”

I agree with Yoruba’s demand for regional government and regional autonomy; however this is not what they want, historically and even contemporarily. Does anybody still remember the Nigeria/Biafra civil war? Helloooooh?  Do anybody remember the Aburi accord; the type of government that was agreed upon at Aburi? Does anybody still remember Ojukwu?

The system of government agreed at Aburi between the Biafra delegation led by Ojukwu and Nigeria delegation led by Gowon was exactly the autonomous regional government been canvassed today by the Yoruba. Had Gowon and his Yoruba apologist not scuttled the Aburi accord, Nigeria would not have descended into 30 months of bestiality called civil war and 47x5 years of backwardness.  After Gowon’s returned from the Aburi, it was Yorubas in his government that educated him on confederation and cautioned him against implementing the Aburi accord. They warned Gowon that if he implements the Aburi accord he might as well kiss Nigeria goodbye. The Nigeria civil war slogan echoed in Lagos, South,west, and in the North was, ‘Gowon, you must keep Nigeria one, unitary’

The question becomes , has the Youraba just awaken to the ideal of autonomous regional government or confederation that Ojukwu toiled so much to achieve 47 years ago at Aburi only to be scuttled by some Yorubas in the then Nigeria Government? Or, are these Yorubas demanding autonomous regional government today so young or unborn in 1960s that they know not that their people fought and killed Biafrans just to scuttle autonomous regional government system agreed upon at Aburi.

But by looking at the persons Alani Akinrinade, Wale Oshun, Tokunbo Ajasin and Adeyinka Adebayo,

 leading the crusade for autonomous regional system of government, one would notice that these Yoruba men if not part of the Nigeria soldiers that killed Igbos just  to keep Nigeria unitary and regions un-autonomous, they were old enough to understand the politics that led to the aggression by Lagos against the old south east.  Perhaps, to these Yorubas, 47 years ago Ojukwu was wrong for autonomous regional government but today he could be judged to be right. Or was this the case of bad messenger, Ojukwu carrying a good message, regional autonomy?   With every new political development in Nigeria the 60s and present day conspiracy by the South west and the North against Igbos are made manifest.    

 

How could the Yorubas say Regional “autonomy  or nothing” when it is the same quest for autonomy by Igbos and for all ethnic nationalities that  they, yorubas allied with the north, killed and starved 100s of 1000s of Igbos to death. There is something wrong and fishy with Yoruba’s today’s epiphany on the goodness of autonomous regional government in a multi-ethnical society like Nigeria. Or should one say that Ojukwu and Igbos are 47x5 years smarter than the Yorubas. No, I personally do not think that Yorubas as less smart rather I think their political class are evil and live in conflict with the truth.

 

Biafran existence in 1967 through 1970 was a necessary good while the civil war that followed its being was a necessary evil. Both Biafra and the civil war were meant to expose the conspiracy and Igbo hate in Nigeria.  As already said every new political development in Nigeria justifies Ojukwu Biafra and the Biafran cause and this is not to say that I clamor for a new Biafra State today. But without Biafra cause and experience one would not have known what to make of the Yoruba’s call for regional autonomous government. Without Biafra one would not know who lied to who, in Nigeria; before, during and after the civil war.

Folk, did anyone remember one of the civil war lies by the Gowon’s government against Ojukwu? Do anyone remember the lies Lagos told South East Minority, that Ojukwu dragged the South East minority to war againstNigeria so that Ojukwu and Ndi-Igbo would take control of Niger Delta oil. Unfortunately,   south East minority bought the Lagos lies and mortgaged their God given wealth to Lagos, to the Yorubas and to the North. Had the South east minority used common sense or even done a common arithmetic they would have known that One, their oil divided by few, the old south east people would have given more return per head than when the same one, oil, is divided by many, by the whole of Nigeria; but envy and hate always crowd out common sense. Today even though the Yoruba and the Hausa exploited the Niger Delta oil wealth, Igbos in-spite this conspiracy, by any measure are not faring too badly in Nigeria and I can authoritatively say that Igbo is not the most worst-off economically in Nigeria. With the current six geo-political zonal structure, Igbo is excised from oil rich south south but guess which zone or tribe that said over their dead body should resources be controlled locally; the north and not the South East you guessed right. The North said that it’s ready for second civil war if Niger Delta was allowed to control its natural resources. Along with their Yoruba apologist and naïve south- south people the north waged war against Igbos lying to the world that Ojukwu fomented the war for oil when the truth was that it was Lagos, the North and the South West and some brain dead South south people that went on jamboree of Igbo killing in 1967 through 1970 and lied about their motive, intent and action.

I am glad that events today, today’s reality has vindicated   an innocent man, Ojukwu and the innocent people Ndi-Igbo.   If Yorubas truly want autonomous regional governmental system, why have the majority of their people and political class joined the conservative Islamic theocratic feudal hausa/Fulani in the APC merger. The current status quo in Nigeria benefits the Hausa/Fulani, so how would APC dominated by these conservative feudalists guarantee regional autonomy to the Yorubas? In the ongoing National conference these feudalists have opposed anything federalism in practices. Folk let no one be fooled by Yoruba’s political correctness of segregation, unreliability,  none-trust-worthiness and wishy-warshy.   


One of My replies to Logical truth to his assaultive replies

My friend if what you have stated so far is truly your belief and understanding of the events before, during and after the Nigeria aggression on South East then I have great sympathy for your deficient in facts, history and willfully ignorance.
I am glad you did not call Igbo stupid but greedy and of course greed and stupidity are universe apart. I rather be called greedy than thief and stupid because 90% of humanity is greedy but few are thieves and or stupid. And many in your area are stupidly thievery and here is how. Your people cowardly gave up your land and your natural resources to the Hausa/Fulani - Yoruba oligarchy only to covert Igbo property as abandoned property. Your laziness and the laziness of people like you would forever becloud people of your kind to envy and hate the successful and hard work and hence the poverty in your swamp despite swimming in ocean of black gold. Go to UAE and see how people blessed with ocean of black liquid gold but not perverted, not cowardly disposed, not covetous, not envious of the successful live their lives. Go to UAE and see people who are ready to defend what is theirs, and enjoy their God given natural wealth live the lives. In your people's case, you cowardly abdicated your responsibility, instead of protecting what was rightfully yours you abandoned your land wealth for your dreadful masters the Hausa/Fulani - Yoruba Oligarchy and channeled your childish anger to the Igbo whose fault was trying to protect you from these masters. Yet, in your fear, ignorance, cowardly disposition, pettiness and littleness you focused your perverted minds and thoughts in the little things, the Igbo properties instead on your huge oil wealth. You conspired and handed the messiah, the Igbo that wanted to protect you, along with your god given wealth to the enemy so that you would covet Igbo property. You put your minds in the little stuff, the Igbo property and gave up the big stuff you liquid black gold. Since then God almighty have not forgiven you because you have neither repented nor shown remorse, nor acquired knowledge nor wisdom hence the desolation, poverty, degradation, pestilence, in your enclave.
The abandoned property abomination has not stopped the Igbo from acquiring more property all over Nigeria and there is nothing you can do about it except to stay in your ashes of ignorance, of cold feet, of hate, envy, jealousness, poverty, covetousness and thievery. May the God Almighty forgive your people and show them mercy and unclog their blindness and set them free from the demon of hate, envy, jealousy, ignorance, cowardice, pettiness, covetousness and laziness.

Islamic insurgency, Obasanjo's Greek gift Nigeria

Islamic insurgency, Obasanjo's Greek gift Nigeria  

The war against Islamic insurgency in Nigeria is not a winnable war and not because of the strength or capacity to cause destruction and mayhem by the terrorists, rather because any Muslim person, group, organization or country waging war against infidels whether for right or wrong reasons must by the dictates some form of perverted Islamic ideology receive direct or tacit support from all devout Muslims around the world. Islam is an occult, a brotherhood occultism, however this is not the original Mohammed (PBOH) Islam. In today's Islam it is an offense punishable by death if a Muslim opposes another Muslim fighting infidels in the name of Allah, Mohammed ( peace be into him) and in the name of Sharia. During Islamic jihadism any Muslim not supporting the jihad but sits on the fence is as guilty as the infidel and must be treated as such.

When Obasanjo for political power, allowed some northern states to adopt customary Sharia legal code hardly did he foresee the monster he was about to birth;  the monster that we now know may consume the country 'he so much loved.'  Nigeria is country with so many checkered past, however, the introduction and assent to Sharia legal system in some northern states was the highest blunder ever done  it.   When the dust of the terror of Sharia and associative Islamic terrorism settles and maybe, and I mean maybe Nigeria recovers, Nigerians would come to know that Obasanjo’s Sharia gift did more harm to country than all the coups, the civil war, the kidnappings,  all the armed robberies combined.  Some Obasanjo apologists have argued that sharia was already incorporated in the 1999 Hausa/Fulani military decree, AKA Nigeria constitution. Well Nigeria is also a signatory to the international for the right to self determination by the indigenous nationalities, Obasanjo shouldn't have bombed the odi people. Perhaps we should let the Igbos succeed?   

My biggest fear is that the Ginny had been let off the bottle and there is no going back from Sharia system in some part of the country. Sharia is like a metastatic cancer that can only spread and grow outward. A customary Sharia is like a half Sariah system, like a half education or half knowledge, is like a Muslim being half Moslem and half something else, these are dangerous dispositions.  Folk there is nothing like half Muslim or half Sharia. I say these things without prejudice because I believe that there is one God, Allah and Christ is the son of God, the Allah and Mohammed (PBOH) is messenger of Allah and these are the requirements for being either a Christian or a Muslim or both and I am both. However I am first a Humanist then a religious being because religion is meant for men and not men for religion. Its impossible to love God one sees not if one hates a human god who is his or her neighbor. My Allah is so powerful beyond comprehension that it would make no sense protecting Her from the weakly human or killing them for Him. Ignorance is the disease afflicting Boko Haram and all religious extremism. These extremists serve god so little, weak, vulnerable that it needs protection from its human followers.      

So Obasanjo’s Greek gift that gave rise to this Islamic insurgency has three possible ends, none of which is good for the Nigeria Nation.

1.       Full adoption of full blown Sharia systems in the states and area that want this Islamic legal code; therefore a two full independent judiciary system; one for  those that want Sharia system and the other for the rest. But two full independent legal codes require two separate constitution, two different legislatures, and therefore two independent nations. So one of the possible outcomes of Obasanjo’s self-serving gift of Trojan horse he gave not out of malice but of poor sightedness is the disintegration of Nigeria.

2.       Perpetual   insurgency and war of attrition that would stagnate growth and development; keeping Nigeria in a state of perpetually war and undeveloped.  Jihadism can only be over permanently when the jihadists overrun and conquer their enemy and institute Sharia Islamic code or temporarily, when the last jihadist is captured, imprisoned and or eliminated.

Perhaps for the sake of peace and one Nigerianess, Nigerians of none Islamic faith may have to exercise greater sense of patriotism and convert to Islam and accept Sariah as national legal code.

3.       Confederation, a gloried federation unfortunately may be Nigeria’s only escape route from a potential disastrous explosive end that the Obasanjo’s gift is leading Nigeria to. In as much as I am completely for indivisibility of Nigeria, confederation  may be a win win solution for both Islamic Jihadist and for none Muslims; solution to the prevailing political religious quagmire  necessitated  by Obasanjo’s gift of half Sariah legal system.  

Some have suggested a negotiation between the government and Boko Haram and I wish them good luck and even in my doubt, I pray for good outcome from such negotiation. Shakur’s Boko Haram is no longer the same Boko Haram led by the Mohammed Yusuf. Any meaningful negotiations must directly or indirectly involve Muslem mullahs, the sheiks,  and leaders of Islamic terror organizations around the world. However these Islamic extremists do not compromise in their eternal quest and conquest for Islamic theocracy and Sharia legal system. Any negotiation with these ignoramus terrorist must be comprehensive and for comprehensive peace that would end their barbarism completely for sometime, hopefully. Negotiation involving just the prisoners swap would  be very disastrous; it would put a more dangerous tool and tactics into the hands of these homo-erectus species. In fact  negotiations for prisoner swap would mean victory for the terrorist and embolden them because there are millions of abduct-able people in the North. Negotiation with  Islamist  guarantees only but one thing, the postponement of inevitable religious war planted by the birth of Sharia legal code in the North with Obasanjo's assent. These Boko Haram bastards are demonic and it is impossible to negotiate peace with demons because they surely will come back, is only but  a matter of time.  

Yet all hopes are not lost for the preservations of Nigeria as one entity. Yes, a federation with a trigger-able confederation will not only save Nigeria but may also stop the Islamic insurgency with not even one more single shot of fire. With the ongoing national conference, and the current Islamic insurgency, a federation laced with trigger-able confederation couldn’t have been timelier.

And here is what I postulate; to negate the possibility of Nigeria degenerating into military dictatorship or into Islamism or all out religious war, the new constitution that would emerge from the ongoing National Conference must have a section or provision that guarantees democracy and religious secularity in Nigeria based on the atmosphere of mutual respect and or mutual fear and based on the equality of the citizenry among the peoples of the 6 political zones or of the 36 state of the federation.

Yes, the opportunity offered by the ongoing conference must be seized for the guarantee of lasting democracy and religious freedom in Nigeria. The conference must be used to guarantee every Nigerian and every geo-political zones or the federating units, political, cultural and religious freedoms and mutual respect and self-determination if the government at the center becomes, tyrannical, despotic, and or taken over by undemocratic religious extremists.

For the above ends, a new constitution from the ongoing conference must have provision that would AUTOMATICALY Dissolves the country into its federating units the moment undemocratic and religious extremists hijack, seize and usurp power and authority from a democratically constituted government. One may rightly argue that these rights already exist in the 1999 military decree which is the current law of the law. Yes they do exist but there are no consequences and never have there been consequences when dictators abrogate these unalienable rights.

After an automatic dissolution of the Nigeria State due to an undemocratic usurpation of power by undemocratic elements and or by religious extremist, the federating units would automatically become independent confederating states. Each new independent state may voluntarily choose to remain independent by itself or enter into political union with one or more of the other independent states as each independent state deems fit.

With this constitutional provision no sectional interest group, clique or religious extremist would fancy taking over the federal authority by force because if they succeed they would have only their tiny federating unit to rule and dictate to. For example, under this condition the people of north east Nigeria would determine whether they want to remain in Nigeria or under Boko Haram religious order by taking a popular decision for or against Islamism. If they popularly choose to remain in Nigeria by rejecting Boko Haram, then the Federal government should declare total emergency and total war against the insurgency in the North East. To effectively prosecute this war the government must be willing to handle mass movement of people or temporal relocation of the law abiding citizens to safer areas as it declares total blockade, total emergency and total war in the North East.  

The immediate benefit of a federation with a trigger-able confederation is that Boko Haram would no longer have any reasonable incentive to terrorize because their success would leave a tiny fraction of the former Nigeria, to Islamize if the citizens living in their area of influence and theater willingly welcome their type of religious doctrine.  North central and southern Nigerian must demand this trigger-able confederation in the ongoing national conference if they wish to maintain their way of life, culture and religion.  Though not absolutely necessary but to make this new constitutional order work the military may need to be decentralized and balanced among the federating units either at state or at zoning levels.

 

               

South Korea; what a poor bad country that Nigeria would want to envy!

Responding to "American boots on Nigerian ground?" by Uche Ezechukwu, Sun newspaper, 5/12/14

 

South Korea, what a bad country to envy.    

I disagree with your analysis and summation in this article, Ezechukwu. The reason this administration accepted this foreign military assisttace is because of people like, me, you, that have taste for bad News events; organizations like the APC party that for political gain wishes and prays for the failure of the current administration even if it means Nigeria going down the drain with the administration’s failure;  the Hausa/Fulani political elites’ whose rabid  quest power have  time and time again   demonstrated complacence, and tacit support for the insurgency; the amnesty international and a whole host of the persons, groups, NGOs, whose continued relevancies and jobs stability  is consist in see-no-good in any government, organization  that are no part of the Amnesty International. But don’t get me wrong I have nothing against Amnesty International, these organization in many respect does a good job on human right but the truth remains that like the news media, the work and the essence of this organization is majorly to report negative news and events otherwise it would be out of business.   

 Nigeria ethnic/tribal suspicion, instability, and configuration, must also be taken into account;   Mr. Ezechukwu, how so soon have you forgotten that ACF, the political mouthpiece of Hausa/Fulani political elites, few months ago threatened to take the former COAS, General Ihejirike to ICC for progom and ethnic cleasing of Moslems even when Ihejirika  served, professionally, efficiently and effectively and to greater degree curtailed the excesses Boko Haram . Have you forgotten that last two weeks Nyako sent a report to the Northerner Governors’ Forum alleging that Jonathan’s presidency is behind the Boko Haram Insurgency as a ploy to repeat the a 1966 massacre of Northerner political elites by Easterners.

Mr. Ezechukwu, it is very disingenuous in your part for you to forget and ignore the political reality and the ethnic division, suspicion and mistrust in Nigeria, the presently globalized world, just to score some cheap editorial acclamation. If Jonathan refuses this help and God forbids these girls were never recovered you and your likes would be the first to criticize him for turning down the help for the girls’ rescue. Besides, Nigeria is neither more advanced military or technological than former soviet republics, Lithuania, Ukraine etc, begging for military help against Russian Czar, Vladimir Putin; nor is Nigeria more developed than many Latin America countries where America formerly or currently provides military Umbrella. Mr. Ezechukwu, we must neither let off the guide nor take our eyes off the ball which is the safe recovering of these girls by any means necessary, and we must not let pride get in the way because as they say, pride comes before fall.

 In your article you alluded and touted Nigeria military alliance to None Alliance and I am neither a proponent nor an opponent of military alliance so long as such military policy benefits Nigeria. However, given the current military capabilities, Nigeria None Alliance which you tried to eulogize was and is a bad policy because Nigeria is not better than any of the countries, allied to either NATO or to the Warsaw Pack. Pride and over-bloated ego and Islamism are the most likely reasons why Nigeria took the position of None Alliance. Instead of allying with the world class military powers of either of the Western or of the Eastern block the Nigeria Government led by Moslem military Juntas/politicians saw no religious reason to join either of the alliances since both were led by infidel Nations. Perhaps had Nigeria joined either alliance our military today would have done better in routing out ragtag Boko Haram Insurgency. I personally welcome American military help because at worst case scenario Nigeria would be like South Korea; what a poor bad country that Nigeria would want to envy!    

 

Nigeria, boko haram, and Islamism in a multi-cultural society: Because I love Nigeria, because I want peace In Nigeria I therefore preach war readiness by all.

Nigeria, boko haram, and Islamism in a multi-cultural society: Because I love Nigeria, because I want peace In Nigeria I therefore preach war readiness by all.

Though ironical, but peace is guaranteed by the readiness, the ability to Prosecute war. In short terms Peace is the product of either war or mutual fear and or respect. Historically and contemporary, those that love peace but hate war never had peace because in a practical sense peace and war are mutually inclusive with war being superior of the two. Why, because perceived predisposition to peace does not guarantees the absence of war, otherwise peace, but perceived  war-likeness preponderancely guarantees peace.

The history of mankind, of empires, of emperor, of, kingdoms, kings, colonialism, even of  religion, is more or less the history of wars and conflicts between, people, kingdoms and or religion.
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So war and not peace defines humanity better. Those who or whose ancestry had the means, the ability and the will to wedge wars not only defines the world politics but also divided the earth's bounties of land, island, waters, mountains, nations borders and sovereignty.

Cesar and his Roman empire, Hannibal and his empire, alexander the great and his empire, Peter De Great and Russia Empire, gungesta con and mongolia empire, the barbarians, the British empire, the Japanese empire, the China empire, the othman empire the beveria empire, america empire, and all poweful nations and or people in human history were powerful not because of their love and desire for peace but rather because through wars and the will to make wars they decide and define human history, human  morality, power, politics,  property ownership, and territory boundaries of the nation states. Like in the past, today' s powerful nations or world powers are so described, feared and respected  because they possess the means, ability and will to wedge wars so as to impose their Will and define and shape world politics, morality and social order. Simply put those with means, ability  and will to make wars have and will continue to control,  governments,
resource, buying and selling, define and shape political, social or moral order either international or nation state levels or both.

So it is no surprise that theNigeria north upon which Nigeria military institutions and department, Nigeria's means to make war is varsely located determines, political, and economic order of the country. The falacy that the north is poor is only but figment of imagination of those who make and believe this atrocious and false statement perhaps just to make themselves feel good.