Yoruba friend ask me: under what conditions would you
support One Nigeria and let go of the Biafra agitation and let
it died down and finally laid to rest for good ?. Here was my
response:
1. Close down Lagos ports and Open up PH, Calabar, Onitsha
and Warri ports.
2. Cancel all direct and major connecting flights to Lagos and
Abuja airports only local connecting flights will be allowed.
While this is being done, open up Enugu, Owerri, Asaba, Uyo
and PH to international flights direct and major connecting
flights.
3. Ask all international and diplomatic missions to move
their embassies and consulates from Lagos, Kano and Abuja
to Enugu, PH and Calabar.
4. All federal governments’ agencies in Lagos and Abuja shall
be relocated to Enugu, PH and Calabar. CBN, NNPC, e.t.c
shall and must relocate to PH, Calabar and Enugu.
5. All multinational companies in Lagos and Abuja, shall and
must relocate their offices to PH, Calabar and Enugu.
6.All oil companies must relocate their head offices to PH, as
the oil capital of Nigeria .
7. Let the northern children gain admission into federal
schools with 300 score points while the South Eastern
Children should gain admission with only 20 score points .
8. Let all federal road projects in the North/SW should be
handled by one local companies and the one in the SE/SS
should be handled by Julius Berger and foreign construction
companies.
7.. If these conditions can be fulfilled and implemented for
50years , we can try one Nigeria and let see if you the North
and SW will like it for a month. Meaning, Yorubas and
Hausas needing to get visas shall travel to PH, Calabar or
Enugu to do that. Same with flying or connecting flights,
same with shipping and importing their goods, e.t.c.
The Yoruba friend replied: you can’t be serious, this is
wickedness. I said really? Don’t you think South Eastern part
of Nigeria have been suffering and enduring this very same
wickedness for over 50 yrs?
He was quiet for a few seconds and said: wow, you are right
but it never occurred to me. I said, that’s the problem with
One Nigeria, those who are benefiting from it, love it and
would love to maintain the status quo.
Let each region develop at her own pace , with airport, sea
ports , industries , major projects open to be develop in any
part of Nigeria without government interference or
strangulation due to tribalism and nepotism !.I
Let Nigeria be fair to all irrespective of tribe, religion and
place of birth. Let there be true federalism and resources
control, with the elimination of quota system and federalism
character in Nigeria .
Let have equal respect for one another irrespective of where
the person is coming from in Nigeria.That is what Biafra
agitation is all about .
Agbaku Chiamaka, Nnadi Marcellus
Ejiofor