Today a great protest is taking place in the
Catallan region of Spain. According to the polls,
52 per cent of the people from that region wish to
break off from Spain and to establish a new
European sovereign state.
Later this year, the people of Scotland are having
their own referendum to determine whether or not
they will stay in the United Kingdom and, again,
from the polls, it is very clear that the majority of
Scots wish to have their own new sovereign state
and that the Scottish Nationalist Party enjoys
massive support. Nobody in either Spain or the
United Kingdom has insulted those people or
labelled them as ‘’ethnic jingoists’’ or ‘’primitive
tribalists’’ for wanting to break off from the
greater whole and establish their own country.
Fani-Kayode
This is because everyone respects the right of the
various ethnic groups and nationalities within
their wider nation to exercise their right of self-
determination which is an integral and
fundamental aspect of international law.
Exercising that right does not turn them into
villains and does not make them any less
patriotic than their compatriots who do not share
their views. It just means that they have a
different perspective and that they believe, as
many believed before Malaysia and Singapore
broke up, that the interests of their various
peoples are better served when and if they go
their separate ways.
They opted to be friendly neighbours rather than
to be compelled to remain within the same
territory against their collective will. As we in
Nigeria approach the 100-year anniversary of our
1914 Lugardian amalglamation and, as the 2015
elections are fast approaching with both the
northern region and the south-south zone
desperate to take or to hold on to power at any
cost respectively, we need to begin to ask
ourselves some basic and fundamental questions
about our future. For example, is our interest
better served by remaining as one nation or is it
time for those nationalities that wish to leave the
federation in a peaceful and orderly way, as a
result of a legitimate and honest referendum, be
alllowed to go?
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
If the breaking up of larger countries into smaller
and more viable ones is good enough for India
(which broke into three), the Sudan (which broke
into two), Czekhoslovakia (which broke into two),
Yugoslavia (which broke into 5), the Soviet Union
(which broke into 15) and numerous other
countries over the years, why is it not good
enough for us? Again, why should those that
believe that Nigeria ought to break up be
subjected to so much suspicion, ridicule,
contempt and insults from those that do not
share their views?
Some of the questions that need to be answered
are as follows- firstly, is our union working?
Secondly, is our marriage a good one and is it a
happy one as well? Are we satisfied with what
has essentially become a country that has been
turned into nothing more than (with apologies to
Chief Bode George) ‘’Turn by Turn Nigeria?’’
where each ethnic group simply looks forward to
enjoying its time to control the federation and all
the nation’s resources from an all powerful
centre? Are we not meant to be far more than
this? Is this what the founding fathers of our
nation envisaged?
More than anything else the recent igbo/yoruba
debate over the issue of the status of Lagos state
and the deportation of a handful of igbo destitute
back to the east has proved to me that we as a
people are very different from one another and
that our interests may be better served if we are
no longer bound together as one. I dare to voice
this opinion even though many Yoruba share it
but will not say so publiclly.
Is it not time for us to begin to accept the bitter
truth that our marriage is uncomfortable and
unhappy and that it may not have been made in
heaven or ordained by God? Is it not clear that
each region or each nationality ought to be able
to develop at its own pace? Is it not time for us
to have a confederation of nationalities in Nigeria
and to restructure the country drastically to give
maximum autonomy to the various regions and
nationalities

or indeed is it not time to just break
up and go our separate ways?
DIFFERENCES Many may disagree but one thing
that I believe that we can at least agree on is
that perhaps it is time for us to be courageous
enough to begin to talk about these issues openly
and debate them. We must not sweep our
differences under the carpet and ignore them as if
they do not exist but instead we must find the
courage and muster the resolve to acknowledge
them and understand them. As far as I am
concerned, this is the challenge of our time and
these are the questions that need to be
answered.
Whatever happens in 2015 and whoever wins,
whether it be a northerner or Goodluck Jonathan
of the south-south, I see blood on the horizon
and I see disaster approaching. Stark promises
from notable players such as ‘’there will
be bloodshed if Goodluck is not re-elected’’ do
not help and are not encouraging. There are
equally strident and bellicose murmurings from
the other side as well and some have threatened
that if there is a repeat performance of the
massive rigging that the North witnessed in the
presidential election of 2011 anywhere in the
country in 2015, ’’Nigeria will burn’’ whilst
another key player said that ‘’both the dog and
the baboon shall be soaked in blood’’.
2015 AS KEG OF GUN POWDER
These words must be taken very seriously indeed
and they reflect the thinking and mindset of
millions of people from both sides of the political
and regional divide. Worste still, whether we like
to admit it or not, religion has now become a
major factor in our politics with Christians being
told in their churches that it is their solemn duty
to support a Christian presidential candidate and
Muslims being told in their mosques that it is
theirs to support a Muslim. We are sitting on a
keg of gunpowder and, in my view, 2015 really will
be the year of make or break for Nigeria. Sadly, in
my humble opinion, it is far closer to ‘’break’’
than it is to ’’make’’.
If we wish to avoid the road to Kigali, we
must change our mindset and make the
necessary concessions that we need to make. We
must begin to think outside of the box and be far
more innovative and adventurous. For example,
why is it a must in the minds of some that the
PDP must field a Christian as it’s
presidential candidate and why are some in the
APC of the view that the party must field a
northern Muslim as its own?
These hard and fast fixed positions are most
unhelpful and the right thing and proper thing to
do is to completely discard them and attempt to
find a presidential candidate that is a Nigerian
before being a northerner, a southerner, a
Christian or a Muslim. And thankfully there are
quite a few of such people around in the new
generation if only the system will be far-sighted
and enlightened enough to allow them to emerge
and run. Failing that we must open up the space
now and consider the unpleasant assertion that
the premium that a united Nigeria attracts may
not be worth paying simply because we are
getting nothing but failure after failure and sorrow
after sorrow as our consistent return.
I do not have all the answers and neither do I
claim that I do. Indeed I may well be wrong which
is why I would be interested in hearing the views
of others and particularly those from the younger
generation who may see things very differently.
Whichever way it goes and regardless of what we
all think, let us not allow this debate to be driven
by the uninformed or ignorance, pettiness,
hate and acrimony. Let us not insult one another
or act as if any tribe or nationality are a
collection of angels whilst others are nothing
but demons. Let us join issues and exchange
ideas in a civil, restrained and decent manner
without hurling insults at one another or allowing
our emotions to becloud our thinking.
At the end of the day, we all want the same
thing- namely, to put in place a system that is in
the best interest of the Nigerian people and to
empower a new leadership that will allow them to
achieve their full potentials? That is the objective
and that alone. Over to you.
*Fani Kayode was a Minister of Aviation
[url][/url]www.vanguardngr.com/2013/09/nigeria-to-break-or-not-to-break/

Yorubas are a confused tribe

God please dnt let this my first to comment in up in dream, though reality is a luvly place but i wnt rada live dia




op.......hw many timx did i call u .......wia is ur source

Has this man ever tried shutting up his dirty mouth? He lost integrity during this Bianca Saga, which real man will take him serious?

Maybe FFK should tell us why he did not come up with such ideology of "breaking up" when he was the Minister for Aviation.After chopping the national cake finish,na im suppose know say we supposed break......God dey oo!

`Fanny'(Fani), as used in British English is still considered taboo by many people, and is likely to cause offence. In the US the word refers to the buttocks.
Do I need to write more.

Does anyone know if FFK has settled the case about the N=15 billion aviation fund that disappeared under his watch

How Fani-Kayode Stole Aviation Funds – Witness

A Superintendent of Police, Bashir Abdulahi, yesterday told a Federal High Court in Lagos how former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, allegedly made several illegal payments into his bank account while in office.

Abdulahi, who was an operative with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, but now at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, told Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia that he investigated the alleged mismanagement of fund by Fani-Kayode.

Ofili-Ajumogobia adjourned till today for cross-examination.

But before the adjournment, the witness said the petition about mismanagement of aviation fund was assigned to his team for investigation.
He said investigation revealed that several payments, beyond the legal limits, were made into Fani-Kayode’s account, through one Mark Saviour.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/36338.html

No wonder the tribal trouble maker will want to DIVERT our attention from his kleptomaniac ways.
How many airports were revived during his time as Minister for Aviation

Wily1Wily: Yorubas are a confused tribe

How does FFK's confused words represent the opinion of a whole tribe
Is that how it is that anyone from your tribe who speaks represents the opinion of your whole tribe?
Why you dey allow this common barawo do you 419 of tribal baiting
He don set trap for tribal warriors, of which there are many in our dear country, and na so plenty go dey enter like sey dem be bush rat!!!

This funny- kayode wants to bounce back to some form of relevance by all means. See the way he writes and comments on every matter which further pushes him down the scale of relevance. What a confused man he is.

Randy FFK will get an answer after his court case. Cheap endearment is abhorred in Igbo land and in the Republic of Biafra at large.

Wily1Wily: Yorubas are a confused tribe

Bros, I was thinking exactly the same thing too.

BTW, if we break, will other parts of Nigeria pay us reparations in the Niger Delta for using our oil money over all these years to develop themselves and shiny capital cities outside the Niger Delta by telling us "Nigeria is an indivisible entity" ?

Warri _Pikin:


Bros, I was thinking exactly the same thing too.

BTW, if we break, will other parts of Nigeria pay us reparations in the Niger Delta for using our oil money over all these years to develop themselves and shiny capital cities outside the Niger Delta by telling us "Nigeria is an indivisible entity" ?

In my place, we call this one AJUJU.

Okoro2015:

In my place, we call this one AJUJU.

Lol...

to break

Nice to see he has moved on. . .WHILE BIANCHARLOTTI shuts up for good!
I hear you sir!
If Nigeria breaks away. . . where will you get your fresh supply of IG-BWH-ORES TO PHOCK?

Kanwulia: Nice to see he has moved on. . .WHILE BIANCHARLOTTI shuts up for good!
I hear you sir!
If Nigeria breaks away. . . where will you get your fresh supply of IG-BWH-ORES TO PHOCK?

Haha, one particular tribe is known to have concubines and BASTARDS for children, so please remind me again, who are whores? Lol...

The same bare faced liars, double faced back stabbers , hypocrits are at it again, yesterday's message was if by ommission or commission today's message is Nigeria to break or not to break, abandoned property merchant is at it again.

This is a case where a message and not the messenger should be taken serious, but the real motive for this bare faced deceiver should first be found out

Does anyone know what the lunatic just finished smoking that his line of message just changed ?

Wily1Wily: Yorubas are a confused tribe

Guy, how your music career?

kettykin: Does anyone know what the lunatic just finished smoking that his line of message just changed ?

The best thing for Kayode is to relocate to Columbia, living in Nigeria is not good for him.

This is purely to play on the sensibility of the Igbos after he got reprimanded for his negetive remarks about the Igbos. No Igboman will\should take this hypocritic write-up serios, especially when it comes frm a confused man. He has more to lose if Nigeria breaks up cos his pple are the greatest benefactor of the Nigeria union.