Again I proceed with my thoughts after the pause in the last
post. Let us look back at where the problem started not at where we are now.
GEJ did not bring us where we are now. In the history of this Nigeria, this is
the first time a leader is so harassed, insulted, disrespected and disdained
and yet he is cool and calm. Who was ruling the country in the years when Fela,
Beko, Gani Fawehinmi and a host of others agitating and calling for change of
the status quo were hounded left and right and thrown into jails? Did the
heavens fall then? Have we all forgotten so soon just because GEJ is in power.
Those who ruled the country with no vision and no passion we
still tolerated and today we still celebrate them and give them pride of place
in the society. What kind of a country is this? Enough of the intrigues and
power play and manipulation of the media and the uninformed masses! Let this
northerners give respect to whom it is due. Nigeria is for all and not for them
and NO ONE IS BORN TO RULE IN NIGERIA except God determines and approves it.
Time has changed!!!
All the elected leaders of the South both at state and
federal level must develop a thick backbone of resistance and speak out for a
change of the status quo. Nigeria must be restructured. We must do away with
the records when we counted goats and rams as members of a household and hold a
clear computerized census to give us an accurate data of how many we are and who
we are.
Our constitution is
not a people document but the clear agenda of the fiefdom under the guise of
carefully handpicked men. The secret of the restlessness is the fear that there
is an executive power embedded with the presidency which even GEJ has not
exploited at all and which should he decide to do so will restructure and
reshape totally the system of the society and government. There should be
equity in the number of states per zone and number of lawmakers from a zone to
the national chamber or conversely legislative seats should be apportioned
according to demography. These are the things that the North when they ruled
did put in place for their own advantage.
If the North does not trust any group or tribe then who should
trust them? The truth is they have never
trusted any other group but themselves. They play a sophisticated politics of
divide and rule and intimidation having perfect control of the security forces
and all agencies of state. If it suits them they go to the South-South and
manipulate them. At another time they go to the South-West and strike a deal
under cover of intrigues just for nothing but the protection of their parochial
interests. Then when they anticipate it may not go well for them in the South-West
they cross over to the South-East with a story to tell. They have been the game
players while others just were pawns in their chess game.
They make us beggars in our own country. Why should
Nigerians not reason and reflect? Time has come and there shall be no turning
back. Let them make all the noise they can make to alarm those whom they can
alarm but every single Nigerian who believes in the destiny of Nigeria must
stand up to this fiefdom of evil, corruption, nepotism, religious
fundamentalism and oppression.
“We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet:
neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.” – Psalm 74:9
What we need desperately now in Nigeria is the voice of the
prophets. You may agree with me or choose to disagree but that will still not
change the truth. We need the divine oracles to speak order for once over this
land. Nigeria needs healing. Nigeria needs deliverance. Nigeria needs
restoration and a time of refreshing for all the traumatic years its people
have endured. There is need for cleansing for so much innocent blood has been
shed upon this land!
Let us pause again...…
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