Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Poetic Thought

Chidi,

You're not an "unbiased commentator" either. Please show me such a person for all of us to examine, scrutinise, properly. For the time being we will continue to have those who are loyally positioned in their various ethnic and religious trenches, their cultural and socio-economic bases, taking potshots as and when the opportunity arises, if possible shooting to cause the maximum intended damage, some of them to discredit the system which according to Tony Adepoju "seems not to be working" and whilst all this is happening, hopefully, themselves to go unscathed.

Once again I'm in complete alignment with Dr. Eniola's three latest submissions to this forum. In my opinion what Dr. Eniola proposes in this thread, idealistic as it is, is the right attitude - that the national spirit transcend the narrower confines of ethnic self- interest (including the religious Nigerians who aspire to enjoy an eternity in paradise – after all the shuffering that has been endured on Mother Earth.

The purpose of life is to make this earth a better place for everybody...

Chidi, May all the tribes increase (population explosion...Check this out (further up North)

Good or bad ? : Buhari wants US Military headquarters to be transferred from Germany ( I suppose to Maiduguri ? ) How come no one is talking about this?

On Thursday, 29 April 2021 at 10:21:27 UTC+2 chidi...@gmail.com wrote:

Sikiru didn't come across as an unbiased commentator. He came across as a Buharist, which was why OAA immediately wished his tribe to increase.

-CAO.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 7:24 AM Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovde...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm puzzled.

The only people I know to be championing ethnic independence suxh as IPOB  are anti-Nigerian elections.

Sikiru has entered into the " the system is okay as it is group. It's just bad people who are spoiling it."

I see this group as escapist.

The more realistic group is the one of "let's renegotiate the terms of our co-existence."

This looks more realistic to me.

Meanwhile is Sikiru more  a Buhari govt supporter than a genuine nationalist as different from a partisan political advocate?

A person who excuses the President of Fulani Herdsmen terrorism, the President of 95 percent vs 5 percent, a person who has no problem with a possible perhaps likely terrorist person as Minister of Communications and Digital Infrastructure may look more  a govt supporter than a non- partisan person.

But how balanced was I in my support of GEJ as I observed the jihadist mindset of Buhari since before 2015?

The present system seems not to be working.

Toyin

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 23:12 DR SIKIRU ENIOLA <drsikir...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sirs, it is indeed a circle of anarchy. One fact which we refuse to admit is that Nigeria is overwhelmed by internal and external saboteurs. People wonder where arms and bandits are coming from when we are surrounded by failed states. Everybody is celebrating every blow on Nigeria and blaming it on Buhari. No research has thrown up how corruption us fighting back viciously and how election users are funding insurgency all over the nation. The Presidency is not helping matters by not naming the identified sponsors of insurgencies. Everybody appears victorious that they prophesied that Nigeria cannot work. 

To all of us, the situation is confronting us. We must change our narratives from ethnic and religious profiling to nationalist perspectives. Let it be said that intellectuals stood apart from social media hypes and manipulations. It is not too late. Those who will profiteer from a balkanized Nigeria are already increasing their stakes in the disintegration agenda. Those who are championing ethnic independence are also preparing hard for the 2023 elections. Imagine that!!!Help us to stop the manipulations and the discordant historical tunes about ethnic dominations. The diagnosis of the Nigerian problem is already exhausted. The narratives must change. We cannot restructure in a state of anomie. I urge that those who have choices should help us with no choices.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:17 AM 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafric...@googlegroups.com wrote:

"The circle of anarchy

Rotates."

Indeed, it does. Good thinking!

MOA

On Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 11:57:20 AM GMT+1, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Unknown gun men
Kill some known gun men
And disappear
To unknown locations.

Some known gun men
Unleash anger on us
And kill some of us,
Victims of unscrupulous leaders.

The circle of anarchy
Rotates.

(C) Chidi Anthony Opara

#2021poeticthought

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