Nigeria’s political
landscape has oscillated
along the indices of
relative stability and instability
ever since the country’s
independence. However, it is
obvious that, even during its
relatively best circumstances, it
has never been smooth enough,
which has stirred debates on the
imperative or otherwise of
convening a sovereign national
conference to review the
country’s terms of corporate
existence.
In Nigeria’s largely dirty political
game, where nothing including
conscience is beyond
compromise and/or
manipulation, the so-called
sovereign national conference
issue has itself been manipulated
as a tool for political
blackmailing and intimidation by
some largely desperate
politicians and other elites, who
have lost out in the game to
reclaim their (though largely ill-
gotten) relevance.
Notwithstanding where one
stands with respect to the call
for convening such a conference,
it is obvious that the
inconsistency of its proponents is
too obvious that it implies their
hypocrisy. Being largely
ideologically bankrupt and
uncreative intellectually hence
incapable of proposing,
advocating and following
through realistic alternatives,
they simply drive on regional and
ethnic emotions to manoeuvre
their ways to achieving their
personal interests.
They have always disguised as
patriotic members of their
respective ethnic groups to bring
up and push for convening the
conference, giving the impression
that it is the only panacea to the
country’s predicament.
Incidentally, however worse the
country’s predicament is, most of
such proponents of the SNC
have in the past been actively
involved in creating and/or
exacerbating it.
What is particularly hypocritical
of them is that, when they are in
the system, and no matter how
rotten it is, they dismiss any call
for such a conference only to
switch side when they are
removed or lose out. For
instance, Olu Falaye was rightly
considered one of the principal
architects of IBB’s disastrous
economic policies, and Oladipo
Diya was not only Abacha’s
second in command but was
actually one of the masterminds
undermining and frustrating any
move to enthrone MKO Abiola;
his own tribesman, as Nigeria’s
President though he was widely
believed to have won the 1993
presidential election.
Moreover, they seem to be too
dull to realize how they frustrate
one another, because by the
time some of them lose out
hence switch side some others
have already got there and are
busy sharing the loot hence
would not only tolerate any
distraction but are even
prepared to go to any extent in
order to maintain the
continuation of the status-quo,
until they also lose out for
others to call the shots and do
the same, and the same circle
and scenario continue.
So, probably once President
Jonathan and indeed the entire
southern politicians and even
some of those who come from
the north central currently
calling the shots leave their
offices, they would switch side
and transform into self-
acclaimed regional champions
claiming to be pushing for
restructuring the country’s
structure for better benefit for
their people. However, they
would also be frustrated as
another set of politicians would
have by then already stuck their
own fangs in the nation’s blood
vein sucking as much or even
worse as their predecessors.
Interestingly, perhaps it is only in
Nigeria where a person who has
held influential positions in
national level including
presidency would after leaving
office relegate himself into a
mere ethnic bigot and/or
regional champion.
Yet what baffles and indeed
saddens me is how these crooks
get away with such crude tactics
by deluding their people into
believing them. Their people
should wonder why these so-
called ethnic and regional
champions did not seriously push
for their strategic regional
interests when they were in the
position of power in the first
place. How I wish their people
realized that such so-called
ethnic champions are mere
bloody opportunists, who are
not prepared to sacrifice even
their positions for the sake of
their course even if there is one
at all.
Incidentally, though I despise
making specific references to
ethnic groups especially in terms
of comparison between them,
however in analyzing Nigeria’s
peculiar socio-political
environment one sometimes
finds himself compelled do so, so
as to make his point clear
enough.
This is quite necessary because as
I pointed out earlier, such
controversial elements largely
operate under their respective
regional and/or ethnic platforms,
for which they set up various so-
called umbrella organizations to
purportedly represent the voice
of their respective tribesmen.
Yoruba for instance have
Afenifere while Ndigbo have
Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo and both
have their own militia i.e. OPC
and MOSOB respectively. By the
way, much to the credit of
Hausa-Fulani ethnic group, they
are the only major ethnic group
in the country, who don’t have
any ethnic based organizations
to represent them let alone an
umbrella organization for that
matter.
Afenifere and its like-minded
individuals for instance have
been particularly deceptive and
blackmailing. They have always
tricked their arch-rivals;
Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo into joining
them to push for an agenda of
purported common interest, only
to double-cross them at the end
and get away with it.
They had also managed to
blackmail the north into making
that foolish decision to literally
select Olusegun Obasanjo and
manoeuvre him back into the
presidency; the price of which
the country at large is still
paying. They largely succeed by
manipulating the media sector in
which they maintain a
considerable control hence
manipulate it in order to achieve
their vested interests.
Incidentally, in as much as I
believe in the option of radical
restructure of the country’s
corporate structure, I don’t see
any credibility in those ethnically
motivated movements. After all,
they aren’t even that ethnic
champions in reality, instead they
simply disguise in ethnic colours
to achieve their individuals’ goals.
So, if credible people-oriented
movements actually, voluntarily
and overwhelmingly choose to
advocate for convening a
sovereign national conference
then so be it, after all, Nigeria’s
remaining united or going
divided is not and should not be
a do or die issue.
This is even though it is obvious
that the country has no better
alternative to remaining united
but with strict adherence to the
principles and provisions of good
governance, which is defined by
accountability, transparency,
competency and creativity.
Because no matter how many
entities the country is divided
and/or subdivided into, the same
people who have ruined it when
it was called Nigeria will still ruin
its breakaway entities whether
they are called Oodua Republic,
Republic of Biafra or whatever.

www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155506:the-hypocrisy-in-calls-for-sovereign-national-conference&catid=7:opinion&Itemid=12

My sincerest apologies for the paragraphs. That's OperaMini for you.

Back to topic.

Here's one of the comments I find interesting in The article's talkback section:

Halimah 2012-02-25
19:33 #5
''I agreed wit dis writer,most
especially the north central if u wan to see hypocrisy come to d north central,most pple claimin to be d representative are jus repsentin few individual like them,b/cos in term of holing d first citizen of dis nation they have tested it some many time is jus d
christains idealogies frm dis
particular zone i am frm dis
zone specifically Nasarawa
state,B/cos i saw wat happened durin d presidentcial election i was an observer''.

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By their voices we shall know them.

Someone should please re-format this article.

^
Done.

[size=14pt]The hypocrisy in calls for Sovereign National Conference[/size]
Written by Mohammad Qaddam Sidq Isa Friday, 24 February 2012 05:00

Nigeria’s political landscape has oscillated along the indices of relative stability and instability ever since the country’s independence. However, it is obvious that, even during its relatively best circumstances, it has never been smooth enough, which has stirred debates on the imperative or otherwise of convening a sovereign national conference to review the country’s terms of corporate existence.

In Nigeria’s largely dirty political game, where nothing including conscience is beyond compromise and/or manipulation, the so-called sovereign national conference issue has itself been manipulated as a tool for political blackmailing and intimidation by some largely desperate politicians and other elites, who have lost out in the game to reclaim their (though largely ill-gotten) relevance.

Notwithstanding where one stands with respect to the call for convening such a conference, it is obvious that the inconsistency of its proponents is too obvious that it implies their hypocrisy. Being largely ideologically bankrupt and uncreative intellectually hence incapable of proposing, advocating and following through realistic alternatives, they simply drive on regional and ethnic emotions to manoeuvre their ways to achieving their personal interests.

They have always disguised as patriotic members of their respective ethnic groups to bring up and push for convening the conference, giving the impression that it is the only panacea to the country’s predicament. Incidentally, however worse the country’s predicament is, most of such proponents of the SNC have in the past been actively involved in creating and/or exacerbating it.


What is particularly hypocritical of them is that, when they are in the system, and no matter how rotten it is, they dismiss any call for such a conference only to switch side when they are removed or lose out. For instance, Olu Falaye was rightly considered one of the principal architects of IBB’s disastrous economic policies, and Oladipo Diya was not only Abacha’s second in command but was actually one of the masterminds undermining and frustrating any move to enthrone MKO Abiola; his own tribesman, as Nigeria’s President though he was widely believed to have won the 1993 presidential election.

Moreover, they seem to be too dull to realize how they frustrate one another, because by the time some of them lose out hence switch side some others have already got there and are busy sharing the loot hence would not only tolerate any distraction but are even prepared to go to any extent in order to maintain the continuation of the status-quo, until they also lose out for others to call the shots and do the same, and the same circle and scenario continue.

So, probably once President Jonathan and indeed the entire southern politicians and even some of those who come from the north central currently calling the shots leave their offices, they would switch side and transform into self-acclaimed regional champions claiming to be pushing for restructuring the country’s structure for better benefit for their people. However, they would also be frustrated as another set of politicians would have by then already stuck their own fangs in the nation’s blood vein sucking as much or even worse as their predecessors.

Interestingly, perhaps it is only in Nigeria where a person who has held influential positions in national level including presidency would after leaving office relegate himself into a mere ethnic bigot and/or regional champion.

Yet what baffles and indeed saddens me is how these crooks get away with such crude tactics by deluding their people into believing them. Their people should wonder why these so-called ethnic and regional champions did not seriously push for their strategic regional interests when they were in the position of power in the first place. How I wish their people realized that such so-called ethnic champions are mere bloody opportunists, who are not prepared to sacrifice even their positions for the sake of their course even if there is one at all.


Incidentally, though I despise making specific references to ethnic groups especially in terms of comparison between them, however in analyzing Nigeria’s peculiar socio-political environment one sometimes finds himself compelled do so, so as to make his point clear enough.

This is quite necessary because as I pointed out earlier, such controversial elements largely operate under their respective regional and/or ethnic platforms, for which they set up various so-called umbrella organizations to purportedly represent the voice of their respective tribesmen.

Yoruba for instance have Afenifere while Ndigbo have Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo and both have their own militia i.e. OPC and MOSOB respectively. By the way, much to the credit of Hausa-Fulani ethnic group, they are the only major ethnic group in the country, who don’t have any ethnic based organizations to represent them let alone an umbrella organization for that matter.


Afenifere and its like-minded individuals for instance have been particularly deceptive and blackmailing. They have always tricked their arch-rivals; Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo into joining them to push for an agenda of purported common interest, only to double-cross them at the end and get away with it.

They had also managed to blackmail the north into making that foolish decision to literally select Olusegun Obasanjo and manoeuvre him back into the presidency; the price of which the country at large is still paying. They largely succeed by manipulating the media sector in which they maintain a considerable control hence manipulate it in order to achieve their vested interests.

Incidentally, in as much as I believe in the option of radical restructure of the country’s corporate structure, I don’t see any credibility in those ethnically motivated movements. After all, they aren’t even that ethnic champions in reality, instead they simply disguise in ethnic colours to achieve their individuals’ goals.

So, if credible people-oriented movements actually, voluntarily and overwhelmingly choose to advocate for convening a sovereign national conference then so be it, after all, Nigeria’s remaining united or going divided is not and should not be a do or die issue.

This is even though it is obvious that the country has no better alternative to remaining united but with strict adherence to the principles and provisions of good governance, which is defined by accountability, transparency, competency and creativity. Because no matter how many entities the country is divided and/or subdivided into, the same people who have ruined it when it was called Nigeria will still ruin its breakaway entities whether they are called Oodua Republic, Republic of Biafra or whatever.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155506:the-hypocrisy-in-calls-for-sovereign-national-conference&catid=7:opinion&Itemid=12

^ Thanks a mill, Beaf!

I am very proud to hear on BBC as Ojukwu is glowingly addressed as "the late Biafran leader". It is instructive that inspite of several years of pretences to the contrary, the world recognises the existence of the Republic of Biafra. Note the language: "late Biafran leader". Not "late leader of defunct Biafra". These are two different phrases with different connotations. The first phrase, which BBC uses implies a Republic still in existence,while the second phrase, which BBC does not use, refers to a Republic that existed and collapsed after a period of time. Indeed, the world knows that Biafra lives!

Yoruba for instance have Afenifere while Ndigbo have Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo and both have their own militia i.e. OPC and MOSOB respectively. By the way, much to the credit of Hausa-Fulani ethnic group, they are the only major ethnic group in the country, who don’t have any ethnic based organizations to represent them let alone an umbrella organization for that matter.

Bloody liar!! What is Arewa Consultative Forum? And is Boko Haram not an hausa/fulani/kanuri militant arm?

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The hypocrisy in calls for Sovereign National Conference
Written by Mohammad Qaddam Sidq Isa Friday, 24 February 2012 05:00

What is particularly hypocritical of them is that, when they are in the system, and no matter how rotten it is, they dismiss any call for such a conference only to switch side when they are removed or lose out. For instance, Olu Falaye was rightly considered one of the principal architects of IBB’s disastrous economic policies, and Oladipo Diya was not only Abacha’s second in command but was actually one of the masterminds undermining and frustrating any move to enthrone MKO Abiola; his own tribesman, as Nigeria’s President though he was widely believed to have won the 1993 presidential election.

Moreover, they seem to be too dull to realize how they frustrate one another, because by the time some of them lose out hence switch side some others have already got there and are busy sharing the loot hence would not only tolerate any distraction but are even prepared to go to any extent in order to maintain the continuation of the status-quo, until they also lose out for others to call the shots and do the same, and the same circle and scenario continue.

So, probably once President Jonathan and indeed the entire southern politicians and even some of those who come from the north central currently calling the shots leave their offices, they would switch side and transform into self-acclaimed regional champions claiming to be pushing for restructuring the country’s structure for better benefit for their people. However, they would also be frustrated as another set of politicians would have by then already stuck their own fangs in the nation’s blood vein sucking as much or even worse as their predecessors.

Interestingly, perhaps it is only in Nigeria where a person who has held influential positions in national level including presidency would after leaving office relegate himself into a mere ethnic bigot and/or regional champion.

Yet what baffles and indeed saddens me is how these crooks get away with such crude tactics by deluding their people into believing them. Their people should wonder why these so-called ethnic and regional champions did not seriously push for their strategic regional interests when they were in the position of power in the first place. How I wish their people realized that such so-called ethnic champions are mere bloody opportunists, who are not prepared to sacrifice even their positions for the sake of their course even if there is one at all.

Incidentally, though I despise making specific references to ethnic groups especially in terms of comparison between them, however in analyzing Nigeria’s peculiar socio-political environment one sometimes finds himself compelled do so, so as to make his point clear enough.

Yoruba for instance have Afenifere while Ndigbo have Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo and both have their own militia i.e. OPC and MOSOB respectively. By the way, much to the credit of Hausa-Fulani ethnic group, they are the only major ethnic group in the country, who don’t have any ethnic based organizations to represent them let alone an umbrella organization for that matter.

Afenifere and its like-minded individuals for instance have been particularly deceptive and blackmailing. They have always tricked their arch-rivals; Ohanaeze Nd’Igbo into joining them to push for an agenda of purported common interest, only to double-cross them at the end and get away with it.

They had also managed to blackmail the north into making that foolish decision to literally select Olusegun Obasanjo and manoeuvre him back into the presidency; the price of which the country at large is still paying. They largely succeed by manipulating the media sector in which they maintain a considerable control hence manipulate it in order to achieve their vested interests.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155506:the-hypocrisy-in-calls-for-sovereign-national-conference&catid=7:opinion&Itemid=12
[quote][/quote]

So what r they trying to say?

These Abokis sure knows how to turn logic upside down. . . . .always arguing from a point of convenience.  . . . .in as much as they openly talk of supporting a restructuring, their body language and maner of talking betrays them.

I agree with some parts of this article but the writer goofed by saying the hausa/fulani does not have any group.