Some people had argued that the removal of history as a subject from the secondary school curriculum is a wrong move and if we can reintroduce history into the secondary school curriculum, it would help foster unity and peaceful coexistence. I used to support this view until last week when I discovered that history as a subject in secondary school curriculum will further fuel the problem of tribalism in Nigeria.
I was reading about how Isaac Adaka Boro declared Niger Delta republic and was crushed by general Aguiyi Ironsi through colonel Odimegwu Ojukwu. He was sentenced and was later released by general Yakubu Gowon. Years after Ojukwu declared Biafra republic. I was eager to post the story, Why? Because it suit my narrative. If you check what is going on here on nairaland, many of us are quick to quote the part of history that favour us and ignore the part of history that do not favour us.
We keep blaming Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikwe, Obafemi Awolowo etc, that are dead long time ago instead of focusing more on now and the future. To me, I believe no tribe/region is completely innocent, all the tribes need to share the blame.
I don't expect everyone to agree with me but the question is; do you think reintroducing history as a subject in secondary schools curriculum will help foster unity or not.

Indifference

A good and practise historian is not bias either religiously or tribalism, if you are bias then you are not writting history, and also history is the study of the past in order to understand the present and to better the future , i think bringing history to our curriculumn is a better idea that i will like the federal government to do, it will help us to understand some situation that we are passing on.