Who are We?
This is a question none of us can sincerely answer correctly. Why because, we do not really know who we are as a people.

Nigerians are one of the most confused people in the world.

We have no identity. No philosophy. We don’t really know who we really are, neither do we want to know who we really are.

We are not Africans, we are not Americans, we are not Europeans, not Chinese, neither are we Arab. We are lost within all these identities.

This moment, we are Africans with culture and tradition, the next moment, we are Europeans and Americans with circular mentality, next we are Arab, invoking the Arabian way of life.

We want to be everything and everyone, but in reality, we are nobody. We do not know who we really are, neither do we care to know. We are just living, just breathing.

Who are We?
This moment, we are Christians, calling on the name of Jesus, but next moment, we cannot be separated from traditional religious practices. And before you know, we are saying Allahu Akbar, holding tight the Islamic philosophy. In our mind, we are everything, everyone. But are we? You know the answer.

Who are We?
We are confused. Confused on which culture is our culture, Confused on which culture is ideal for us, confused on which identity is our identity, confused about who we are and confused on who we want to be. We don’t want the African ideal, then we want it. We don’t want foreign culture, then we want it. Always up and down.

Who Are We?
Can we be everything together? Can we be Muslims, Christians and Traditionalist combined?

Can we be Africans, Americans, Europeans and Arab joined?
Who Are We? What is our identity as a people?

I agree that we can pick from every culture, tradition and religion as the modern world demands. But how do we reconcile all these separate identities together to form our own distinct identity?

The culture we picked from Europe and America, the tradition we learned from Islam and Christianity, the language we adopted from Arab and English, how do we reconcile our acient identity with our emerging, but conflicting identities?
Who will help us harmonize our source of confusion, because most certainly, we can’t continue in this manner. We need a philosophy. A unified identity. A Nigerian can’t be this today and that tomorrow. You can’t be changing identity with places and time.

A Chinese is a Chinese any where, any time, be it Christian, Muslim or traditionalist. An American is an American anywhere, any time, be it Christian, Muslim or Traditionalist. An Arab is an Arab, anywhere any time, be it Christian, Muslims or traditionalist. Let a Nigerian be Nigerian, Anywhere, any time, be it Christian, Muslim or traditionalist.

We need a National Philosophy

The absence of a clear feasible national philosophy for
Nigeria is a costly mistake and it needs to be corrected. No nation can attain national development without a clear nation philosophy, ideology, upon , which its developmental strives are anchored on. Just as a good home has a master plan so a nation needs a clear national philosophy, ideology, to survive.

What is that Nigerian identity? What is that Nigerian philosophy?

This is a question we must answer if peace must reign.