Should Nigeria Be Divided?

what does the law say in nigeria
are u from your fathers or mothers state of origin
or are u from your place of birth
or perharps from the place you have lived most of your life
the current system is clearly not working
tis a case of weighing the costs and benefits of staying united or being divided
i personally feel the benefits of division outway the costs of division or the benefits of remaining unified

It is a problem if the kids can't and don't want to choose.

so keep the country together because of some kids who may be confused? To keep them in a structure that will fail them? let them be in limbo for a period, some unpleasant consequences will definitely be felt from a break up, but we cannot stop it simply because of that.

Yugoslavia broke up into Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro - if they sorted out those issues of who was born where and all that, we can do the same.

The issue right now is that it will virtually not happen because the nation's federal structure has been altered to centralize power to prevent any part from breaking away. Highly unfortunate.

The idea of division alone is a terrifying one to swallow. We are dealing with Nigerians here. That, and, this is an impossible scenario.  If we take the case where, as you say, a spouse can apply to reside where the other spouse is, which spouse decides to forego his/her land for the other spouses land?  It won't be an easy decision or a smoothsail transition, especially not when you have families to worry about. Moreso that if we then go into the said spouse's newly inhabited land, there could be more trouble brewing.  A Hotel-Rwanda-like conflict between tribes where a sighting of 1 or 2 igbo men in Hausaland will reek of chaos, as the whole idea of separation itself stems from tribalism or incompatibility between ethnics.   If the idea of separation instead stems from the government's flaws, then what we need is a better government and a better leader - democracy, not separation.

I dare say you would reconsider your statements if your kids happened to be one of those confused.

No.Not just because of the lives of some of these 'confused' kids (which is definitely a compelling reason - unless I'm missing something here  ), but because your plan is not even guaranteed to work.   There is too much complexity involved when you consider how long it will take to stabilize the new nation.  It is still a risk and I'm sure you're unsure when the risk of terminationg so many innocent lives will outweigh the unknown rewards.  The bloodshed would be too much to ponder.  You can argue that in an ideal situation there will be no bloodshed, but this is not an ideal situation, and as is always the case in issues like these, there is bloodshed. 

How can the people decide they don't' want to be together when they don't even have a voice?  That's why I brought up the idea of a better government. Yes, democracy can lead to separation but the point is, separation does not automatically lead to om.

It's as if you're putting a price on human life.  How few is a few?  Keep in mind we that we have invested almost 50 years of 'independence' into this country.  Over those 50 years, there has been too much interaction, too much inter-marriage, too much invested to simply cast away a certain generation of people as being "too few". I don't think that is sufficient reason IMO.
Then the question is why are people getting killed.  And, yes a better government can solve it; "better government" is, in this sense, perspective.  A great government IMO should listen to the voice of the people, and if the people apply common sense they can easily find a solution to this nightmare.  Failure of the government to look deeply into it and address it severely is a very valid reason as per why it's still going on, IMO.

If the killings are as a result of tribalism, then breaking away will only make it worse, especially when you consider that Nigeria has so many dozen ethnicities.  What makes you think more conflict would not breakout as a result of hateful tensions amongst the new mini-sects?
Besides, this is all speculative.  How can we be sure that it will work?  The consequences could most likely be as devastating as the horrors in recent Somalia.  Or even the eritrea-ethiopia split.


edit:
As an aside, I just decided to go over the thread and saw that this idea was anulled on the first page.
This whole thing is silly and will only result in a discussion ad infinitum over an insurmountable agenda.

So, those of you that support the breakup of Nigeria, How many countries should it be broken up into then? 

Ha! This thread is still on?

Is this question not daft? When a yoruba man marries hausa woman their kids are deffinitely yoruba and not hausa. Same to a yoruba and igbo marriage. Their surname indicates where they come from.