By Dr Doyin Okupe<\/p>\n
Yes, again and again there are drums of war,\u00a0 rumours of\u00a0 Coups and heightened cries for separation. Yet Nigeria will not break. I repeat as God liveth Nigeria is not about to break up .<\/p>\n
Those who rely on what is seen physically and those who are not too knowledgeable about life may want to hold this assertion\u00a0 in derision.
\nYet there is more than meets the eye in matters that controls the affairs of Nations and Men.<\/p>\n
True,\u00a0 all the Ingridents required to justify a dismemberment of our union are fully present: inequality, injustice, nepotism, corruption, deception, sectional neglect and lack of inclusivity, mutual distrust etc; fortunately or unfortunately it is not in the manifest destiny of this great Nation to disintegrate.<\/p>\n
To anyone who is discerning, it has been crystal clear that God has shown His guiding hand in the affairs of Nigeria since the the June 12<\/span><\/span> debacle. God does not act in vain\u00a0 but for a purpose. It will be preposterous to assume that the purpose of God’s intervention in the affairs of Nigeria in the past 25years is to lead us to a break up.<\/p>\n In truth the Nigerian experiment or marriage is grossly imperfect and obviously not working. There is sustained anger, mutual contempt and distrust, lack of openness and poor communication among it’s component parts.<\/p>\n In recent times the health of Mr President has been a source of concern to all. But more importantly, the North is more apprehensive in view of the previous experience with late President Yaradua. But they are not willing to discuss this openly. Official handling of the situation suggests sectional protectionism rather than presenting a national problem seeking for a national solution. Afterall this is a President loved and voted for by nearly a fanatical nationwide followers. Why should his adversity be borne and protected only by a section or just a few disciples?<\/p>\n On the other side are those, mainly southerners\u00a0 who gloat over the President’s health challenges and cannot wait for power to be handed over to the Vice president and for the latter to actually assume the full status of the President, almost immediately.\u00a0 They rely exclusively on the provisions of the Nigerian constitution, totally ignoring the main and the central abiding political philosophy of power sharing in Nigeria.<\/p>\n Obviously there are serious and genuine fears across the divide. But as typical of a dysfunctional union, nobody is ready or willing to discuss these fears openly or even within leadership caucsuses.<\/p>\n What we then get are hightened\u00a0 \u00a0calls\u00a0 and counter calls for break up of the country, calls for restructuring\u00a0 and official rumours of Coups.<\/p>\n This is not the way to develop a great Nation. There is need for a unity of purpose, an abiding faith in the Unity of the Nation. There is an urgent need to develop a national platform from which we can nurture the emergence of an elite political consensus from where we can always look at our problems\u00a0 as national problems and bring about unified national solutions. Then and only the can our Nation be on its ultimate journey to its divine destiny of greatness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Dr Doyin Okupe Yes, again and again there are drums of war,\u00a0 rumours of\u00a0 Coups and heightened cries for separation. Yet Nigeria will not break. I repeat as God…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-opinions"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Nigerian union presents some of the outstanding features of a dysfunctional marriage.<\/p>\n