The Glue That Holds Nigeria Together

Crude Oil is the most likely glue that holds Nigeria together.  The Northern and South-Western elements of the country cannot seriously consider the possibility of breaking away from the South-Eartern and South-South simply because we cannot do without their oil.  For this reason, any attempt by any region of the country to break away and take the south-south with them will not be treated with kid gloves at all.  Without their oil, poverty is surely going to engulf the rest of the country!

If it's not crude oil, then it must be cowardice.  Nigerians like to talk tough but nobody wants to die!  And you know what?  This is a good thing, because human life is very precious, and once you lose it you can't get it back.  There's no point in wasting lives breaking away from a democratic state when it is quite likely that the new state you'll be creating will be under military rule for an indefinite period of time.  I (a yoruba) prefer a Hausa-headed democracy to a Yoruba dictatorship!

i'm suprised as well...

i guess people just don't care about their country...

I'm also going to have to say it's God. And all those SOOOOO many churches in Lagos. All those churches that are like shops. At least they pray and shout God. It's all God.

I would think its oil, but that doesnt make too much sense because without oil i think nigeria would be even closer. Oil, or the fight over oil, polarizes us. I think over time we have become used to each other, even though we may hate each other at times, like a bad marriage. And as they say, when you are married to someone, after awhile you guys start looking alike. I think nigeria and nigerians have created a culture within themselves, despite their dislike of each other, and that keeps us together. there is a feeling that a broken nigeria will not reach the same heights as the unified nigeria.

Hopefully we get a government that looks at our commonalities and creates symbols and monuments to these values in our culture in order to help strengten the nation

........Tis greed my people. The next man does not want to think of what he will loose if he breaks away from the other man. The man up north is thinking about the oil down south while the man in the east is thinking about the privilages he would get when he hooks up with the man in the west to take over the goverment in the central... And the beats goes on and on & on & on untill.......