On Tuesday, 1st October, 2013, Nigeria marked her 53rd years of independence that was celebrated all over the country. To this end, many people, groups have given their opinions, suggestions to the betterment of this country. Also, many people have said that Nigeria should be separated. Even the Northern Elders Forum has said the North is not afraid of the break-up of Nigeria if its citizens vote for it at the end of any conference.
The spokesman for the forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said this in a telephone interview in Abuja, on Wednesday.
However, Abdullahi a former Vice-chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said, "The Sovereign National Conference (SNC) that people are advocating; people are saying that it is a way for Nigeria to break-up. This should not be a problem. Even in Britain today, Scotland is still agitating to opt out of the United Kingdom, even in Northern Island problem is still there.
"In Spain, there are separalist groups agitating for independence. Even recently, we had in Soviet Union and it has broken up into 11 different countries.
" India was created in 1948, in one year there was Pakistan, in another year was Bangladesh. So why shouldn't it happen in Nigeria if they (advocates of SNC) believe this is the way to go"?
At 53, how many times has south-south become President? Even this one opportunity is not going smooth due to political distractions, insurgency, etc.
The Holy Bible even confirm that, "There is time for everything".
I think and I believe Nigeria is overdue for separation of this "unhealthy marriage".
What do you think?