₦airaland Forum

casualobserver:
Elites have access to Dubai and still travel to Dubai despite the ban. Have you not seen pictures of Dino in Dubai since the Ban?

yinkabeauty:
I get your point, but let me make the following observations:

1. There was never a social contract in Nigeria. The peoples of Nigeria never negotiated a union that will be mutually beneficial to all tribes and languages. First, they were lumped together by the British, and more consequentially, when it became time for us to govern ourselves, we never collectively negotiated a constitution that will be the codification of our social contract and the foundation of our union. What we have a the 1999 constitution was a lopsided, fraudulent document that was foisted on us by Northern military rulers.

2. In Nigeria, tribalism and division are not as bad on a day-to-day basis. In living their daily lives, Nigerians interact with one another and inter-marry. Muslims marry Christians, Christians have Christian relatives and vice-versa (especially in the Middle Belt and in the South-West), corpers become roommates to other corpers of different tribe during youth service, and life-long friendships are formed. The pseudo-ethinic an religious division in Nigeria is POLITICAL for the most part. If there is a political will and concerted efforts, the reality of solidarity, which we already practice in our day-to-day lives, will be transferred to the political space. The case of Rwanda under Kagame is a good pointer to the fact that modern African states can overcome the scourge of triibalism and ethnic bigotry,

3. The concept of homogeneity is no longer sustainable in this 21st century. Migration is needed to boost economies of countries and countries can no longer afford to be hermit nations. Even Eastern European countries are beginning to open up. Also, the notoriously closed Asian countries are beginning to open up. In this current reality, the trend is to expand and form alliances, not the other way around.

4. The goal is not to strive towards homogeneity or destroy the uniqueness of the subnations, but to emphasize and affirm their uniqueness, and forge cooperation in issue of common interests like defense, international relations, international trade etc.... The goal is to form a nation that is based on the principle of subsidiarity.

5. A lot already joins the various peoples of Nigeria together. We have a common Nigerian culture that is forged from our various cultures, but transcends just one culture. That can be the basis of of unity.

6. Nationhood is formed on the basis of INTENTIONALITY. If we have leaders, who are inentional about nation building, they will put mechanisms in place to forge more unity of purpose. These can be done in the following ways: Fairness, Rule of Law ( legally enforcing laws against discrimination etc), Education, National Orientation (media, using influences etc...), economic integration, Sports investment ( a strong unifying force in Nigeria) etc...

7. Homogeneity is not a guarantor of unity. We see that in South Sudan's example.

komzy589:
See how you wasted your time adding bullets to idiotic questions.
If any of your questions make sense at all, Wummi should be the one presenting a DNA result to drive the father-in-law away from her son’s inheritance.
That woman is not sure if the boy is Mohbad’s son.

banks:
How is he wicked please?

SocialJustice:
This road should not separate Landmark from the ocean. The alternate route should be used.