₦airaland Forum

Tissaia:
We must renounce our tribal identities; I’m Nigerian NOT Yoruba


The recent current of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the US has surged tremendously in Nigeria – a country in the thrall of its own unique kind of ‘’racism’’ – tribalism. Nigerians held protests at the embassy of the US in Abuja, condemning the murder of many African-American. Really, while the protests are for a righteous cause, no doubt, we need to re-wheel and deepen them to square up to our own fundamental imbalances.

The US is a society that is attuned to its frailties and rises to the occasion when need be to confront them. While there are laws to address issues of racism in America like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there are no laws assiduously tackling tribalism in Nigeria. In fact, the laws we have in Nigeria are designed to accent tribalism and nepotism; for example, the Quota System, ‘’Federal Character Principle’’ and ‘’catchment area’’ policy.

I must say, while the Quota System and the Federal Character Principle were ideated to rugby-tackle concerns of ethnic representation in the public sector, they have over the years become the fulcrums on which tribalism, nepotism and ethnic dominance are scaffolded. These policies have also enthroned incompetence, discrimination, lack of healthy competition, indolence and indiscipline in the national life while supplanting meritocracy and competence.
We really have got to make Nigeria work for all Nigerians.

We live in country where to transact any official matter you have to declare your ‘’state of origin’’ and not your ‘’state of residence’’ – even when you have lived in a particular area in the country since your nativity.

I recall, in March, the Cross River state house of assembly rejected the appointment of Akon Ikpeme as substantive chief judge of the state — because she is from Akwa Ibom, even though she is married to a Cross Riverian.

In a voice vote at a plenary session, the assembly rejected Ikpeme’s appointment after receiving a report by the committee on judiciary. In the report, Godwin Akwaji, representing Obudu state constituency, and five others, recommended her rejection on the loony grounds that she is not a native of the state. Ikpeme hails from Akwa Ibom state, but she is married to an indigene of Cross River.

Is this not apartheid? We subsist on the worst kind of discrimination based on tribe and religion. And what is more tragic is that these prejudices are institutionalised.

We cannot pontificate on racism in the US, when some Nigerians cannot buy land in certain parts of the country. We cannot sit in judgment on racism in the US, when some Nigerians kill other citizens in the cognomen of ethnicity and religion. We cannot be indignant with racism in America when some Nigerians cast ethnic slurs like — Inyamiri, Ofe nmanu, Aboki – on their fellow countrymen. We cannot be more outraged by a foreign blight than by the sickening plight of our own people and the system. That is classical hypocrisy.

We must begin to erode ‘’tribal identities’’ and revive the ‘’Nigerian identity’’ to make progress as one country. I am Nigerian. That is my tribal identity.

drLammy:
See people keep saying na Lie!

The only thing the black man is good at is to criticize.. oya prove them wrong now.. No way!

dapsoneh:
Brainless post

softplace:
Actually ilorin is the place he emphasized on, am from offa and our king is olofa of offa.. Ilorin can be anything they want to be , but offa,omu aran,erin ile,ifeoldun etc are all Yoruba communities

People need to understand ilorin is just a place in kwara just like ikeja is not the whole of lagos or ibadan the whole of oyo or onitsha the whole of anambra etc

There are places in kwara that dont have anything in common with ilorin

Sometimes i wonder how those places where added to north central

ken711:
"That was one smart decision I made, I did it in my name"

Gbogbowa:
So Jesus will give out his church if he were in the world today?you criticize Jonathan but have not seen anything wrong in this govt,what you said today is like a pastor that has lost his calling I believe strongly that Jesus is not happy with you

Sermwell:
My tithes goes to my aged parents every month!! If they want to pay tithe from it, that's their business!! even when I have not earn anything for 2 months now, I still sent my tithe to them!! can someone tell me if anything is wrong with how I tithe??

Jokerman:
And sending to the lake of fire

kingxsamz:
Lol...
Keep basking in ignorance.
Have you even tried to make little research on the topic?
Have you even used your head to think of its possibilities?
Have you tried to read any article to know how they were able to arrive at the number of years?
No.
But you would rather believe a book that tells you a man raised hundreds of dry bones back to life.

Before you reply me unintelligtly, think about what I've said.

kingxsamz:
Lol...
Keep basking in ignorance.
Have you even tried to make little research on the topic?
Have you even used your head to think of its possibilities?
Have you tried to read any article to know how they were able to arrive at the number of years?
No.
But you would rather believe a book that tells you a man raised hundreds of dry bones back to life.

Before you reply me unintelligtly, think about what I've said.

9jaDoomCountry:
Who let this dog out?

Kingrefreshed:
Unfortunately Science in this aspect has done more harm than good. We dont need suck advancement here. Learning about how to put a man in the sun.

Marahoth:
True sir. Just to add, it's crucial to know that earth IS NOT God's first creation. Infact the creation account of Gen 1 is telling us about the begining of man's dispensation. The original Hebrew margin says " the earth BECAME without form and void" (check Hebrew translation). Taking a deeper view of Gen 1...you would find that the Bible says "the earth 'was' (KJV) without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep (waters).." so where did the darkness and the waters come from, cos they are both matter. There was a pre-adamic dispensation and races which existed for eons. When Satan was thrown out of heaven (which was way long before adam (that's us) ever came), satan corrupted that creation. God destroyed it with it's darkness and froze it(The deep, waters as ice). So you see Satan again in Adam's garden seeking to usurp authority n destroy. So much to learn in God. Thank God for Jesus Christ the second and last Adam who restores all things by His own blood and in whom all things are redeemed!

AkpaMgbor:
Yet it has truths and more verifiable history than all the books you have ever Read in your life.

destinable:
That's my profession. Do you think you know more than I do? I blame the Nigerian educational system. In western world, these things are taught in primary schools.
You probably only think it's a lie because it contradicts your religious belief. I could give you geological books that tie some biblical events to geology eg. the parting of the red sea. This will make you see that God does not perform magic but he uses spectacular natural events for his wonders.

9jaDoomCountry:
Mr know-it-all, I am not contesting anything with you. Let nothing annoy you. Maintain your lane as I am on my lane.


They didn't capture the stuff while embedded in the ground. Let me see 100 million years fossil in my area.

dazzlingd:
Lemme tell u why the person u quoted is more intelligent than u are...
He is open minded and rational unlike u, he has left his mind open and that's the definition of a solution minded person.
In his quest for knowledge and answers, he has refused to be blinded by a fairy tale handed over to him to search for the truth even though he does not know..

Unlike u who already concluded the bible god created the universe according to the Jewish myths....this is 2020, and the best form to answering questions is still scientific approach...science does not have answer to our origin yet, still work in progress, but it will be a mockery of intelligence and common sense to stick to old myths of cave men era and accept a myth that fails all scientific fact as our answer to our origin.

You are no different from som1 who says odudua came down to earth with a rope and obatala moulded humans....

GAZZUZZ:
Some times I have a feeling this people digging all the time are responsible for new diseases being discovered

AkpaMgbor:
This is not my question..of course the tectonic plates are constantly shifting..earthquakes are a violent example of it..my question is concerning this thread..did those beasts walk alongside men? That has been a major debate for a long time now.

destinable:
Wow, that's nice. I can't argue with you on your prowess. You may truly know how to manipulate the weather and I don't doubt it but I know how past events of millions of years worked cos that's my prowess. So I expect you not to argue with me or doubt me either. Cheers.

dangoteinlaw:
ever heard about "half-life" calculations? If I could get into your brain I could calculate how stupid you are then determine how many years your stupidity has been running.

manuelzz:
Can these people quit digging and leave the earth the hell alone? Na so dem go dig, dig out another virus.

Can y'all just let the earth be!

Martinez39s:
The abrahamic holy books assert that the earth is about 6000 years old. Science has demonstrated that the earth is about 4.3 billion years old.

Treborblue:
I always believed that people interpreted that creation story of the Bible wrong