*Amalgamation was wrong, it should not be celebrated— Olisa Agbakoba

On 100 years of amalgamation

Amalgamation is a big error. It was in the interest of the British. It has happened and so we should not cry over spilt milk.

We should not celebrate it. We should not honour it. It should be a sober reflection. We should say look, ‘here is what the British did to us, what can we do to overcome it and move forward because we want to be part of the comity of nations that expresses Nigeria’s greatness to be at the peak.

So, I do not lament it, I am sad about it, not just Nigeria but also how they sat at their Berlin Conference and tore the whole of Africa apart. Part of what you see in DRC, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe, etc is all down to that conference. But I am not going to lament it because those men are dead. The issue is how do we put the disastrous consequences behind us and move forward.
And all the elements of how to move forward are discussed in Kingsley Moghalu’s new book: Emerging Africa. I agree totally with it.
Africa cannot grow; Nigeria cannot grow without that context.

It cannot happen if Boko Haram is on and we have ethnicisation of everything. Once we do so Nigeria will explode.

VANGUARD

I have always said that this country is a fraudulent amalgamation and the best thing to do is to come to a round table in a Sovereign National Conference SNC, to discuss whether we can live together under terms or not. I have a very strong feeling that it is the oil that is still keeping Nigeria together because many are harvesting and reaping where they did not sow and so they are agitating for one fraudulent Nigeria which is injustice to humanity and nations that make up this fraudulent unity!

Since wen jare?

ayo84: *Amalgamation was wrong, it should not be celebrated— Olisa Agbakoba

On 100 years of amalgamation

Amalgamation is a big error. It was in the interest of the British. It has happened and so we should not cry over spilt milk.

We should not celebrate it. We should not honour it. It should be a sober reflection. We should say look, ‘here is what the British did to us, what can we do to overcome it and move forward because we want to be part of the comity of nations that expresses Nigeria’s greatness to be at the peak.

So, I do not lament it, I am sad about it, not just Nigeria but also how they sat at their Berlin Conference and tore the whole of Africa apart. Part of what you see in DRC, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zimbabwe, etc is all down to that conference. But I am not going to lament it because those men are dead. The issue is how do we put the disastrous consequences behind us and move forward.
And all the elements of how to move forward are discussed in Kingsley Moghalu’s new book: Emerging Africa. I agree totally with it.
Africa cannot grow; Nigeria cannot grow without that context.

It cannot happen if Boko Haram is on and we have ethnicisation of everything. Once we do so Nigeria will explode.

VANGUARD

This is a fact, we need not celebrate the very thing that divides and separates us.

The truth is that we are sitting on a keg of gun powder waiting to explode.
Nigeria is like PDP. It's house is burning and they are saying it doesn't matter, let them wait until it is razed to the ground.