IPOBTERRORISTS:
Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba Must Surrender Ethnic Identities To Nigeria By Fredrick Nwabufo
We, the Igbo, the Hausa, the Yoruba, the Fulani, the Ijaw, the Esan, the Urhobo – and all other ethnic nationalities -- should surrender our ethnic identities to the Nigerian identity. This does not imply abandoning our roots, but embracing an expansive identity for the survival of our country.

BY FREDRICK NWABUFOMAR 06, 2021

Genocides or mass killings do not just happen. They are usually harbingered by conspiracy theories of ethnic and religious complexions, sentiments, skewed perceptions and assumptions. Are all these ingredients of doom present in today’s Nigeria? Yes, very much so. But it is for this reason that we must not take a day off in pulling our country out of the precipice.


The Rwanda genocide is a familiar example but of which precedent Africans and Nigerians particularly, have refused to learn from. A smorgasbord of the precipitations of the Rwanda genocide bubbles in our country. The cauldron boils, and we are skating soberly into molten magma.

RECONCILIATION

In about 25 years after the genocide, Rwanda has been able to rebuild itself into the lodestar of Africa. It may not be a perfect country yet, but it is a fine example of how ethnic cleavages can be managed by deliberate government interventions.

Rwanda did not ignore or try to blot out the genocide from its history. It embraced its past shining a light into the present from the ruins of a never-to-be forgotten era. The East African country acknowledges till date that sombre episode and holds an annual event in memory of those lost to the violence.

Fredrick Nwabufo

To pour oil on troubled waters and permanently submerge the vestiges of ethnic conflicts, Rwanda launched a robust reconciliation programme and retooled the Rwandan Identity. Being Rwandan was no longer on the basis of whether you are Hutu or Tutsi.

Let me share a note by the UN on the Rwandan reconciliation effort:

‘’The reconciliation process in Rwanda focuses on reconstructing the Rwandan identity, as well as balancing justice, truth and peace and security in the country. Different measures have been taken by the Rwandan government towards achieving the goal of perpetrators and victims living side by side in peace. For example, the Constitution now states that all Rwandans share equal rights. And laws have been passed to fight discrimination and divisive genocide ideology.
Primary responsibility for reconciliation efforts in Rwanda rests with the National Unity and
Reconciliation Commission.’’

Would I be asking for too much if I request that the government make conscious effort at reconciling all Nigerian groups through intended policies – even if it means setting up a Unity Commission with pragmatic targets? I must say, as of now there is no wilful policy or programme by the government to manage our unity.

You cannot seek to suppress epochal outcomes of the past, whether they are negative or positive, in the life of a people and expect to manufacture congenial relationships. When there is suppression, there is resistance. Whatever you seek to suppress will always be given oomph from the underground.

The little annoyances that effectuated the Nigeria-Biafra civil war are still very much a concern. They remain unaddressed largely because a succession of leaderships did not want to walk the wire for Nigerians or take a middle-of-the-road approach to governance. We have had leaderships, with the exception of the Obasanjo administration, who put their ethnic and religious interests at the centre of governance.

We need to address the issue of ‘’ethnic origin and identity?’’ Am I a Nigerian because I am Igbo? Or Am I a Nigerian by virtue of my birth and allegiance to my country? The truth is most ‘’citizens’’ submit to their ethnic nationalities rather than to Nigeria. They derive their identity not from Nigeria but from their ethnic stock. It is the reason some of them can unleash violence on other citizens of different ethnic spectrum if they perceive their ‘’own’’ is violated.

We need to build a Nigerian identity. All ethnic nationalities must surrender their individual identities to a Nigerian identity. Like it is in Rwanda, it can happen in our country.

We must be deliberate about managing our diversity. This is where the leadership is remiss. There is no calculated policy to harmonise ethnic divergences and sensitivities; understand this chasm and forge a strong bridge across all lines.

The recent blockade of food supplies to the south should prick us to reflect on the unhinged compassing of our nation. We are on a delicate bend. Nigeria needs men and women who will rise to the responsibility of leadership and steer it ashore -- statesmen and nationalists – men and women who have conquered the lure of ethnic and religious cravings.

I understand the intervention of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, saved the situation – of what could have snowballed into an ethnic tit-for-tat. Though I learnt another governor was furious with him for intervening in the matter. According to my sources, the obverse governor told Bello that the ‘’south should be allowed to suffer’’.

Really, there are people in high places who live off Nigeria’s ethnic contours. We should starve them of this meal.

We, the Igbo, the Hausa, the Yoruba, the Fulani, the Ijaw, the Esan, the Urhobo – and all other ethnic nationalities -- should surrender our ethnic identities to the Nigerian identity. This does not imply abandoning our roots, but embracing an expansive identity for the survival of our country.

We need leadership.

May Nigeria succeed.

Fredrick Nwabufo is a writer and journalist

Twitter @FredrickNwabufo

http://saharareporters.com/2021/03/06/igbo-hausa-yoruba-must-surrender-ethnic-identities-nigeria-fredrick-nwabufo

IPOBTERRORISTS:
IPOB terrorists and Afonja leader what a disgrace

IPOBTERRORISTS:
I will not rush

4four:
the guy is not related to afonja, he is a Fulani herdman terrorist

IPOBTERRORISTS:
What are you saying

IPOBTERRORISTS:
Move along. I don't even reply your type. Go away

IPOBTERRORISTS:
The witness is a criminal this types of miscreants shouldn't be allowed to testify in court

IPOBTERRORISTS:
LMAO

IPOBTERRORISTS:
We know

IPOBTERRORISTS:
Buhari Treating Zamfara State Differently From Others With Banditry Challenges—PDP
The main opposition party accused President Buhari of declaring the ‘No-Fly Zone’ in Zamfara State being the PDP-led state while leaving other neighbouring APC-governed states affected by the same challenges

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKMAR 04, 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party says the Nigerian Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari is politically biased in his fight against banditry in the Northwestern part of the country.

The main opposition party accused President Buhari of declaring the ‘No-Fly Zone’ in Zamfara State being the PDP-led state while leaving other neighbouring APC-governed states affected by the same challenges

Kola Ologbondiyan
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While speaking with SaharaReporters on Thursday, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan disclosed that the approach in the insurgency fight should be all-inclusive.

Ologbondiyan said this in his reaction to the ‘No-Fly Zone’ declared by the Nigerian Government on Zamfara State, alleging that choppers convey arms to the state.

“The position of the Peoples Democratic Party is that whatever the Federal Government is doing must be holistic. It should not be selective. If you declare a ‘No Flying Zone’ in Zamfara, you should also do the same with Nasarawa.

“The reason is that the same issue of banditry is in Nasarawa. There are cases of illegal mining activities of mineral resources in Nasarawa as they claim they are in Zamfara. So, what we are saying is that don’t create a political undertone in the insurgency fight.

"If you think the Federal Government begins to move against the Governor of Zamfara, whereas the same allegations you are making against him was also made by Governor Nasir El-Rufai in Kaduna, and the same was also made by (Bello) Masari in Katsina, so where is the fight? And with all these, nothing was said against them.

“The President is making it look like he has a hidden interest in Zamfara. And you are making it look like Matawalle is the worst person. So, we say okay, Mr. Governor, the PDP you belong to as your party, that whatever the Federal Government is doing about this, don’t intervene, leave it to them but let them take responsibility for their actions on whatever happens to the people of Zamfara State."

The PDP spokesman also alleged that Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has been wooed by the President to join the APC but he declined, saying this might be connected with why he was being treated differently. He, however, said the party does not oppose whatever the Presidency deems fit in handling the security issues, but quickly added that the government bears the brunt.

“Our point in the PDP is that the Presidency shouldn’t hide under the State of Emergency situation in Zamfara State. What is happening in Niger State is at par with what is happening in Zamfara. Don’t isolate Zamfara from others, because, you drag him to come and join your party and he refused. Don’t isolate the situation. We in the PDP are not against any measure, but it should be holistic,” Ologbondiyan said.

Speaking about Governor Matawalle’s offer to resign in finding a lasting solution to the banditry crisis, Ologbondiyan said the governor was only moved with compassion for his people.

On Wednesday, speaking as a guest on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, Matawalle said, “If I know that my resignation as a governor will make the people sleep with their two eyes closed, I can resign. I am ready to do what will bring security. I am not power-hungry. I have been having a sleepless night to protect the people of Zamfara state.”

Reacting to this, PDP mouthpiece said, “He didn’t say he would resign. He said for the love of his people, if giving up for the Presidency to have their way will restore peace to his state, he will not hesitate. He was talking in that regard of accepting the Federal Government's decisions on the state to solve the banditry issue.”

http://saharareporters.com/2021/03/04/buhari-treating-zamfara-state-differently-others-banditry-challenges%E2%80%94pdp

IPOBTERRORISTS:
I pray to God they try again and again till they get better reactions from the North. Let hope igboho doesn't stop and continues.

IPOBTERRORISTS:
Cowards

dazzlingd:


Let's assume this sci fi scenario.


Some human scientists are carrying out a study on ants... they have done several researches and still interested in knowing more about the ants...they decided to send a volunteer who will transfer his consciousness and be born as a little ant and grow up with them and live with them....the whole memory of the human ant will be recorded and be played for humans to see...

Now the human ant will be in hibernation mode for just 1 month which is like 100 years in the ant world.

However, the volunteer will be born as an ant, live as an ant and his human memories and abilities wont be trasnfered to his ant nature to achieve a more efficient result.....
The human ant is born to families of ants, he grows up with them, eats their foods, think like ants, and even worship their great god...Lord Antus, who according to them created the entire ant hill( universe) and their entire world.....
The human ant began to grow and as it grows older, its brain began to expand and begin to reason a bit higher than the normal ants, it began to speak to them that their ant hill(earth) is just a part of a small forest (galaxy) and there are several other forests and ant hills far away...
And that there are even other 1000s species of ants (alienz) far away from them...
And it even goes ahead to them that humans are using them for experiment for over 30 billion years(30 human years)..... then they mock the ant and tell it to do magic for them, prove to them that other forests exist, other species of ants exists...

The ant even told them of a big camera pointing at then that it is being used by humans to study them....they laugh that they cant see any camera
See ehn, humans are just a part of creation, the multi verse is ageless, several beings far higher than humans exists, to some we are just a tiny little ants, some just come here to study us for fun, some come here to take resources from us....some aliens are watching us like national geo

SisterFire:
...Major I have given my phone to my son Ovie to report all useless comments of the one cursed by my beauty ... Now I am seeing a clean thread now I can answer my questions
...my son did a good job and has taken the job to clean it until he goes back to school ...one report button for N100
Tanks my sweet daughter major...

SisterFire:
...when I'm done resting baibe...

SisterFire:
...when I'm done resting baibe...

kalu61:
After denying not owning the moniker

SisterFire:
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Deal with it

SisterFire:
Jesus rapes men deal with it

iluvMAMAV:
rule2 violated by bigcowhorn aka tweiker aka eastornprince the tribalist
lalasticlala mynd44 oam4j dominique

iluvMAMAV:
' Guy go and find yourself a job
Infact go make money you are becoming such a child here

SisterFire:
who has the monikker you stole bigcowhorn


Idleman fighting women instead of poverty

SisterFire:
delusions ooooo , at least 2071 isike 71 days in the sight , but tell me when your god Satan the JEHOVAH WILL BE RELEASED si he can visit our patient ass because MANY GODS AND GODDESSES HAS DECIDED TO SHIFT HIS BAILINGS FROM 3016AD TO 3200AD , as for my half Brother Jesus it will take him another 100yrs to visit our milky way cos I knew he has no strong mechanism only good at raping anus of John, hahahahaahahahaha

SisterFire:
you are a very bloody coward man hahahahaahahahaha

SisterFire:
Hei yah he is in pains
Cry cry baby
When you come back insult my vagina once more my son






Now get lost coward