Former media aide to the
immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has said that
only God holds the key to the nation’s continuous indivisibility.
In an article he entitled, “Drums
of war and Cries for Separation,” Okupe relied on the supernatural forces to
keep the country in one piece.
He wrote, “Yes, again and again
there are drums of war, rumours of Coups and heightened cries for separation.
Yet Nigeria will not break. I repeat as God liveth Nigeria is not about to
break up.
“Those who rely on what is seen
physically and those who are not too knowledgeable about life may want to hold
this assertion in derision.
“Yet there is more than meets the
eye in matters that controls the affairs of Nations and Men.
“True, all the Ingredients
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.
“To anyone who is discerning, it
has been crystal clear that God has shown His guiding hand in the affairs of
Nigeria since the June 12 debacle. God does not act in vain 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 25 years is to lead us to a break up.
“In truth the Nigerian experiment
or marriage is grossly imperfect and obviously not working.
“The Nigerian union presents some
of the outstanding features of a dysfunctional marriage.
“There is sustained anger, mutual
contempt and distrust, lack of openness and poor communication among it’s
component parts.
“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.
“After All 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?
“On the other side are those, mainly southerners 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. 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.
“On the other side are those, mainly southerners 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. 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.
“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 caucuses.
“What we then get are heightened calls and
counter calls for breakup of the country, calls for restructuring and official
rumours of Coups.
“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 as national problems and bring about unified national solutions. Then and only then can our Nation be on its ultimate journey to its divine destiny of greatness.
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ReplyDeleteWhat did you and Jonathan do to move d nation forward. Why didn't Jonathan give them Biafra? Why was there no agitation then?
ReplyDeleteMister man, you need to shut the fuck up. Don't try to play saint here, everyone in government is the cause of our present predicaments which you were once part of. So shut fucking mouth up.