I have often stated that the country called Nigeria is just a geographical location and not a group of people. We are not one and really, I don't care if people agree with me on this or not. Reason is simple, with Nigeria as a universal set, we have the Yorubas to the Southwestern part of the country, hausas and the Fulani's to the North, and the Ibo's to the South while the Ijaws to the South south are subsets. Now even within the subsets, we have further divisions into Ijebus, Ekiti's and all what not. This is about the main problem in Nigeria. When will we stop this stupidity of looking for a President from the North, or from the South when all we need is a good leader irrespective of where he's from as long as he or she is a Nigerian? Why marginalise when we have capable hands? Why shold a Ministarial position be zoned to a state which does not have an expert in that field or Ministry? It is amazing when we keep putting illiterates in key positions, and across from fields. For istance, Uncle Bola was a brilliant man, but for God's sake what was he doing in Power and steel? Must Baba put his friends on the cabinet by force? Nigeria is blessed with brains and natural resources, but the brain drain syndrome will eventually kill us in Nigeria as the brain will keep leaving if not properly utilised. Those of us abroad contribute in no small measure to the development of these so called 'developed countries'. I weep when people call me to say am lucky to be in the UK; Oh my God, what ignorance? I am a second class citizen here. The only place I have rights and total freedon is in NIGERIA. We should learn to be one Nigeria and not mere Hausas or Yorubas or Ibos. If the elderly ones have chosen to disunite, then let us the youner generation take a stand and put a stop to this nonsense. Some of us are fed up.
