Fifty Years Of Biafra
The early part of June 2017 saw Arewa youths issue a "Quit Notice" to the Igbos living in Northern Nigeria. This followed the 50-year anniversary of the Biafran war where both friends and foes of Biafra took turns to tell their stories with objective emphasis on the Igbo's.
The Igbo people need no introduction, though their population is unknown, the Igbo's are everywhere. Definitely well known are their ingenuity, resilience and of course, over flowing technological and scientific acumen. These attributes are more than enough to enable the Igbos to enjoy steady Political power and development in Nigeria. But unfortunately, that has not been the case
Much of the blame at the anniversary was heaped on the loss of the Biafran war. Yes the Igbos have endured all sort of discrimination because of the war. The tragedy, regrettably is that there is no tangible development in the East besides primitive accumulation of wealth by the individual politicians themselves
Just as it was said "a habit of excuses is the best friend of failure, the latest excuse the term " restructuring", whatever that means. The loudest perspective is that Igbos will witness the desired development once the country is restructured along tribal lines-as if the local governments and states in Igboland are headed by the Hausas or Yoruba's.
Could lack of restructuring suddenly be responsible for the Failure of Ndigbo to use the occasion of the 50-year anniversary of the Biafran war to chart a clear roadmap for the future? This is the question that Ndigbo, its leaders and Politicians should answer for themselves.
The Igbo people need no introduction, though their population is unknown, the Igbo's are everywhere. Definitely well known are their ingenuity, resilience and of course, over flowing technological and scientific acumen. These attributes are more than enough to enable the Igbos to enjoy steady Political power and development in Nigeria. But unfortunately, that has not been the case
Much of the blame at the anniversary was heaped on the loss of the Biafran war. Yes the Igbos have endured all sort of discrimination because of the war. The tragedy, regrettably is that there is no tangible development in the East besides primitive accumulation of wealth by the individual politicians themselves
Just as it was said "a habit of excuses is the best friend of failure, the latest excuse the term " restructuring", whatever that means. The loudest perspective is that Igbos will witness the desired development once the country is restructured along tribal lines-as if the local governments and states in Igboland are headed by the Hausas or Yoruba's.
Could lack of restructuring suddenly be responsible for the Failure of Ndigbo to use the occasion of the 50-year anniversary of the Biafran war to chart a clear roadmap for the future? This is the question that Ndigbo, its leaders and Politicians should answer for themselves.
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