Showing posts with label United Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nigeria. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 July 2016

The Illusion of a United Nigeria

The Illusion of a United Nigeria
In early 2013, when former President Goodluck Jonathan caved in to pressure by the vociferous groups of civil society and ethno-cultural groups to organise a national conference that would address the “national question”, correct the imbalances and usher in a brand new Nigeria, I knew that, once again, the country had begun another wild goose chase that was going to lead nowhere. Indeed, as the conference was being put together, I had a sense of déjà vu and a feeling that deliberations from the conference were going to end up in the dusty shelves of our archives.