“E PLURIBUS UNUM” – FROM MANY, ONE!- Dr David Olufon.

"E Pluribus Unum", is the United States of America's Latin motto which appears on the nation's coins, currencies and many of its public monuments; which means, "From many, one"! America, a nation of immigrants of different nationalities boasts of a population of over 300 million people of diverse tribes, languages, cultures, castes and traditions with which it has built a united nation in which the American citizen's welfare remained government's priority of action and with such an uncommon policy, is globally classified as the best democracy in about 300 years of existence as an independent nation!
When the Nigerian Military eventually handed over to politicians in 1999, they left behind a very clumsy constitution which further divide instead of uniting the over 500 tribes, about 250 languages, enacted and established a unitary presidential system instead of a true federalism!
Unlike the US, Nigeria’s diversity was deliberately allowed to fester through divide-and-rule land mine bequeathed by the colonialists!
BUT the citizens are now agreed to resolve all controversial and nagging political issues through REFERENDUM! [Please join this campaign that will resolve the nation’s myriads of violent agitations and introduce a period of everlasting PEACE.] Share and look forward to next edition (NO. 2), in the coming days.