Many lives have been lost in the northeast which could have been avoided while hundreds of millions have gone into fighting insurgents which could have been diverted to meaningful things such as education and health care. Many homes destroyed, many families displaced, many children denied education, many women kidnapped and raped, many businesses ruined in the northwest due to religious extremism.

Recently, governors from the south reached an agreement to ban open grazing in other to curb kidnapping in the region, these commendable move instead of been applauded was rather criticized by the Attorney General of the federation who could not hide his preference for a tribe forgetting he also serves as the Minister of Justice responded by suggesting same treatment for spare part dealers who are doing their legitimate business in the north and pay their rent and other government dues.

Federal government of Nigeria is yet to respond by reminding the host states (northwest states) that Nigeria is a circular state and not a religious one and every Nigerian have the right to live and work in any part of the country, doing their legitimate business. Many villages have been attacked and people kidnapped by terrorists though preferred to be addressed as bandits by the government for reasons best known to them.

A group is complaining of marginalization and all a government claiming to be responsible can do is to threaten such group with genocide.
This same government which has been accused from different quarters of nepotism and lopsided appointment has done little or nothing to prove it's critics wrong. The same government who have given scholarship to terrorists and bandits is now threatening to repeat 1960s genocide on the people he should be explaining to and promise to make amends.

I call upon the federal government of Nigeria to stand up to it's responsibility, pacify aggrieved groups and carry every tribe along in nation building, let everyone do their business in any part of the country without the fear of attacks, let every religion learn to tolerate others and respect everyone's religious preference, let the government give every Nigerian sense of belonging and promote equity and fairness.