Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: A Piece on Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan (scroll down)

Why don't you offer solutions rather than apportion blames on our President? Mr. President told all Nigerians and the rest of the world that he was ready to dialogue with the leaders of Boko Haram but none of them have shown up. The next we hear from some Northern leaders and their intellectuals is amnesty for Boko Haram. Where in the world is such a thing done? Do you pay armed robbers for killing and dispossessing their victims? Do you grant terrorists amnesty for killing innocent people? Do you want to encourage and justify killing innocent people by granting amnesty to disgruntled politicians who become terrorists? 

We need to be more serious about our collective interest in this country. Is violence the right way to make government to do something for a particular group of people who feels aggrieved? The principle of the end justifies the means is morally unwarranted. We must engage in a meaningful dialogue which is what democracy teaches not violence. 

The apologists of Boko Haram must have a more robust moral thinking with a sense of deep reflection of the unity of this country in consonant with the vision and mission of the founding fathers of this nation, if not, we may be moving toward the morgue of disunity.  

Segun Ogungbemi. 
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On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:27 AM, "Assensoh, Akwasi B." <aassenso@indiana.edu> wrote:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/02/nigeria-jonathan-boko-haram

 

Guardian Africa network

• Goodluck Jonathan 'squeezing the life out of our country'

  Nigerian president is more interested in retaining power and accumulating wealth than truly tackling terror and corruption, says Salisu Suleiman

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