UchihaMadara: Was just wondering if this could actually happen, I mean we claim to be practicing democracy, but it seems that only those from the principle tribe in a state are elected Governor for that particular state.

Just close your eyes and imagine:

An Igbo man being a Governor in Kaduna.
A Yoruba man being a Governor in Imo.
An Hausa man being the Governor of Lagos.

Does it tickle your brain to even begin to imagine that? I know it does mine!

I'm not a separatist, but its obvious that the position of governor in our democracy does in fact breed separatism.

If a black man can rule the United States of America after their horrid history of slavery, then I see no reason why we that practice the democracy borrowed from them, can't take what would seem to be a less harder step in promoting true meritocracy in governor elections as opposed to the way it is now; being zoned to the principle tribe of the state.

So what do y'all think?

ibedun: Foolish thinking.

This sort of thing takes time. How can I a Yorubaman expect to appear in Kaduna and hope to rule them because we share the same Nigerian nationality?

I would expect that to be possible in 300 years time, long after the tribal lines have faded. America is not a good example because the country's original people have been wiped out.

London (Paris) (Amsterdam) are full of immigrants but that has had very little impact on the governance and representation. As cosmopolitan as London is, it is represented almost in full by indigenous English people (and rightly so)

ibedun: My brother, democracy have limits. You just haven't seen it.

What is democracy in getting enough of your people to migrate en mass to somebody else's land in the hope to usurp their governance and tradition by voting yourselves in into power or threatening to 'take over' based on some bogus democracy.

UchihaMadara: Was just wondering if this could actually happen, I mean we claim to be practicing democracy, but it seems that only those from the principle tribe in a state are elected Governor for that particular state.

Just close your eyes and imagine:

An Igbo man being a Governor in Kaduna.
A Yoruba man being a Governor in Imo.
An Hausa man being the Governor of Lagos.

Does it tickle your brain to even begin to imagine that? I know it does mine!

I'm not a separatist, but its obvious that the position of governor in our democracy does in fact breed separatism.

If a black man can rule the United States of America after their horrid history of slavery, then I see no reason why we that practice the democracy borrowed from them, can't take what would seem to be a less harder step in promoting true meritocracy in governor elections as opposed to the way it is now; being zoned to the principle tribe of the state.

So what do y'all think?

redsun:
Soon people like you will be left behind on the scorching earth while the real people of the new age will endlessly float across the oceans and skies in their gigantic enclaves that never stops.
Do ever imagine what the earth might be in a thousand years time?And in your time you can't make the best of it,stuck up in past past and thinking in reverse.

Sloan:
You these Igbos and your long throat! You've failed massively in governing the smallest patch of land in Nigeria, an entire region smaller than some states. No other Nigerian aspires to govern any state in the SE, people who live there do so mostly because of FG work assignments. No normal non-native student will leave the best schools in the West, in the north and SS to go to SE. No Nigerian wants to stay longer in SE than he has to but ibos on the other hand want to keep their land to themselves and migrate to claim joint indigeneship in other parts of Nigeria why abusing the same people! Imagine ibos saying why do northerners always give their building contracts to ibos as though they are too stupid to be building contractors on their own? Mister forget it! With millions of native indigenes in almost every state, there is absolutely no reason, nothing an ibo man can bring in governance that can not be found in the native population. Yet, Iboland is the most failed region outside the places where terrorism has a foothold in Nigeria.

UchihaMadara:
The T-2 California Gov is another example.

iboTOTOdeySMELL: This is not California, This is not a migrant country like USA or New Zea land. This is Nigeria, This is Africa.

As Africans we are tribal people and we are ethnically attached to our territory.

itstpia1: Why should a governor be from a different tribe?

None of the people in that tribe have what it takes? Is that what you're saying?

Sloan:

You these Igbos and your long throat! You've failed massively in governing the smallest patch of land in Nigeria, an entire region smaller than some states. No other Nigerian aspires to govern any state in the SE, people who live there do so mostly because of FG work assignments. No normal non-native student will leave the best schools in the West, in the north and SS to go to SE. No Nigerian wants to stay longer in SE than he has to but ibos on the other hand want to keep their land to themselves and migrate to claim joint indigeneship in other parts of Nigeria why abusing the same people! Imagine ibos saying why do northerners always give their building contracts to ibos as though they are too stupid to be building contractors on their own? Mister forget it! With millions of native indigenes in almost every state, there is absolutely no reason, nothing an ibo man can bring in governance that can not be found in the native population. Yet, Iboland is the most failed region outside the places where terrorism has a foothold in Nigeria.

UchihaMadara: So in essence, our democracy is being built on tribal identities, as opposed to being built on the basis of competing ideas.

How far and fast can we progress with such foundation?

django1:

I hope this is not about lagos again.

UchihaMadara:

It's not oooooooo!

People assuming that I am Igbo, when I never said I was. I will remain tribe-less on Nairaland, and just be a Nigerian, woohooo!

I just think that we still have a lot of room to grow in our democracy, and in promoting unity in Nigeria as a whole. It's almost like how the NYSC scheme tries(though failed woefully) to promote national unity, I just believe a better Nigeria would exist when we pay more attention to merit, and almost become blind to tribe, and become true Nigerians (since we are still together anyway).

Culture has nothing to do with the governor position as per the Nigerian constitution, and it can still be preserved even if merit, for instance, dictates that the best governorship candidate for a certain election be from a different tribe. You still would have Obas, Chiefs and Sheiks, but the best brains would always be at the top leading in the formal political structure.

Sloan:

Why are you these flat elements so crafty? Are you saying out of 1 Million people who are natives of a state, none of them can lead their own state as governor, so much so that they need a Nigerian from another tribe, especially that tribe of the iboelas, the Igbos from the land of the dead sun? Why do I ask? Because no northerner or westerner or an SS or MB is even remotely interested in being governor of any other state or people except his own land and people! The only exception are the greedy flat nematodes who cannot even contribute any productive endavour to Nigeria's economy, who claim the shaite-yard called Anambra or the seaport Island called Enugu or the amazon jungle of Abia are the japan and Dubai of Nigeria? You failed in finding one human being to lead an entire region, no even 1 political party from the SE ever succeeded but guess what? You figure it is better to leave your own backyard to go and be governor elsewhere? LWKMD! Ibo longthroaties will get their deathwish someday - soon!

UchihaMadara:

It's obvious you are looking at this from a very sinister point of view, and this isn't really were I hoped to take the discussion.