₦airaland Forum

interesting

Wizee: Tribalism

It can destroy a country, any society actually. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes great tragedy to bring a country together.

[quote author=CROWÉ]Nigeria's problem is that we reacted poorly to the civil war, instead of reconciling the issue, figuring out why the Igbo felt the need to wage deadly war we chose to strip them of the power to do so ever again and guaranteeing that no one else ever could, power is power, you cannot be selective of what you deny people, you simply deny people all power or no power, the Igbo states as well as all Nigeria was stripped of the power to resist government and everything else and here's the kicker, the power and resources required to develop goes along with it, all handed to the presidency. One man to rule over 170 million people, it is far far too much work and he is bound to fail. Now we have state governments who cannot really do anything and local governments that serve to hinder and infringe on state power only. The entire system of government doesn't work, by worrying more about potential for abuse rather than development we have created a centralized government that is overwhelmed in its duties and cannot be held accountable meanwhile most of the nation is powerless to effect change in the nation and everything has gone south, nothing outside the presidency is of much matter and therefore everything fails.

In short, the presidency and its imperial powers are what is killing Nigeria because the result is that the rest of the government has no power.[/quote]Sounds like you need a "Checks and balances" system. Forgive me for butting in. I am not Nigerian. Perhaps my view is not relevant. I mean no disrespect. What you said makes sense, as well as many others here. Good luck. Sincerely, I have grow to love the Nigerian people and wish only the best.

Beautifully put