₦airaland Forum

datola:
Yes, Mr Attah you are right but shame you on you for not pushing this when you were governor

Edygrin:
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah, has expressed the need for Nigeria to draft a new constitution that will be based on conditions unanimously agreed on by all regions of the country.


https://www.channelstv.com/2025/01/17/nigerians-shouldnt-be-forced-to-stay-together-without-agreement-terms-ex-gov-attah/

slimfit1:
A round of aplus for this man for having the boldness to talk true for once.

LivingSage:
I love this picture even as an Igbo Muslim.

That's just it

Biggeststar01:
I wrote this in my free time. Pardon my English I’m still a student apropos the language.

“The core foundation of a successful project, like a country, is unity. Unity is a corollary of trust. Trust of the people in the government and vice-versa, trust in institutions and policies, trust in the modus operandi and also the modus vivendi of cultural and political organizations etc. In trust, there is a higher chance of productive alliance and collective goal setting. Trust is a corollary of reliability, or in some milieux, it could be a product of sense of belonging.

This does not need much explanation as it is the status quo in almost every successful homogeneous economic and industrial power house we know of. By and large, we observe how socially homogenous countries grow faster and more efficaciously as opposed to larger, more diverse countries. Now, saying that socioculturally heterogeneous countries are doomed to fail due to their preponderant cultural disparities, would be making a false causation fallacy.

That said, history has records of countries that owe their socioeconomic success to the critical avant-garde decisions in policy making that were unanimous and weren’t thwarted by ethno-based or religiously centered objections. That gets us to our next derivative, likemindedness, in this case, political likemindedness. Likemindedness is an offshoot of cultural homogeneity or shared experience. People who share a tradition and cultural behavior as well as people who have had to experience similar events in the past will probably be more likeminded especially apropos events that are related or similar to what they had experienced together, which is hardly the case with people who barely have anything in common.

That leaves us to our last element, History. History connects the dots. It is what determines the likelihood of future alliances or yet, future conflicts between regions. It doesn’t take much critical thinking to become cognizant of the fact that a country made up of different historically belligerent tribes and cliques that don’t tolerate each other, will hardly ever want to put aside their tribal interests and identities, and work together to benefit the collective interest of the country that is sure to benefit every unit.

This phenomenon is prevalent in both educated and uneducated societies and is not merely a product of lack of exposure or a lack of education on tolerance and respect for differing cultures. It’s simply human nature. Something we evolved with, a quasi tacit manner of behavior and perception of the world and the people in it.

As humans, we all have the proclivity to attach our identities to our tribe, race, religion, country, etc. We also tend to prefer our in-group over the out-groups. We especially don’t like rival out-groups because we find them threatening to our communities’ safe space, especially when we’re being compelled to share the same geopolitical region as the outsiders. This spawns a myriad of obstacles to developing the country.

You can’t force people to work together, especially when they have no reason to trust each other, let alone sacrifice their inherent identities, and replace them with artificial identities.

This keeps constituent sections of the country in a brutal stalemate, where no one wants to be the first to sacrifice their individual clans’ interests for the benefit of the nation. Sure, there are solutions to these problems that don’t involve separating into individual sovereign states, but many will not voluntarily participate in these solutions because it will involve putting aside their tribal identities and embracing a more nationalistic identity, which might even be considered quixotic both a priori and a posteriori.”

-Biggeststar.

lawani:
The 1999 constitution is faulty especially in the distribution of states which determines equity in government but the real issue that will remain if that is solved is that it is better for ethnic groups to be sovereign over their lands. We don't need a government in Nigeria that speaks English. Let every group take their land and align it as they wish. Nigeria could work but it will be as an English speaking country and that is not good enough. We are not English people.

LivingSage:
I love this picture even as an Igbo Muslim.

That's just it

Calitoscassius:
Bullshit! As much as he is correct, if Tifnubu offers him one appointment now, he will change and start telling us One Naigeeria is better. He had 8 years as governor but didn't do anything bout it

DMerciful:
What are you saying? Nigeria should continue as it is?

DMerciful:
Everybody will come to ipobs conclusion at some point that Nigeria cannot work

Quest7777:
If Niger Delta oil finishes today, Nigeria will disintegrate.

Only solution is for Nigeria to split into the various Ethnic Nationalities, then those that wish to come together as one will do so under their terms and conditions.

Small Population should not is not an issue. There are several countries in Europe and Africa with less than 1million - Infact Seychelles has just 99k population...

Europe:
- Malta: 925,244.
- Iceland: 375,547.
- Montenegro: 628,077.
- Andorra: 72,005.
- San Marino: 34,017.
- Gibraltar (UK): 34,003.
- Liechtenstein: 38,111.
- Faroe Islands: 56,081.

Africa:
- Equatorial Guinea: 1.4 million
- Mauritius: 1.3 million
- Eswatini: 1.1 million
- Djibouti: 921,458
- Comoros: 902,079
- Reunion: 860,812
- Cape Verde: 561,899
- Mayotte: 279,507
- Sao Tome and Principe: 223,364
- Seychelles: 99,105 people

LILTJAY:
I can't wait for Nigeria to split. Seeing igbos in my region everyday makes me sick that I feel like commiting murder

T9ksy:
Which Ipob? Is it the one that suddenly metamorphosed overnight into Obedients, chanting "Peter Obi is the messiah who is destined to make nigeria, work"?

Calitoscassius:
NO! I am saying he should have said all these when he was in a better position to make changes possible

discusant:
What are you waiting for before declaring sovereignty for your region. Then watch those Igbos leave your region. You have no idea that crude oyel and gas are not all there is for a country to survive. Your lot clutch tight to a sinking ship because the ship contains crude oil and gas.

DMerciful:
No governor can unilaterally make any changes

Calitoscassius:
NO, but he could have been outspoken during his time as governor just as he is now. Like i said before

happney65:
Exactly. It is Niger Delta Oil wey wè still dey spend they make us dey together. If it finishes today,that is the end.

As Nature would have it, if it were the North, SE or the SW that has oil in laege deposits like the ND,I'm sure wè wont be having what wè have right now.

But as Nature would have it, None of the Major ethnic group is in charge of it. Most especially if it were the North that has Oil,the country would have gone a long time ago.. Those ones that cant accept 1/3 of what they dish out

Edygrin:
A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah, has expressed the need for Nigeria to draft a new constitution that will be based on conditions unanimously agreed on by all regions of the country.


https://www.channelstv.com/2025/01/17/nigerians-shouldnt-be-forced-to-stay-together-without-agreement-terms-ex-gov-attah/

Abufo:
What did you Nigerians do with the apostle of truth Nnamdi Kanu?........As Pastor Suleiman said, Nigerians deserve every drop of hardship we face! We do not like The Truth!

DMerciful:
So your problem is English?