REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA IN THE COMITY OF NATIONS. The 57th Anniversary

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May 30, 2024

Today marks the 57th Anniversary of the emergence of the Republic of Biafra in the comity of nations.

On the solemn day of 30th May 1967, the Consultative Assembly from the then Eastern Nigeria, unanimously affirmed the right to self-determination of their indigenous population to be identified as Biafra with their millennial name Biafra.

The flag of the Republic of Biafra consisting of a horizontal tricolour of red, black, and green, charged with a golden rising sun over a golden bar was mounted to be suppressed no more. It also inspired the rhyme of the national anthem: “Land of the Rising Sun”. The motto of the republic is “Peace, Unity and Freedom”.

Why do the Republic of Biafra anthem has classical music symphony ? Apparently and often overlooked. But in reality there is a deep reason. Republic of Biafra anthem text Land of the Rising Sun, was composed on the notes of the Finlandia symphony written by Jan Sibelius in 1899 to celebrate the independence of Finland from Russia. The text of the anthem was written by Nnamdi Azikiwe, first president of Nigeria. In short the resistance of Biafra against Nigeria with her colonial and post-colonial cronies in collaboration with allied international powers resembles the victorious struggle of Finland against tsarist Russia.

The right of self-determination in international law is the legal right for ‘people’ to ascertain their sovereignty by a legitimate process.
The Right of Self-Determination as of then was only anchored in the United Nations Charter, which states in Chapter 1 Article 1 Part 2 that the purposes of the UN is ” to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples”. This has been reaffirmed in UN successive Resolutions and Declarations. African Union Charter on human rights came into force later on 27 June 1981.

Biafra is the first nation of the world that put into effect this act of the universal declaration of human rights. Though similar event previously happened in Katanga from 11 July 1960 to 15 January 1963 and South Kasai from 9 August till 5 October 1962 then Belgium colonies but was only in the form of shifting of powers and territories. Biafra was muscled down by colonial and post colonial cronies contrary to Bagnlandesh that she shares similarities with which had her independence on 26 March 1971.

Nigeria declared war against the Republic of Biafra on the 6th of July 1967 aberrant to any peaceful negotiation and dialogue in what it deceitful coded as ‘police action’.
Biafra was drawn into an unprepared war and she fought for survival and for the true independence of Africa as rightly noted by Biafran Statesman and world reknown writer Chinua Achebe. It stood out as the first challenge against post colonialism – a net fracture and radical refute of ugly deceit of colonial and postcolonial boundaries. Unfortunately it resulted to a tragedy of world relevance.

Late Gen Odimeqwu Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the first Head of State of the Republic of Biafra pinpointed massacre and genocide of innocent Biafran people as the core reason why Biafrans needed to have and defend a homeland for survival. In an address to the Organization of African Unity on 5 August 1968, he accused the Nigerian military dictatorial government of waging a ‘genocidal war’ against Biafra, and argued that it was ‘appalling’ that ‘this palpable genocide is being openly financed and directed by major non-African powers whose interest in the event is the economic and political advantage of their own countries’ .
African statesmen Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Leopold Senghor of Senegal, Omar Bongo of Gabon and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia clearly stood behind Biafra and condemned this African tragedy.

True images of genocidal crimes against Biafran children denuded, de-nutrited dying with terrific kwashiorkor epidemics: symbolize how, when and why the world nations failed humanity.
Let’s clarify a point. The recall on genocide and continual atrocities being melted against the people of Biafra is not a call to gain sympathy rather it is redress for justice, which we must seek no matter what it takes. Human sympathy is a duty to all persons of good will; liberty and justice is a right.

Biafra stood out as sacrificial lamb for humanitarianism after the second world war. Biafra travails were made known to the world through the diligent work of Swiss Publicity Agencies – Mark Press.
Bruce Mayrock on 29 May 1969 martyred for the people of Biafra and humanity.
Many personalities, writers and academics were not indifferent over this human tragedy : Graham Greene, Kurt Vonnegut; Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Leslie Aaron Fiedler, Aubery Wanf and Suzanne Cronje authors of Biafra: Britain’s Shame.

Bernard Kouchner (Founder in1971 Medecins sans Frontieres). Daniel Jacobs functionary of UNICEF in his book – The Brutality of Nations – exposed the indifference of U Thant UN Secretary general and international complot against the people of Biafra.

The 1977 additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions were consequent to genocide by starvation against Biafrans. International revulsion at the use of starvation as a mayhem on innocent Biafran children by Nigerian government and cohorts was instrumental in the inclusion of clauses prohibiting starvation as a method of warfare in the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions.

In recent years, questions on genocide in Biafra have also become topics of academic debates. The Journal of Genocide Research, published by researchers of the International Network of Genocide Scholars, edited a special issue titled “ The Nigeria-Biafra War 1967- 1970: Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide (XVI, 2-3, 2014).

Republic of Biafra is now in a state of quiescence. Biafra has the appeal of first African political civil rights techno administrative creativity. So much so that her anniversary is still a popular current phenomenon.
Biafra’s political land mark in the comity of nations, despite ‘colonial and post colonial complot’ demonstrated to Africa and the whole world, that there was no human rights more sacrosanct , than right to self-determination when all the other reasons for the survival of a human family has been threatened by an colonial created political union ‘.
It is a duty that this day must be remembered and celebrated by the Biafran families.
Yes, ‘the reason’ why Republic of Biafra must be celebrated annually is still same: the ‘survival of Biafran people’. It has been from the onset legitimately sought by her generations from different perspectives and currently interpreted by the young generation in civil acts of fundamental freedom and liberty.

Biafrans feel the energy and the potential in their own rights as citizens, civil rightist or activist to remember and celebrate this day. It is a moment for the sharing of experiences, reflections and appraisal which if correctly understood and exercised in view of the Nigeria national predicaments is beneficial for our common good.

The recollection of memories by Biafrans home and abroad from all works of life have been essential in the revive of Biafra heritage and legacy that were being negated and cancelled by Nigeria authorities that have been. Equally important have been the experiences handed over by our heroes, heroines and veterans.
Biafran anniversary is also an important moment of unveiling the Biafran values to younger generation Biafrans, friends, well wishers and detractors, such like when it comes to values of nationhood created under the detects of human liberty.

Biafran legitimate defense for self-determination has been one of the best documented in the history of conflicts in Africa. Unfortunately, it has also been the mos t denied and hidden even under threat by Nigeria government and cohorts. Substantial facts and evidence of declassified documents and files from archives are now revealing what transpired, with silence offensiveness engaged by the master-minders and protagonists. Much is still expected and need to be done , as to always remember and not to forget the heinous act against peace loving people of Biafra.

Biafra De Facto Customary Government(BDFCG)

Phone: +1- 9173465419

Email: biafradefactogov@gmail.com

The 57th Anniversary of the Republic of Biafra in the Comity of Nations: Milestones, Patrimony, and Heritage

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bvichannel1

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May 30, 2024

Today marks the 57th anniversary of the emergence of the Republic of Biafra in the comity of nations. On the solemn day of May 30, 1967, the Consultative Assembly from the then Eastern Nigeria unanimously affirmed the right to self-determination of their indigenous population, identifying themselves as Biafran.

The flag of the Republic of Biafra, consisting of a horizontal tricolor of red, black, and green, charged with a golden rising sun over a golden bar, was raised to be suppressed no more. This flag also inspired the national anthem, “Land of the Rising Sun.” The motto of the republic is “Peace, Unity, and Freedom.”

The right to self-determination in international law is the legal right for peoples to ascertain their sovereignty by a legitimate process. At that time, the Right of Self-Determination was anchored in the United Nations Charter, which states in Article 1 (2) that one of the purposes of the UN is “to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.” Biafra and Quebec were the first two entities in the world to put into effect this act of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Biafra was the first African state to grant state pardon to captured Italian citizens, Eni petroleum oil technicians, working in the disputed Biafra territory of Kwale on June 7, 1968. In a recent act of friendship, Vatican Head of State Pope Francis prayed and blessed the people of Biafra.

The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions were a response to genocide by starvation against Biafrans. International revulsion at the use of starvation as a method of mayhem against innocent Biafran children by the Nigerian government and its cohorts was instrumental in including clauses prohibiting starvation as a method of warfare in these protocols. In recent years, questions about genocide in Biafra have also become topics of academic debates. The Journal of Genocide Research published a special issue titled “The Nigeria-Biafra War 1967-1970: Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide” (XVI, 2-3, 2014). The true images of genocidal crimes against Biafran children—emaciated, malnourished, and suffering from kwashiorkor—symbolize how and why the world nations failed humanity.

Let’s clarify a point. The recall of genocide and the continual atrocities being meted out against the people of Biafra is not a call to gain sympathy but a call for redress and justice, which we must seek no matter what it takes. Human sympathy is a duty to all persons of goodwill; liberty and justice are rights. The Republic of Biafra is now in a state of quiescence, but its appeal as the first African political entity based on civil rights and administrative creativity remains strong, making its anniversary a popular phenomenon.

Biafra’s political landmark in the comity of nations, despite colonial and post-colonial opposition, demonstrated to Africa and the whole world that there is no human right more sacrosanct than the right to self-determination when the survival of a people is threatened by a colonial-created political union. It is a duty that this day must be remembered and celebrated by Biafran families. The reason why the Republic of Biafra must be celebrated annually remains the same: the survival of the Biafran people. This goal has been legitimately sought by its generations from various perspectives and is currently interpreted by the younger generation through civil acts of fundamental freedom and liberty.

The late General Odumegwu Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, the first Head of State of the Republic of Biafra, pinpointed the massacre and genocide of innocent Biafran people as the core reason why Biafrans needed to have and defend a homeland for survival. In an address to the Organization of African Unity on August 5, 1968, he accused the Nigerian military government of waging a genocidal war against Biafra and argued that it was appalling that this palpable genocide was being openly financed and directed by major non-African powers whose interest in the conflict was the economic and political advantage of their own countries.

Biafrans feel the energy and potential in their own rights as citizens, civil rightists, or activists to remember and celebrate this day. It is a moment for sharing experiences, reflections, and appraisals, which, if correctly understood and exercised in view of Nigeria’s national predicaments, can benefit our common good. The recollection of memories by Biafrans at home and abroad from all walks of life has been essential in reviving Biafra’s heritage and legacy, which were being negated and canceled by the Nigerian authorities. Equally important are the experiences handed down by our heroes, heroines, and veterans.

Biafra’s anniversary is also an important moment for unveiling Biafran values to younger generations, friends, well-wishers, and detractors. These values relate to nationhood created under the dictates of human liberty. Biafra’s legitimate defense for self-determination has been one of the best documented in the history of conflicts in Africa. Unfortunately, it has also been the most denied and hidden, even under threat by the Nigerian government and its cohorts. Substantial facts and evidence from declassified documents and archives are now revealing what transpired, despite the silence and offensiveness engaged by the masterminds and protagonists. Much is still expected and needs to be done to always remember and not forget the heinous acts against the peace-loving people of Biafra.

Prosper Odinga
Spokesperson, BDFCG
Phone: +19173465419
Email: biafradefactogov@gmail.com
Website: www.bdfcg.org

UNIBEN Student Tackles Management Over BEDC Threat To Disconnect Institution

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Joseph Albert

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May 28, 2024

A concerned UNIBEN student and social media user, Ademola Josh, has reacted to what he termed “misleading information” circulating on WhatsApp groups within the university community.

The student said after reading the content of the message tagged “THREAT BY BEDC TO DISCONNECT THE UNIVERSITY” and supposedly signed by the university management, it became imperative to clarify that,

“The claim that the April 2024 electricity bill being outrageous is actually mis-leading, as the bill was based on actual meter readings, as cosumed by UNIBEN.
The significant increase in the billed amount from previous months is due to a government-mandated tariff increase for Band A customers, which applies to all DISCOs, including BEDC.
The increase was from N68/KWh to N225/KWh but later slashed to 206/KWh. see link for details https://tinyurl.com/tariffincrease”

He ended by stating that “the purported threat of the withdrawal of supply by BEDC is likely as a result of the University Management refusal to make payment for energy consumed in April 2024”, expressing hope that payment is made ASAP to avoid the said disconnection.

Restoring the federal in the Federal Republic of Nigeria- Nasir Elrufai

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bvichannel1

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May 27, 2024

I had the privilege of chairing the APC Committee on True Federalism (Federal) which submitted its report back in January 2018. This committee of distinguished Nigerians was set up as part of our party’s attempt to put forward a position on federalism, an issue that has been intensely debated in recent decades. For the sake of our country and its people, we need to put as much passion into effecting what has been agreed, even as we further debate that which is awaiting consensus or resolution. We are in our 25th year of democratic governance, long enough for a panoply of deliberate actions to be taken to undo the distortions injected into our federalism by decades of military rule.

Propelled by ideology or driven by pragmatic desire for a working and dynamic country, many Nigerians see the merit in devolving powers and responsibility to the subnational level. It is seen as key to further unleashing the productive impulse, spurring creativity, rewarding the competitive instinct, and promoting better governance across the states. Devolution of powers will also free the Federal Government of some burdens and enable it to concentrate better on discharging its most consequential responsibilities in national defence and security, monetary and fiscal policy and foreign relations.

Some positive steps towards restoring and practicing federal ethos have recently been taken. The constitutional amendments passed by the 9th National Assembly in January 2023 included significant adjustments to the exclusive list, shifting some important responsibilities like electricity, railways and prisons to the concurrent list. This empowers state governments to regulate the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, intra-state rail networks and establish correctional facilities. Happily, President Muhammadu Buhari assented to some of the constitutional reform bills enacted by the 9th Assembly. This step towards decentralisation has been reinforced by President Bola Tinubu who swiftly signed the Electricity Act 2023 that bestows on state governments powers to regulate electricity markets within their boundaries.

Some state governments have moved with admirable speed to actualise their newfound regulatory powers in the electricity supply industry. In compliance with the law, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has also commendably ceded regulatory powers to such state governments. Given the well-known challenges in the electricity sector, there is much hope that the involvement of subnational actors and the private sector will help mobilise more resources to help address gaps in the sector. Efforts by the state governments to participate in the sector may also help to further build professional, technical and regulatory capacity across the states, to the benefit of all.

There is also renewed interest in decentralising the internal security structure, particularly policing. The weaknesses and inadequacy of a centralised police structure in a federation are painfully obvious. Government efforts to secure our people, their property, livelihoods and communities would be enhanced by introducing additional law enforcement footprint at the state, local government and community levels. Such subnational policing structures should be empowered with the necessary resources in personnel, training, equipment and technology to deter and prevent crime, protect citizens, businesses, and property, and to arrest and prosecute criminals. I hope that the conversations going on now would produce concrete measures in this regard, with strong nationwide regulation to address the concerns of those fearful of abuse or politicisation of policing powers by State Governments.

These welcome steps should spur us to complete the work that remains to be done towards reclaiming the federal in the official name of Nigeria. One of this is a conclusive clarification of the status of the local government councils. Nigeria’s federation is a union between its 36 states and the Federal Government. The APC Committee on True Federalism considered it an anomaly that the local government areas are named and listed in the Constitution and that they more or less receive direct funding from the Federation Account. Our Committee recommended that local government should be a matter for states which should decide on, legislate for, and fund the type of democratic local government system that best suits them.

As things stand, the contention over local government councils across the country stems largely from the funding that they receive from the Federation Account. In my view, a more prudent, and truly federal, option would be to let the Federation Account fund only the federal and the state governments, while the state governments should then fund and manage governance at the local level as they deem fit, and as reflected in the enabling laws that their respective Houses of Assembly shall enact to that effect. Every state can then have as many or as few local government councils as they may choose.

The APC Committee on True Federalism recommended that the federation be rebalanced, with more powers and responsibilities devolved to the states. Our federal system needs to strengthen the state governments to effectively deliver on the many human capital and infrastructural development responsibilities that are vested in them by the Constitution.

Another pending issue is the question of restoring a federal structure in the judiciary. The powers of the National Judicial Council should be limited to federal courts (and the Federal Capital Territory), while the state judiciaries should be vested in the State Judicial Councils to be created by constitutional amendment.

As a country, we also have to develop consensus on the application of fiscal federalism and the control of mineral resources. Let us discuss and settle the question regarding whether the vesting of land in the states by the Constitution and the Land Use Act should be extended to include ownership and control of minerals below the land, including oil and gas resources. That scenario will see the Federal Government collecting royalties and taxes, while retaining control of all offshore minerals in the continental shelf and the recently enlarged extended economic zone, in accordance with public international law.

The APC Committee on True Federalism had worked in the hope that its report would help enhance nation-building. Our consultations and deliberations highlighted the enduring appeal of federalism across the country. The patriots that negotiated our independence in the 1950s built a national consensus on federalism, with strong regions and a weak federal government. Federalism as a principle was made even more appealing over the decades by the evident distortions and clear limitations of military rule. The apparent failure of the creeping centralisation that set in after the tragic events of 1966 to build a strong Nigerian state and an efficient political and economic system has further reinforced the argument for federalism.

Excessive centralisation has neither strengthened national unity nor encouraged a productive instinct. As I observed during a Chatham House talk on restructuring in 2017, “unitarist and distributive impulses did not accelerate the evolution of national unity nor encourage productive endeavour. Rather, it created a rentier economic structure.” A federal restoration will help correct this.

This country was birthed as a federation. The imperative of the moment is to restore a federal structure that challenges and rewards creative efforts by the states to build up their subnational economies and governance capacity and frees the Federal Government to better discharge its core responsibilities to secure the country, grow its economy and be the leading voice of the Black race in international relations. A unique opportunity beckons for the federal and state governments and the 10th National Assembly to further accelerate the evolution of a better functioning federation within the next 12 months.

El-Rufai is former Kaduna state governor

Exchange Rate: Naira to Dollar Rate as at Today

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Queen Madu

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May 27, 2024

See the black market Dollar to Naira exchange rate for 26th May, below. You can swap your dollar for Naira at these rates.

Dollar to naira exchange rate today black market (Aboki dollar rate):

The exchange rate for a dollar to naira at Lagos Parallel Market (Black Market) players buy a dollar for N1515 and sell at N1520 on Sunday 26th May 2024, according to sources at Bureau De Change (BDC).

Please note that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not recognize the parallel market (black market), as it has directed individuals who want to engage in Forex to approach their respective banks.

Dollar to Naira Black Market Rate Today

Dollar to Naira (USD to NGN)	Black Market Exchange Rate Today
Buying Rate	N1515
Selling Rate	N1520

Dollar to Naira (USD to NGN)	CBN Rate Today
Buying Rate	N1481
Selling Rate	N1482

Please note that the rates you buy or sell forex may be different from what is captured in this article because prices vary.

(Naijanews)

Nigeria Education System And President Tinubu Students’ Loan – Anaenugwu Ndubuisi

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bvichannel1

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May 26, 2024

Nigeria Education System And President Tinubu Students’ Loan – Anaenugwu Ndubuisi

Abstract

This piece targets to address the economic implications of President Tinubu Students’ Loan for undergraduates in Nigerian Federal Tertiary Institutions especially when our education system is designed to produce certificate tigers. It is historical fact that Nigeria academic curriculum is outdated and cannot stand the test of 21st century requirements. Therefore, a radical and urgent reform is needed before loan incentive could be provided. President Tinubu is offering loan not grant, therefore, certain measures must be put in place to ensure that the loan is repaid on maturity. The education marketplace must, however, be a platform to bake the students for productive engagement in the Labour market. With the increasing rate of unemployment and factories shutting down by the day, one would have expected Tinubu administration to pay strict attention to creating economics opportunities to millions of jobless youths as well as creating conditions that train skill labours instead of certificate tigers.

Introduction

The present generation and the future generations deserve our collective sympathy if Nigeria education system remains unchanged. For now, the system has created rent seekers that are perpetually trapped in a vicious circle of mental poverty and insecurity– a generational poverty. Few who believed they have escaped poverty either by primitively accumulating wealth that would protect their children from the wicked hands of poverty may end up with disastrous end; instances abound in our various communities.The root cause of poverty in Nigeria could be traced to our ‘’ copy and paste” education system. The University academic curriculum was copied from Nigeria Colonial Masters that have for centuries ago perfected and mechanized their production processes as well as achieving optimal deployment of both human and material resources. These western nations have smartly given us education system that would encourage consumption instead of production. But, we have gained political independence since 1960 and should have chosen a desired and sustainable destination to follow. Sadly, Nigeria has continued to use obsolete and outdated materials to teach our children from nursery school level to university level! This present education curriculum being used in schools will continue to encourage consumption of foreign goods and this is deliberate. Any education system that cannot solve local challenges is worthless and should be trashed.

What is wrong with President Tinubu Students’ Loan?

It is a known fact that about 65% of Nigeria Graduates from Nigeria Tertiary Institutions are unemployable. Many attend Universities just to acquire certificates (certificate education). The question on the lips of well-meaning Nigerians is: must young people attend University to be recognized in the society or be productive? The answer is no! Nigeria has given more attention to paper certificate than content. The intention of the loan is therefore to encourage more certificate tigers without skills and innovative ideas. Many students who will go for this loan cannot even write a correct sentence or being original in solving classroom exercises.

Let’s consider few examples; all the former Presidents/ Heads of Government have basic education. All the Governors both former and present are all graduates. Upon the education of these political leaders, Nigeria cannot deploy over 200 million human resources into productive ventures to improve the standard of living for all. Upon our level of education, we have not created a financial system that will support local contents and initiatives. Without access to cheap loanable fund, it is not possible to grow on sustainable basis upon our level of the so -called education. Upon our level of education, we have not been able to use our natural endowment to build modern cities, build mass and affordable houses, generate and supply stable electricity at affordable rate, achieve food security. It is a shame that upon the level of our education, we cannot refine our crude oil resources, we cannot construct modern and complex road network! Why then do we go to school expecting Tinubu Loan, perhaps, to learn how to write and ‘blow’ big grammar, then consume with zero production! Some people, maybe, out of frustration, have tagged our education system – a scam.

Reforming Education and Industrial Sectors before the application of Students’ loan

Nigeria education system must be career – based driven before pushing for any form of Student loan. A functional education system must train undergraduates into skills that would solve the basic needs of average Nigerians. The purpose of this piece is to provoke further discussions on the urgent need to radically reform Nigerian education and industrial sectors to address our numerous local challenges in view of President Tinubu approval for Students loan in federal tertiary institutions. The student loan scheme is like pouring water inside a big basket! The result of course will be negative. It is another way of sharing oil revenue. Nigeria political structure is designed to enrich few political elites, their families and friends leaving majority of the people in the state of hopelessness. Please, don’t get it wrong! This administration is planning to rope in millions of Nigeria youths with loan liability as 90% of them cannot repay the borrowed funds on maturity.

Recommendation

With the quality of education in Nigeria today, I will not advice any Student to go for the loan unless Government can guarantee employment after the university education.

We should stop copying western countries that have stabilized their entire system. In France, the cities are well planned with functional public utilities. Education system is designed to service their public institutions built centuries ago. Their financial system is tailored to intervene between the surplus and deficit sectors of the economy. Because, they (France) have a working system, graduates from various university are trained to feed the industries with the required labour, and the circle will continue. In developing Country like Rwanda, the education system is competency driven with students being exposed to real practical work. It takes a visionary Leader like President Kagame to put the war ravage country to the world map of emerging economies.

It is recommended that President Tinubu should identify key sectors of the Nigeria economy where skilled manpower is urgently needed for immediate intervention. A Scholarship Board is preferable to train millions of smart undergraduate who will be ready to take challenges in electricity sector ,building and construction sector, health sector , agriculture sector ,upstream, midstream and downstream sector , iron ore sector, science and technology sector etc. The specialized undergraduate training should be 80% practical and 20% theory.

It is also recommended that the academic curriculum should be revolutionary with local contents peculiar to Nigeria unique situations. Nigeria professionals in diaspora should be imported to assist in developing our local academic curriculum that will meet industrial demands.

This piece recommends a radical, comprehensive and revolutionary changes in Nigerian education sector. As a pointer, our education system should address those obstacles hampering our drive to modernity. We can borrow Rwanda model for a start. Student loan without the needed reform cannot achieve the desired results as the loan will continue to promote certificate tigers without entrepreneur skills.

Conclusion

We have been sharing oil revenue since after the civil war and have injected billions of dollars into the education system yet Nigeria has not been able to refine her crude oil or supply her citizens with stable electricity. The problem lies in our copy and paste education system. Students’ loan cannot change the ugly trend, therefore, we should look for permanent solution.

It is a known fact that most graduates from Nigeria universities are unemployable and cannot fit into 21st century industrial revolution. Student loan policy is dead on arrival, perhaps APC way of promoting bad loan administration. There is an urgent need for a total overhaul of Nigeria education system if we are serious about a productivity system. The present education system designed by our colonial masters has one intention- to keep us in perpetual state of slavery and total dependence of foreign manipulation.

Just before concluding this piece , a breaking news that Senator Tony Nwoye presented a bill on the floor of the Senate proposing that unemployed Nigerian Graduates should be paid while learning skills after mandatory one year National Youth Service showed up .The proposed Bill has passed First Reading in Nigerian Senate. The Bill when passed into law intend to address increasing unemployment in the Country so as to ward off the ugly consequences usually associated with social disequilibrium such as insecurity and to enable fresh graduates learn vocational skills instead of them all waiting for government employment .

This Bill cannot address the Nigeria fundamental problem of unemployment. Why wasting four years in the University (except few professional courses), with President Tinubu Student Loan offer, learning nothing! We are merely trying to protect some sacred interest groups at the expense of the Nigerian economic growth. However, this piece recommends for a Bill abolishing NYSC and JAMB. The two institutions have outlived their usefulness and should be scrapped. Universities should be allowed to admit the students who meet their minimum entry requirements as done in other Countries.NYSC was an initiative to foster unity amongst Nigerians after the civil war which has since ended. We need unity in production and technological advancement. Today, we are fighting another form of war and need another initiative to address it.

Anaenugwu Vincent Ndubuisi

Ambassador General, Good Governance Ministry (GGM)

You Will Turn Abia Into The Best State In Nigeria– Achebe Hails Gov Otti

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bvichannel1

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May 26, 2024

Igwe Achebe proclaimed that God had sent Governor Otti to restore the glory of Abia and place the State at its place of pride as number one, after 24 years of decadence and “wandering in the wilderness”.

The revered Igbo traditional ruler and corporate titan noted that Abia, indeed Aba, people, are known for their resilience and entrepreneurial spirit, pointing out that since the assumption of office by Governor Otti, things have started to change for the better for the State.

He spoke Friday, in Aba, where he was given the honour of commissioning three roads reconstructed by the Governor Otti administration. The roads are: Ehi, Kent and Old Court.

“It is a thing of great joy for me to be in Abia State today with you. Your son, Dr. Alex Otti, the pride of Abia, the pride of Nigeria, is God-sent at this time to rebuild Abia, to rebuild Aba for us. You know that Aba used to be number one in Nigeria, in enterprise, commerce, industry, and creativity.

“Just one year after Governor Otti assumed office in Abia, you can all see that things have begun to change for the better, and it will continue to get better and better after he does the first term of four years and another term of four years.

“So, it’s a thing of joy that we’re gathered here today. You elected him into office and I urge you to continue to support him, all of us will continue to support him and pray for him so that he will deliver on his promise to the people of Abia State.

“I have every confidence in him because we have worked together for many, many years. He is a man of his word. He will do more than he has done already. So, let’s continue to pray for him, for strength, and good health, to continue in his work,” Igwe Achebe implored the ecstatic crowd that milled around.

In his speech, Governor Otti emphasised that his administration is people-centric, noting that the most important part of governance is to work for the overall good of the people.

The Governor, while recalling the horrible state of the roads before reconstruction, said he was moved to intervene despite not being in the original list of roads to be constructed, and expressed happiness over their completion in barely three months.

“When I came here in February, I came to inspect Port Harcourt Road and I wanted to see what was happening at Ndoki Road and from there I walked through this place and the Old Court Road, and what I saw shocked me.

“I knew the situation was bad but I didn’t know it was that bad, and I saw people, who were resilient with a lot of energy, sweeping through the pond which should have been a road, to access their shops, to access their places of livelihood.

“I was moved and I said even though this was not in the original list of priority projects for us this road had to be done. That is the genesis of this road.

“I gave instructions that I wanted this road fixed and I wanted it to be fixed the way our roads are fixed. I am happy that three months down the line the roads are now standing,” the Governor noted.

He stated that the roads were delivered to high quality standards and specification, and thanked the contractor, supervisors as well as the Direct Labour Agency of the Ministry of Works for collaborating to ensure timely delivery.

Governor Otti, who used the opportunity to announce that his administration would in June commence the reconstruction of Enyimba Hotel, Aba, to five star standard, said it is all in effort to make Aba one of the best cities in Nigeria.

“On the hill of the hotel will be a convention center and then across the hotel, by the waterside, will be a state of the art park and gardens. All these are geared towards making Aba one of the best cities in the Southeast, if not Nigeria,” the Governor said.

While emphasising that his government came prepared to govern, Governor Otti stated that he is opening industrial layouts in the State, in addition to empowering the private sector to work and create employment opportunities for the people, and called on manufacturers and industrialists to come back and invest in the State.

He assured that under the present adminstration, Aba will regain her status in the comity of states across the country, adding that “never again will the people go back to Egypt.”

In an address earlier, the Commissioner for Works, Engr. Otumchere Oti, said that the Old Court Road was earlier impassable before the Governor’s directive for its reconstruction, three months ago.

The Commissioner stated that the 561 meters long road connects Ehi Road by Ngwa Road, adding that the road adorned with street lights, was done through direct labour by engineers from the State Ministry of Works.

He said that the 1.2km Kent by Ehi Road was done by a reputable construction firm and was carefully done to ensure free flow of traffic, enhance socio-economic development and boost the state’s IGR. He urged residents to safeguard the infrastructure.

KAZIE UKO
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
Abia State
Government House, Umuahia
May 25, 2024.

Kidnap, Killing Of Anambra Lawyers: Human Rights Activist, Agbasiere Urges IGP To Withdraw Police Officers Attached To Private Individuals

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Joseph Albert

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May 25, 2024

… we’ll rescue kidnapped lawyer, serve justice – Soludo
By Joseph Albert

A human rights activist, Barrister Anthony Kelechi Agbasiere, has expressed concern over attachment of police (public) officers paid from the public coffers to private individuals while the public space is left porous because of resultant shortage in manpower.

Barrister Agbasiere, who spoke in Awka during the peaceful protest organized by Anambra lawyers over recent kidnap and killing of their members, called on the Inspector General of Police to direct immediate withdrawal of the officers attached to private individuals to ensure that there are more hands protecting members of the public, adding that the individuals often use the officers for selfish purposes.

He described the recent kidnap of Barrister Chukwubuikem Azoro, Secretary of Idemili branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, who is still in custody of his captors, and the killing of Principal State Counsel and Vice Chairman of NBA Ihiala branch, Barrister Peter Awa, as special cases that require special and urgent measures to address.

He described the security situation in the state and Nigeria at large as alarming and condemnable, noting that right to life is inalienable, which in social contract; citizens relinquish such right to the government, and section 4 of the Nigeria constitution as amended mandated the Police as public officers to protect.

Barrister Agbasiere, who added his voice in calling on the government to ensure that their kidnapped member is rescued unhurt, as well as fish out and bring to justice perpetrators of the heinous crimes in order to prevent future occurrence, also called for compensation of the family of the slain colleague.

Earlier, the Chairman, Committee of Chairmen and Secretaries, NBA branches, Anambra State, Barrister Izuchukwu Nsofor, who narrated recent security breaches in the state, called for improve security in the state for the safety of lawyers and other residents.

Contributing, the Chairman of NBA Awka branch, Barrister Bona Oraekwe, who admitted that collapse in security architecture is not peculiar to Anambra, however called for stronger measures to address the challenge.

Acknowledging that cultism, kidnapping and related offenses go together, the former Anambra lawmaker commended the amendment of anti cultism law in the state that helps in addressing security challenges in the state.

On his part, an Awka-based lawyer, Mr Oluchukwu Udemezue, urged the government to rise to the occasion and restore security for residents of the state.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo, represented by his Deputy, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, after listening to the lawyers, assured that his government will do everything possible to rescue the kidnapped lawyer, even as he vowed to bring killers of the slain lawyer to book.

Governor Soludo, who stated that security of lives and property of residents remains top priority of his administration, said his government in collaboration with the police and other security agencies in the state will continue to do the needful to win the war against all forms of security breaches in the state.

Anambra State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Sylvia Ifemeje, who also addressed the protesting lawyers, said Professor Chukwuma Soludo, being a lawyer-friendly Governor, is deeply saddened by the recent kidnap and killing of lawyers in the state.

She noted that Barrister Azoro was her LLM student, while Barrister Awa was a staff of his ministry, reason she is also deeply touched by the unfortunate incident that befell them.

Facebook Monetization; Guide Yourself Against Fake News-Nwode Nkeiruka

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bvichannel1

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May 24, 2024

As Meta ( Facebook) projects Nigeria to be monetized by June 2024, be mindful of fake news which content creators leverage on for gain, popularity, and what have you.

Firstly, let’s look at what fake news entails!!! #Fake #news is false information intentionally presented as authentic with an intent to mislead, destroy individual personality and social structure.

Before the emergence of social media, the spread of information was controlled by television stations and newspaper companies. But today, anyone can create a headline or post a photo with no requirement that they represent accurate information and the gullible ones who believe in gluts of information on social media, lift the information from wherever and create content for followers gain which ends up in bullying and cyberbullying.

The most perilous thing is that #fake #news spreads faster than factual news.

Researchers recently revealed that fake news stories are 100% more likely to spread than real news. Several people blame this on bots and fake social media accounts.

To me, fake news spreads much faster among real people. when l mean real people, it entails envious people even without fake nor bot accounts. It preys on one’s desire for more followers, Pull Him Down syndrome (Ph.D), sensational and provocative tales.

Be aware, that “fake news” affects individuals and the society in varying ways, ranging from depression, confusion, disaffection, emotional trauma, hatred, disunity, and imbalance.”

Affirmatively, actions are being put in place to curb the menace of fake news. I also urge the same action to be taken by owners of multifarious social media, TV stations, news companies, and social media account owners to address the viral spread of fake news. It rests on the above-mentioned to make a huge difference in stopping fake news from going viral.

ADVICE:

Any time you intercept a headline or article on social media, please take the extra time to decipher if the information is fake or real . Commence by investigating the source or by searching registered well-known sources of information to see if they posted the news and, at the same time, their submission on the news.

2. I advise that you read beyond the headline and search where the story emanated from to know its truism.

3. Make frantic effort to learn about the author of the story and know if they have published credible work before🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️.

4. The ability of you, as an individual to understand fake news and distinguish between it and real news, is essential to maintaining a well-informed society and preventing the perilous viral spread of fake news. Be sure to question your own bias to consider if you are more prone to respond to the story in a favorable way.

Finally, without equivocation, the spread of fake news, bullying and cyberbullying is made worse by the social media companies who have designed their platforms to favour content creators that their contents have more engagement and interaction by the cankerworm of #monetization thereby making our youths going haywire and becoming victims of cyber crimes.

It’s well!

#Saynotocyberbullying
#Saynotofakenews

Written by Nwode Nkeiruka, Anipr.
May 23rd, 2024.

DELUSIONS OF OBEDIENT MOVEMENT AND PETER OBI’S POLITICAL HARLOTRY WITH ATIKU ABUBAKAR AS THE EPITAPH TO HIS POLITICAL OBSCURITY – Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe, PhD

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bvichannel1

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May 24, 2024

There is often a sense of respect when a man sleeps with another man’s wife and makes every spirited effort to keep the knowledge away from him. But when a man sleeps with another man’s wife and not only boldly make it known to him but expect the same man to applaud him for sleeping with his wife, it not only portrays the depth of mental slavery and subjugation but also the height of arrogance in power.

This is just the case between Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and those gullible Igbo politicians who still belief that it is only by falling victims to devious Fulani political manipulations that the Igbo can be elected Presidents of Nigeria.
P. G. Unamka, one of the celebrated political pundits and columnists of the Second Republic, writing for the Enugu-based Daily Star issue of Friday January 14, 1983, at page 6, under the title “NTA and Pernicious Propaganda” frankly stated with unequalled passion:
“Igbos have a short memory. That Igbos love money and flattery is an undeniable fact. Moreover, when an Igbo is given a political position he immediately opines that his opinion at once and instantly represents the mind of all Igbos. Working on some of these assumptions, many Igbo people had been lured with money.”
The above melancholy historical exposition clearly underscores the current rudderless political gallivantism of the former Presidential Candidate of Labour Party and presumed winner of the 2023 Presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, horribly climaxed by his recent political get-together with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; during which Alhaji Atiku Abubakar extended his characteristic Greek political carrot of “If” and not simply “I will.” To put it in Atiku Abubakar’s own words:
“I have said repeatedly and I even said it before the 2023 general elections that if the PDP decides to zone the presidential ticket to the South or South-East specifically, I won’t contest it. As long as it’s the decision of the party, I will abide by it. But I contested the 2023 presidential ticket because it was thrown open to all members of the party. If the party decides that it’s the turn of the South-East and Peter Obi is chosen, I won’t hesitate to support him.”
The question is, are the above words which sound much like the type of promise a man makes to a woman on the bed different from the previous promises made to Igbo by the same Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his inordinate Fulani political adventurers? The same Atiku Abubakar, in a recent Voice of America (VOA) Hausa Service few days ago was quoted as saying:
“Of course, I will keep contesting again and again as long as I am alive and healthy. Even the former US President Abraham Lincoln contested seven times before finally winning. However, given the current state of the PDP, it is clear that a single-handed effort will not suffice to win the election, Strong support and collaboration with other parties are required.”
Was it not the same Atiku Abubakar that addressed the Igbo members of PDP in the rundown to 2023 Presidential election that the Igbo should wait for their turn of the Presidency after he has completed his proposed eight years?
In what looks like adding salt to injury, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar went further to inform his Igbo PDP hosts that because Igbo women gave him three children they should sell their birth-rights like Esau and vote for him; the kind of story he tells the people of Osun State. We have had M. K. O. Abiola who even outclassed all politicians in Nigeria in the business of multi-ethnic marriages and children for political selfish ends and it came to naught.

We have had Mazi Nwachukwu of Isuikwuato who married the daughter of Alhaji Usman Dagogo the Emir of Katsina that produced the now retired Major General Ike Nwachukwu. Yet when the chips were down, that did not stop the pogrom against the Igbo ]in Katsina Emirate in 1966. All they did was to protect the product of that union.

Similarly, Okogwu of Asaba married a woman from Bauchi Emirate, the product of which was the late First Lady Mariam (Rosemary) Ibrahim Babangida. The invading Federal troops did not spare Mr. Okogwu because he was their in-law during the brutal Asaba Massacre. At the end of the day, the fatherless Rosemary and his brother Sunday were taken away with their mother to the safe zone of Northern Nigeria and subsequently married out to one of her mother’s members.
While one cannot stop Mr. Peter Obi from meeting whoever he wishes to meet for one political reason or the other, one expect such meetings to be guided by his judicious sense of history founded cross-cuttingly on both preceding events and current political trends in the country as well as in surrounding countries. In other words, in dealing with such a Fulani political monster as Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Peter Obi must be guided by profound historical consciousness and close-knitted understanding of the political heart-beat of those he considers as his supporters and followers.
Assuming that his primary personal political ambition is the standard political compass of the Obedient Movement will only spell doom to what political popularity he thinks he commands among the masses of Nigeria and consequently his political doom.
One does not however understand the character and cerebral level of those surrounding Peter Obi as both his strategic political advisers and image-makers. Otherwise if they indeed advise him well and manage his image better, then they will understand that going to a private primary school and posing in a photograph with a pupil adds nothing to both his popularity and political credibility. Such infantile Western political copy-cat public relations showmanship will not add a dime to his kitty of political popularity among Nigerians.
If Peter Obi is confidently sure that he won the last Presidential election and that he was unjustly rigged out by INEC and the judiciary, then what one expects from him is to sit back and discreetly devise proactive strategies on how those forces that accounted for the rigging could be removed before the next general election, if indeed God will be so unmerciful against our prayers to allow the present government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu survive till 2027.
Otherwise, so long as the same INEC with its devious Electoral Act, and its criminal election guidelines and regulations remains in place; as long as the same Appeal Court Judges remain in their positions; as long as the same Supreme Court Judges remain; and as long as Nigerians continue to reel in abject poverty and blood-cuddling insecurity, the 2027 Presidential election has already been declared with Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President; unless God again is so merciful as in the case of the children of Israel to visit him with the judgment of King Saul before 2027. If Nigerians prayed for the death of Gen Sani Abacha and it came to pass, then nothing stops any prayer from the same Nigerians against Bola Ahmed Tinubu from coming to pass.
If Peter Obi in his slightest imagination thinks because multitude of Nigerians voted for him in the last Presidential election under the aegis of Obedient Movement he now sees himself as a political tin-god and slave-driver ready to be recruited by Fulani political slave-masters against the will of the people, he is just stepping on the precipice of his calamitous descent from his assumed political height to unimaginable abyss. Neither Peter Obi nor Labour Party made the Obedient Movement, instead it was the Obedient Movement defined by the involuntary resistance of the masses to the existing oppressive political order that made Peter Obi and the Labour Party.
Every mass movement is fundamentally factored by defined circumstances around majority of the people which impinge on their very existence; and not by the centrality of the ambition of the driving personality like the case of Peter Obi, which is easily detachable from the mass movement if he deviates from the core values and crucial rason d’état of the movement.
Peter Obi might have won elections as Governor of Anambra State and ruled for eight years; but political pundits fully understand the circumstances under which he won the elections. He did not win the elections because he was Peter Obi by his personality. He won the election because he was favorably disposed to the prevailing historical and political circumstances on ground. This has been aptly proved by his dwindled popularity in Anambra State immediately he left office.
These are the same circumstances that propelled such political pervert as Chief Willy Obiano to rule the State the succeeding eight years, in spite of Peter Obi’s rigorous opposition and propping up a supposed better candidate under PDP during his re-election for second term. The same circumstances are instrumental to Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s emergence as the Governor of Anambra State today. These circumstances are not about the candidates’ personality or popularity among the people. They are anchored on the people’s ingrained sentimental attachment to a conceived act of political deprivation constructed on indelible sense of history.
Many people will agree that before Peter Obi’s emergence as Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige outwitted him in terms of popularity among the people of Anambra State. This was soundly tested during Dr. Ngige’s Senatorial election contest with Prof Dora Akunyili under Peter Obi’s Governorship. These circumstances further explain why Peter Obi’s popularity among the people of Anambra State during Willy Obiano’s regime was at the lowest ebb.
Thus it will amount to catastrophic political delusion for Peter Obi to assume that his personality or popularity created the Obedient Movement which dramatically launched him into unimaginable national political stardom. Contrarily, it was the Obedient Movement that created his theatrical political relevance at the national stage today.
Thus as in the case of Anambra State, the propelling force behind the Obedient Movement was not about Peter Obi’s impeccable personality or assumed popularity; the force behind the Obedient Movement was sentimentally driven by the common experience of sufferings founded on the gloomy historical experience of generic Fulani conquer-mentality and putrid-style political domination and leadership. No Nigerian ethnic group, from their host-Hausaland to Ijaw in Southern Nigeria is willing to tolerate any further Fulani President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, be such a person an Atiku Abubakar or a Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The Fulani are today loathed by every other ethnic group in Nigeria, from the Hausa in the North to the Ijaw in the South, and from Senegal to Central African Republic. The Fulani are the only ethnic group in Nigeria without the suffix “Land” after their name, as in the cases of Hausaland, Kanuriland, Biromland, Katafland, Idomaland, Tivland, Igboland, Yorubaland, Edoland, Nupeland, Ijawland, and Ibibioland, among others. Thus by demographic and geo-political definition, outside the Futa Djalon Provinces of Senegal and Guinea Republics, the Fulani are stranger-settler elements who only subsist by acts violent adventurism and clandestine political manipulation through deceitful Islamic brotherhood.
The question therefore is, is Peter Obi saying that he is not properly aware of the on-going massacre of defenseless Christians of this country that started under President Muhammadu Buhari—an unrepentant Fulani jihadist, and has continued till date under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu—a Yoruba Muslim reincarnate of Aare Afonja? Therefore for another Fulani man, be that person Rabiu Kwankwaso or Atiku Abubakar to aspire to become Nigeria’s President again means that the Fulani as a group defines the rest Nigerians to be fools and their political slaves.
Has it not occurred to Nigerians that since the beginning of Boko Haram insurgency and the succeeding armed Fulani herdsmen and bandits killing and displacing our people with reckless abandon, kidnapping and extorting unimaginable ransoms from their victims without restriction, that no Fulani leader—traditional, religious or political, from the Sultan of Sokoto through Atiku Abubakar to Rabiu Kwankwaso has risen up to condemn their heinous crimes against humanity.
Did Abubakar Atiku not sack his Christian spokesman for condemning on his behalf the gruesome killing by stoning of Miss Deborah Samuel by irate Muslim mobs in Sokoto? It will therefore amount to the height of moral declivity, political insensitivity, and religious defeatism for any Christian both North and South to pray, much more work for Atiku Abubakar’s Presidential ambition under the present or future political dispensation.
But the question again is, for how long shall the Nigerian child be beaten with the same stick by the same person before he learns his bitter lessons? Among the Yoruba, from Aare Afonja through Aare Samuel Akintola and Moshood Abiola to Bola Ahmed Tinubu; these men elected to be Fulani political slaves just to fulfill their inordinate political ambitions.
Among the Igbo, from Nnamdi Azikiwe in the First Republic, through Kenneth Mbadiwe, Michael Okpara, Dennis Osadebe, Alex Ekwueme, Chuba Okadigbo to Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu during the Second Republic; to Orji Uzor Kalu, Rochas Okorocha, Dave Umahi, Hope Uzodinma, Arthur Eze, Charles Soludo, Uche Ekwunife, Nnia Nwodo, George Obiozor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Ifeanyi Okowa, Godewin Emefiele, Ned Nwoko, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, and now Peter Obi in the current political dispensation; the experiences have been tales of the children of Israel choosing to either serve the Philistines or play Judas Iscariot against the collective interests of their people and their unborn generations.
In all the cases it has always ended with the ignominious bitter experience of use and dump. And the reason is that under normal political circumstances no Fulani man—the harbinger of Islam and ordained Caliphate of Allah, will ever work for an Igbo—an ardent Christian and traditional democrat to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I don’t think our Igbo leaders fully understand with their shallow political mentality and decrepit sense of history, the depth of this ideological and religious chasm separating the Igbo and Fulani. Do they think this deep political gorge can just be cover by mere word of mouth?
Why must the Fulani think they must always manipulate Igbo leaders against the will of the Igbo masses?
The instinctive counter-political questions that should occupy the agitating mind of every patriotic Igbo are: Why must the often dominant band of Igbo political contractors and criminals think in their blurred senses that it is only by the grace of Fulani leaders that the Igbo can win the Presidency of the Nigerian nation? Are the Fulani more intelligent than the Igbo? Are the Fulani more educated than the Igbo? Are the Fulani more strong-hearted than the Igbo? Are the Fulani more warrior-like than the Igbo? Are the Fulani more acceptable to other Nigerians than the Igbo? Are the Fulani more accommodating to other Nigerians than the Igbo?
This opinion on the Fulani by Sheikh Muhammad of Tunis in the nineteenth century still subsists today because of the depraved political myopism of the Igbo political leadership in particular and Nigerian Christians in general. In his words:
“The idolatrous tribes to the south of Sudan are divided into groups and families. They are vastly superior in numbers to the Moslems, and it is surprising that they do not overwhelm them. The explanation may be found in the spirit of brotherhood which unites the Muslims, whilst the pagans are always divided one against another. When the enemy attacks a village and takes away the women and children the people of the next village look on without attempting to give assistance. They are attacked next, and their neighbours regard them with equal indifference. If these idolaters knew the strength which union gives none of the Moslem States of Sudan would dare to attack them.”
Is the above scenario not still taking place today from Zamfara through the Christian Middle Belt to Igboland and Yorubaland in the South? If the Igbo and Christian political leaderships are not cursed or enchanted by false Fulani political and military invincibility, why shouldn’t they devise a formidable united force and put an end to this monster called Fulani once and for all?
The Fulani tried in Republic of Cameroon after President Ahmadou Ahidjo and the Christians under President Paul Biya put them in their proper place. They tried it in Central African Republic and they were told to leave the country by force. In Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, and Ghana they have been cut to their sizes. Why can’t Nigerians do the same?