FatherOF2:

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Kudos to all the expert analysts on this forum. I have followed this thread for a few months now and like many have said it is a wealth of information.
I have not had anything to contribute and so have not. However I feel compelled to butt in at this stage to reprimand Fatherof2 for persistently passing snide comments at Wanajo's contributions.
It defaces your (fatherof2) good contributions to this forum & detracts from the main aim of this forum, which is to share one's knowledge & experience (if they so wish).
Personally I think as with all things Nigerian, we are beginning to let our egos get the better of us.
Please let us all re-focus and remain within the boundaries of constructive criticism.
Thanks.

@ Davidylan
I think you need to stop being regressive in your thinking & start being forward thinking! We all live in a different era from that of our fathers, where people were not as accepting of different ethnicities. Move with the times!!

@ All
As rightly pointed out by a few previous posters, I do not think pointing fingers at which section of the country was/wasn't responsible for the situation in which Nigeria is presently, is of any significance if we want to move forward & make positive changes to our country, Nigeria. What is the way forward?

I do not think a situation whereby control of certain resources should be TOTALLY with the region from which it is derived, is a way forward as someone wrongly stated. As long as we are one country, having all the wealth generation & utilization in one region & depriving the other region from sharing from the benefits will not improve the situation. The poverty in one region is bound to rub off on the rest of the country as a whole.

I haven't got the solution, but one thing that I think is needed is educating the massess about the 'negative effects of corruption' and the 'negative effects of being tribalistic'. I believe these are the 2 main vices ruining our Nigerian society and they are constantly along side each other. The issue of tribalism is evident in the posts made by "davidylan". Whereby Hipernetix & Sookie are trying to make sensible contributions, Davidylan has constantly used ethnicity issues to respond. It's a sorry state! The other issue of corruption needs no introduction.

Please for the sake of a greater Nigeria, the only country that is truly ours (for those of us not born outside its shores), let us move past the tribal wars & make a difference, even if it is just in our way of thinking.

Long Live Nigeria!!!

@Akpana
Akpana, U took the words right out of my mouth! MILITIA, U sound like U've lost your sense of purpose. Just cos U live abroad doesn't make U any less a Nigerian! I'm sure you went abroad to get a better life for yourself and not to lose your identity, or maybe you did,
It also suprises me that some members prefer to believe that Oprah couldn't have said what she has been accused of. She's human and could very well have said it. If she didn't say it then she should reply to the "accusations".