I don't think Nigeria or Nigerians are ready for Federalism. I mean the real one not the nonsense we are practising now.
We need to be mature enough to admit when an experiment has failed. And start looking for alternatives.
This system of government we imported wholesale is killing us. We should fashion our own indigenous system, involving our traditional rulers and respecting our socio-cultural differences.
The Biafran issue is just a symptom of a deeper problem. Even if they stop today some other group in some other area will rise up with the same issues.
We have to address the Nigerian entity and decide which way we are going and how we are going to get there.
The Constitutional Conference was a step in the right direction but unfortunately it was a good thing driven by the wrong motives. Most of the conclusions reached were pretty mediocre and insulting and not worth the N12 million naira legal bribe the delegates were given. Because the people who gathered were more vultures than doves, each group coming to feed on the carcass that was Nigeria and seeking to increase their share of the meat rather than seeking to resuscitate Lazarus.
Infact anyone who collected that money should hide their head in shame. Such a person has shown that their patriotism is fake and shallow. Whoever heard of such nonsense. 80 percent of Nigerians will never earn 12 million cumulatively in their lifetime.
I repeat, Federalism is bound to fail in this country because it is alien to us. And no matter how we have tried to make the transplant successful it is just not working. Until we can indigenize it and really put a unique stamp on it that is uniquely Nigerian.
Let us continue giving Panadol for Brain Cancer.
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