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The political situation in Nigeria continues to worry watchers of her
democratic experiment. All optimism appears to die every day that Boko
Haram bombing strikes in the media.  Did we really need the bombings to
acclamatise us with warnings in print and words as to the wrong foundation of
Nigeria ’s structural upbuilding at this time? Did we need the killings in the
North to understand the wisdom of those who ruled Nigeria for 50 years as
colonial conquerors, employing discriminatingly both the direct and indirect
rule under the regional federalism structure?

The answer to the above questions is no. There is no excuse for not
understanding the rhythm of time and season. It is inexcusable that we have
thinking men and women forced to think for all other countries all over the
world but for their country.Even, an idiot knows that Nigeria has no direction
but has been going round in circles for the last 50 years of independence.
The only achievement we have made is exporting our talents dubiously to
those who could do without them. Yes, we produced the fastest thinking
scientists and writers but they all live in exile awaiting their departure from
the earth.

Yet the Nigerian problem is simple to decode. The political structure is
working inhibitingly to the social and economic structure. We can only allign
it by understanding that there is a way things work in creation and cannot
work inn any other way but that singular way. We do not need debates
because words are merely the product of the wrong structuring and cannot
but remain alienated from the true reality. When something goes wrong you
do not have to debate whether it is wrong or not but you must go ahead to
change it back to the old form. If you debate it you would probably be
decieved by the majority opinion which may not be right especially where the
awareness level is this low.

What Nigeria needs to do is understand the implication of launching Nigeria
in a direction in 1960 after 50 years of trial and error experimenting by the
colonial masters and Nigerian leaders as to what becomes the best structure
of socio economic and political development. It was decided by us guided by
the colonialist that the best structure of giovernance is the tripod regional
political balance in a federal framework.We were to build on it not to distort it.
The American constitution has remained unchanged for hundreds of years.
The key pillar of liberty resounds and guides all laws. No government could
tamper with it. Why should we then allow our erring military governments to
tamper with the very pillars of Nigeria- the tripod regional federalism and we
kept quiet expecting an eldorado? This is insanity not just in America but
also in Nigeria .

So what did the Military do in 1966? Looking back this insanity was sown in
1963 when the Mid- West was created to destroy the myth of a tripod. It was
the most insane act by the newly independent Nigeria because it set the
stage for the destruction of the spirtiual stability woven into the regional
balance in 1960. In a way, the Military only followed that example of a broken
sanctity. The Mid west could have been seperated only as a part of the
Western Region. The Military creation of States could only bear a semblance
of legitimacy when grouped within the three Regions and nothing less. The
leadership of the Regions may change according to law only not outside the
law.

We could still have made all changes under the understanding that set lines
of political social, economic and cultural foundation laid in 1960. We should
not have tampered with the tried and tested tripod under the guise of pursuing
the same national goal laid down at independence. You need a new
“independence” with all that it takes to take such a new direction unless you
want to decieve yourself.You cannot just decide you want to erect a four
story building after getting an approval of a bungalow and after erecting a
foundation and building up to lintel level. If you wished to demolish the
foundation laid that is understandable but where you want to retain the same
foundation, then your upbuilding cannot be permanent. This is the best way
to illustrate this situation.

Today the economic and social structure of Nigeria built over decades have
suffered from sudden flip-flop of political strucxturing. While the civil service,
the judiciary, the economy are already aligned to the British parliamentary
Regional democracy, the political structure shifted by ignoramuses from
decentralised regional federalism to a centralised military ciommand
structure under the smokescreen of American presidential system. All that
confusion in one fell swoop has conspired to reduce “nationhood” to the
vagaries of Militant Bokoharamism.It is as if the polity is fighting the social
structure.

The last thing in the minds of our harrassed leaders or dealers is nationhood.
I cannot remember when last this word occupied the press. What they think
about now is seperation, amnesty, revenue allocation and unemployment.Yet
it is nationhood, citizenship, integration and national unity that will drive
Nigeria to her manifest destiny. This is our chance to allign this constitution
to its original pedegree. It is time to restore Nigeria ; apology to Bayelsa
State restoration team.Transformation has meaning if it helps Nigeria to
restore itself to the original plan.


Mr Nworisara is a PGDJ Student of the International Institute of Journalism,
Port Harcourt
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