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Sovereign National Conference 2004-2005
SOVEREIGN NATIONAL CONFERENCE (WITH HONESTY) 2004 - 2005
I. Preamble
What keeps Nigeria one today, if “one” you can call it, is mutual hatred, fear, suspicion, malice, demonization, pretense, hypocrisy, arrogance and exploitation, held together by lethal force and the unscrupulous opportunism of a haughty few who can wring wealth and power from this pathologic state of affairs.
In the North, the Muslims want their own Sharia Nation and care nothing about Nigeria or Nigerians, except for the preservation of a structure called one-Nigeria, which guarantees their power to control the politics, the military, the security, the economics, and the human resources of entire Nigeria, but especially, the Oil resources.
The non-Muslim North care nothing about one-Nigeria because such a structure ensures that the Muslim-North subjugate and exploit them and take over their land, forcing Islam on them and forcing them off their own land.
The West only cares about what serves the best interest of the Yoruba race, and they do not mince words about it. They are not interested in what is good for Nigeria, nor in sharing anything theirs with Nigeria.
The East understands that their best interest is served by a sovereign Biafra, but suffer from a “defeated nation complex,” acting like an enslaved nation under occupation by the conqueror, Nigeria; helpless to protect their own people, helpless to protect their own natural resources, denied the opportunity to integrate into Nigeria, forcefully ruled indirectly through persons hand-picked by Nigeria, and are well-loathed and constantly dehumanized by Nigeria. This unbearable condition is guaranteed and sustained only by the structure called one-Nigeria.
We can trace the root-problems of Nigeria to the same root problems of Africa, the result of colonial “Balkanization” maps which have left so-called independent African countries with unworkable, unnatural, dysfunctional forced “unions.” The prize of trying to maintain this colonial error is the dysfunction we know as Nigeria today; and as Africa in general.
The time for hypocrisy and pretense is over. The problem with Nigeria is one-Nigeria—trying to keep Nigeria one. The solution is the assertion and diplomatic recognition of each individual nation’s sovereignty. The sovereign nations, now equal partners, can then, with equity and mutual respect, resolve other issues among them. In truth, the word “Sovereign” in Sovereign National Conference is designed to refer to such individual national sovereignties, not to the sovereignty of the entity called Nigeria.
Beware of those chanting one-Nigeria or those who make a habit of telling the Press everyday that they will sacrifice their life to keep Nigeria one. As for the latter, one does not even have to look deep to see that they are not suffering at all in Nigeria (nor are their families and relatives, by the way) in any sense of the word; nor are they currently making any sacrifices. They are just feeding fat off the misfortunes of hapless masses suffering in Nigeria. As for the former—those who chant one-Nigeria, ask them, how and why one Nigeria, after almost 100 years of failure? Then, demand that they show some measure of honesty regarding the issue. They need to look within themselves and check their motivation for “insisting” one-Nigeria.
Those who pontificate “goodwill” should be compelled by reasoning to place “goodwill” side-by-side with real experience of, in, Nigeria. The peoples living and suffering under Nigeria do not lack goodwill. Those who fling the accusation of “tribalism” or “ethnic nationalism” as a derogatory should be reminded of their own natural tendencies and of their own real records and acts. They need to be reminded that “posturing” has not solved anything, and usually dissolves in the face of Nigerian reality, as everything in fact eventually crystallizes to tribalism and ethnicity, soon enough, and only to go unchallenged and or unquestioned by even the self-proclaimed so-called “de-tribalized” ones.
Then there are those who speak of Democracy and protection of “nascent Democracy” in Nigeria with nurture and patience. We ask, where were they when the powers that be reduced democracy to mockery and mere rhetoric? What have they done about the fact that those who wrap themselves around the flagstaff of Democracy are the same ones who do everything to defeat Democracy when it suits their own purpose? Finally, do these persons understand that Theocracy will never work in a Democracy—that the two philosophies and practices are in fact antithetical? How do you democratize Sharia? Do they think that if one remains patient for 6 years or six thousand years for that matter, that Democracy will replace Sharia in the Islamic Nation of the North? The reality of Nigeria today is that there is Sharia for Muslims, and then, there is “neo-pseudo-military” one-party dictatorship for the rest, which will certainly persist but may or may not change leadership faces, come 2007 (assuming that Nigeria survives until then).. As such, to speak of patience for democracy or even democracy per se, in Nigeria, is a complete waste of time. It will not happen. It is just not possible.
Above all, remember that every single solution attempted which has placed “one-Nigerianism” as a prerequisite for solving the problem that is Nigeria has failed woefully. Isn’t it why we are here now? These “solutions” include a costly war of genocide against Biafra by Nigeria. As we speak, the same conditions that led to Biafra in 1967 are still now even more evident—and worse.
It is more natural to have an independent and sovereign Muslim nation, an independent and sovereign Yoruba nation, an independent and sovereign Biafran nation, and any other independent and sovereign nation(s); than to continue to try to have one nation of Nigeria, an unnatural and forced union, an attempt which has been failing since 1904.
It is time to return and restore sovereignty to naturally existing nations. This is the win-win-win solution for the nations and their peoples currently suffering and dying in Nigeria.
That’s the purpose of this SNC. We shall succeed, because there is no other way that works.
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