Comrade Phils Wrote:
My brother and kinsman, Akunna Akunna Jr. who also happens to be an Islamic scholar and a Muslim said,
“those who believe in one Nigeria are morons.”
It came as a shocker to me coming from him because Akunna’s compound is next to mine in the village and I know how much I tried to dissuade him when he first mentioned to me that he has joined Islam years back and moved to Kano.
I watched him grow from just being a Muslim to an Islamic scholar and a distinguished one especially in the field of abstract thinking and contemporary philosophy.
Even when Akunna tried to defend his new stands against the one-ness of Nigeria, I still baffled in shock until I came across the breakdown of the recent budget whose signing ceremony was more celebrated than the victory of Donald Trump thus:
BREAK DOWN OF 2017 CAPITAL BUDGET AS ALLOCATED by Regions.
North Central N209 Billion
North West. N73.7 Billion.
South West. N48.97 Billion.
North East. N46.69 Billion.
South South. N35.31 Billion.
South East. N28.22 Billion.
There it is, the death of “One Nigeria” clearly signed and sealed by Professor Yomi Osinbajo yesterday and celebrated across Nigeria.
After seeing this, I clearly understood how right my brother Akunna was.
You see, with this breakdown, I still believe in Nigeria but I doubt if I still believe in “one Nigeria.”
Nigeria is the reality we face but “One Nigeria” is a faceless lie. It has never existed and may never exist.
We are left with the option of a “Restructured Nigeria” which will still not define “One Nigeria” but will allow us have multiple Nigeria(‘s) in agreement to share one surname.
The most genuine reasons for this being that our collectiveness leaves us stronger in might especially within our continent and defines us within the world space and the fact that it allows us leave “One Nigeria” and move to “Nigeria” through dialogue and without bloodshed.
