Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Article: Neither Buhari Nor APC

True, but I am not sure that the real problem of Nigeria's corporate existence is in danger because we ordinary Nigerians cannot live with each other. My brother who is from Bauchi and in the military and completing his studies in UK is married to a woman from Akwa Ibom. A lady from my village in Bauchi is married to a person n Calabar for close to thirty years now. It is not fair for some tiny elite to say that because they cannot have their way, the whole country cannot live with each other. How is Lagos able to function with all its diversity? If it were just a question of differences, Lagos will explode in less than one hour.  As a sociologist, I find Lagos very fascinating.

It is our elites who are trying to sow seeds of enmity amongst or between us. What we see in Nigeria is functionally equivalent to a tiny elites who operate Wall Street trying to blow up the whole place because they feel they will lose their investment; or they try to put the whole country in jeopardy because their selfish interests will not be achieved, yet they publicly frame it as if it is a national security concern. For Nigerians in many areas the government through the elites is part of the problem and not the solution. 

When there is judgement one day in life after death, many of the elites would have to account by virtue of their acts of omission and commission, the innocent lives that were lost and the unnecessary suffering incurred by many because of the ruling elites' decisions and behavior. Nigeria is not ungovernable as such, but the APPETITIVE DESIRES" the level of AGGRANDIZEMENT of the hearts of minds of our leaders have reached a high level that they cannot see the world well. They see the millions of Nigerians as means to their (elites) own ends and not as people who are ends in themselves. 

There are ways even in the U.S. where race relations was based on hatred; yet people have made progress. I use this documentary tittled "An UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP"  in helping students see beyond what we see that can be discouraging: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/14b642c26ba394cd

If Nigeria breaks up it is not because people like me and J.C. Agada in Imo State, or Andrew Bamidele Odubote cannot get along well, but it is because some selfish elites do not want us to get along well. I lament this kind of leadership, especially when I remember Hegel's philosophy of history where he said we black Africans had no historical consciousness at the time he wrote. We were still sleeping historically and did not know the difference between our past and present. We hated him for that, we condemned him for that. But see how our people are being treated like cattle. I agree with one erudite Nigerian scholar whose piece was shared on this forum saying that Nigerians should learn from the history of other countries. If we were to do that, I do not then we will continue to face these kinds of problems.

Samuel

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 4:38 AM, chidi opara reports <chidioparareports@rocketmail.com> wrote:

By Emmanuel Chigozie Osuchukwu

The die is cast. The much awaited 2015 watershed elections is upon us. Many critics have predicted that Nigeria's future hinges on the 2015 Presidential election and whether Nigeria survives as a nation depends on the outcome of the forthcoming elections. True or false, the elections are taking place at the time of Nigeria's most trying period. The country is arguably more divided and under threat than any time in its history. In 1966-1970, Nigeria faced a singular threat of secession by Eastern region and all the other regions rightly or wrongly joined hands and clobbered the East to submission. Today Nigeria is a nation at war with itself and faced with multi faceted threats. Whoever wins will not have an easy task in reconciling an obviously fractured nation. Who is best placed to undertake this onerous task is the supreme responsibility of Nigerian voters to judge...............

chidi opara reports: Article: Neither Buhari Nor APC

				chidi opara reports: Article: Neither Buhari Nor APC By Emmanuel Chigozie Osuchukwu The die is cast. The much awaited 2015 watershed elections is upon us.
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