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If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by agentakins: 1:14pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
SEPARATION IS NOT ABOUT WAR, IT HAS PEACEFUL ASPECT. In 1776, the USA split from the UK In 1830 Belgium separated from the Netherlands In 1965, Singapore split off from Malaysia in 2002, East Timor got split off from Indonesia In 1921, Ireland split off from the United Kingdom, and (possibly in the future) there will be secession of Scotland. In 1944, Iceland split from Denmark with remarkable ease. In 1905 Norway split from Denmark In 1905, Norway and Sweden also peacefully split ways. One got the car. the other got the kids. In 1947, the British India Dominion was partitioned into India n Pakistan. In 1971, Bangladesh secceeded from Pakistan. In 1992-93, the two parts of Czechoslovakia agreed to each go their own way. Thus were born the Czech Republic and Slovakia after what’s been named the “Velvet Divorce”., About the same time, another kind of separation occurred, of course, in Yugoslavia. This one led to a bloodshed. in 1965, Singapore split from Malaysia for a variety of reasons, including religious (Malaysia is majority Muslim, Singapore isn’t), ethnic/racial (Singapore has a very large majority Chinese population) and concerns over the Malaysian Bumiputra policy, which was (and is) basically a form of “Affirmative Action” for Muslim Malaysians – who make up the majority population in Peninsular Malaysia. Ethiopia and Eritrea Sudan and South Sudan are now separate countries USSR is now broken down into several countries. I see separation as an avenue for a healthy competition for development as the case of Singapore and Malaysia, India and Pakistan, Norway/Denmark/Switzerland. In the case of Nigeria, I am sensing a healthy competitive development among the original component part, the North/West/East each making useful progress while competing with the others. It is not about war after all there is nothing wrong for one to decide he is no longer comfortable with the union and therefore want to opt out. LETS GIVE PEACE A CHANCE AND SEPARATE HONORABLY. This is worth sharing over and over again… British named them Burma. They rejected it, restructured & renamed themselves Myanmar. -British named them Upper Volta, but they rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Burkina Faso – Land of Incorruptible People. -British named them Gold Coast, they rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Ghana. -British named them Southern Rhodesia. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Zimbabwe. -British named them Northern Rhodesia. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Zambia. -British named them Tanganyika. They rejected it, restructured & renamed themselves Tanzania. -Germans named them colony of South West Africa. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Namibia. -France named them Dahomey. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Benin. -Belgium named them Zaire. However, they rejected it, restructured & renamed themselves Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). -Britain named a bunch of people – Nigeria. They rather kill to preserve it than restructure and give themselves a befitting new name. “It is only an animal that bears the name that is given to it by his enemy” (Proverb). THE FUTILITY OF PRESERVING NIGERIA My angry reaction earlier today on APC UK platform: Most of the Diasporans here living in Europe. Can you show me one multi-ethnic state in Europe where one group is positioned to dominate the rest that hasn’t broken up? For those who do not know, what you call ethnic groups in Nigeria are called nations in Europe. There’s nowhere in the world where the white man accepts domination from another white man in perpetuity. It used to be so under the Roman empire and the like. Not anymore. The Communists tried it, dividing society into capitalists and proletariats, deluding themselves that ethnicity is effectively swept under the carpet, but what followed? The Communist edifices in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and the big brother, USSR, all collapsed, while the two Germans that are ethnically the same but split by communism vs capitalism were reunited. Such is the power of ethnic nationalism. Czechoslovakia was made up of two ethnic groups, the Czech and the Slovakians. Both separated peacefully on 1st January 1993. The former is today 10.6 million people and the latter 5.4 million. Added together, they’re not up to Lagos. Yet, they split for peace. Two masters can’t be in the same house. Yugoslavia in 1991 was 23.2 million, barely more than Lagos population. It broke into six countries same year – all along ethnic lines, namely: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Then the big brother, USSR. It had, at least, the following ethnic groups identified by their languages: Regional languages: Ukrainian Belarusian Uzbek Kazakh Georgian Azerbaijani Lithuanian Moldavian Latvian Kyrgyz Tajik Armenian Turkmen Estonian Minority languages: Abkhaz Bashkir Buryat Chechen Finnish Volga German Korean Ossetian Tatar & various others. Today, your fingers will not be enough to count the number of countries that have emerged from the USSR. Sit down there and be preaching unity in Nigeria as if you’re the kindest gentleman on earth while you have no solution to the genocide in Southern Kaduna, the illegal but officially condoned arms in the hands of killer herdsmen roaming the country, and be condemning those better informed about the fact that the country is undergoing the strains of a forced union and should be peacefully restructured or let people go their separate ways. In Europe, the two best examples of fairly stable multi-ethnic states are the UK and Switzerland. The former is led by reasonable men who permitted regional autonomy to the Irish, the Scots and the Welsh, while the English dominate Westminster. That’s something some of us are asking for, but you’re fighting against it in your own country wracked by ethnic crisis. Your own people are better off under oppression of fellow black men because your people have bad leaders who can’t do better than their new internal colonisers. The latter country, Switzerland, has four ethnic groups. Each of them rotates the presidency annually through seven cantons that constitute the federation units. All the four languages of the four ethnic groups are recognized as official languages and school languages to boot, namely: German, French, Italian, and Romansch that has just a few thousand speakers! There’s nowhere in the world where the Caucasians allow the domination of their group by another. In Canada, Quebec is the only full French-speaking province, aside a little section of New Brunswick. The other seven provinces are English-speaking. Yet, Canada is bilingual for the sake of Quebec! And each of the provinces is largely self-governing. Here we are in Nigeria, you have people arguing vehemently that a decrepit, structurally-flawed, and crisis-prone artificial contraption badly configured by the British only needs good people to survive. Why not centralise the powers of the British regions to London and see what happens? My Conclusion: When many commentators read and repost or share your articles with many of their friends and contacts, they do so because they want others to learn. NIGERIA’S 36 STATES & FCT RANKED IN ORDER OF LAND SURFACE AREA (KM²)* 1. Niger State 76,363KM² 2. Borno State 70,898KM² 3. Taraba State 54,473KM² 4. Kaduna State 46,053KM² 5. Bauchi State 45,837KM² 6. Yobe State 45,502KM² 7. Zamfara State 39,762KM² 8. Adamawa State 36,917KM² 9. Kwara State 36,825KM² 10. Kebbi State 36,800KM² 11. Benue State 34,059KM² 12. Plateau State 30,913KM² 13. Kogi State 29,833KM² 14. Oyo State 28,454KM² 15. Nasarawa State 27,117KM² 16. Sokoto State 25,973KM² 17. Katsina State 24,192KM² 18. Jigawa State 23,154KM² 19. Cross River State 20,156KM² 20. Kano State 20,131KM² 21. Gombe State 18,768KM² 22. Edo State 17,802KM² 23. Delta State 17,698KM² 24. Ogun State 16,762KM² 25. Ondo State 15,500KM² 26. Rivers State 11,077KM² 27. Bayelsa State 10,773KM² 28. Osun State 9,251KM² 29. Federal Capital Territory 7,315KM² 30. Enugu State 7,161KM² 31. Akwa Ibom State 7,081KM² 32. Ekiti State 6,353KM² 33. Abia State 6,320KM² 34. Ebonyi State 5,670KM² 35. Imo State 5,530KM² 36. Anambra State 4,844KM² 37. Lagos State 3,345KM² *Anambra + Enugu + Abia + Imo + Ebonyi = 29,525KM²* *Kogi = 29,833KM²* *Ogun + Oyo + Osun + Ondo + Ekiti = 76,320KM²* *Lagos = 3,345KM²* *Niger alone = 76,363KM²* *Niger State = Entire Southwest States – Lagos* *The entire Southeast is a little less than Kogi State only. Just for our record The North Has enough land for ranching and cattle colony. We in the South West have little land mass. PLEASE LET US BE; LEAVE US ALONE TO MANAGE THE LITTLE LAND WE HAVE *GLOBAL CATTLE BUSINESS: FACT SHEET* *A*. Top 10 NATIONS in terms of cattle inventory (2017). 1. INDIA 303 million 2. BRAZIL 226 million 3. CHINA 100 million. 4. USA 93 million. 5. EU 89 million. 6. ARGENTINA 53 million 7. AUSTRALIA 27 million 8. RUSSIA 18 million 9. MEXICO 16 million 10. TURKEY 14 million. *B*. TOP 10 MILK EXPORTERS 1. NEW ZEALAND $4.4 Billion 2. GERMANY $2.6 Billion 3. NETHERLANDS $1.9 Billion 4. FRANCE $1.5 Billion 5. USA $1.4 Billion 6. BELGIUM $1.2 Billion 7. AUSTRALIA $852 Million 8. BELARUS $637 Million 9. UK $569 Million 10. SAUDI ARABIA $556 Million *C*. TOP 10 BEEF EXPORTING NATIONS (2016). 1. AUSTRALIA $5.6 Billion 2. USA $5.2 Billion 3. BRAZIL $4.3 Billion 4. INDIA $3.7 Billion 5. NETHERLANDS $2.7 Billion 6. IRELAND $2 Billion 7. NEW ZEALAND $1.9 Billion 8. CANADA $1.5 Billion 9. URUGUAY $1.4 Billion 10. GERMANY $1.3 Billion *Additional Considerations*: 1. Nigeria is not among the top 20 nations in the global cattle business. 2. Non of the top cattle producing nations create cattle colonies or engage in primitive cattle grazing. All the top cattle producing and exporting nations utilise modern technology and ranching methods to maximise production and profit. 3. Non of the top nations earning billions of dollars annually from the cattle business condone the killing of citizens for cattle. 4. Nigeria’s cattle business requires a complete re-think now and not later, for posterity’s sake. _Knowledge_is_power,_ *Share to educate our leaders and citizens!* Mass Communication graduate and a fellow of Nigerian Union Of Journalists (NUJ) https://odunews.com/2021/06/if-us-and-uk-can-peacefully-split-why-cant-nigeria-aminu-saad-beli/ 7 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Eriokanmi: 1:15pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Our corrupt politicians are merely postponing the splitting day so they could steal as much as they can before it finally happens. No soothsayer needs to tell us where Nigeria is headed with what's happening all over the country today. Imagine the federal government awarding an arms contract to a non-Nigerian...a Nigerien for that matter. Does it mean we don't have qualified companies in a country of population of over 200 million people who can handle this contract? The contract was said to be worth over 200b naira and the guy made away with the whole money yet, Nigerians kept mum until EFCC started trailing him yesterday, as if they don't know where this guy is. No wonder Babagana Monguno and senator Ali Ndume were saying they've not seen a single AK47 bought by the federal government in the hands of our soldiers. A rail road is currently being channeled to Niger when Nigerian states aren't yet linked to one another by rail. A refinery construction is also ongoing at the Katsina/Nigerien Border. While all these guys are perfecting their plans before leaving , our leaders down south are busy fighting for a slot in 2023 which isn't even sure for them. The earlier we get wisdom and do the needful, the better 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Karlovych: 1:18pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
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Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 1:22pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Let's have some fun , shall we n 1776, the USA split from the UK After a brutal war...plus the USA was a colony of the UK. They did not even have representaiton in the UK parliament then self. In 1830 Belgium separated from the Netherlands Again after wars, directly and indirectly. In 1965, Singapore split off from Malaysia That is true. It went peacefully in 2002, East Timor got split off from Indonesia1.East Timor was a Portugeese colony. 2.It got independent in 1975 3.Only for the indonesians to take over the place 4.Which led to war 5.Which was ended by UN mediation After a long and brutal conflict. In 1944, Iceland split from Denmark with remarkable ease.Under US influence...plus it was autonomous anyway beforehand In 1905 Norway split from DenmarkIndependence In 1905, Norway and Sweden also peacefully split ways. One got the car. the other got the kids.Independence. In 1947, the British India Dominion was partitioned into India n Pakistan. In 1971, Bangladesh secceeded from Pakistan. After some of the most brutal conflicts in history....and one of the most appalling population exchanges in history...yes that includes Bangladesh and Pakistan. In 1992-93, the two parts of Czechoslovakia agreed to each go their own way. Thus were born the Czech Republic and Slovakia after what’s been named the “Velvet Divorce”., About the same time, another kind of separation occurred, of course, in Yugoslavia. This one led to a bloodshed. Yeah, but before the split, they were already run semi-automonously in the first place. 1 Like |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 1:25pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
agentakins: Split after a brutal three way civil war. Sudan and South Sudan are now separate countries After two civil wars, and round 2 lasted over 20 years.. USSR is now broken down into several countries. Those countries were colonies of the old Russian empire...which the communists took over and renamed the USSR.(Basically it is like the breakup of the old British empire) Plus the USSR ITSELF split up in the midst of conflicts...some of which led to more conflicts...and some of which are ongoing today. 2 Likes |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 1:26pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Yugoslavia in 1991 was 23.2 million, barely more than Lagos population. It broke into six countries same year – all along ethnic lines, namely: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Which all ended up in brutal civil wars. Many died. Even now there are peacekeepers in Bosnia to prevent things from breaking out again. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by nlreserve: 1:27pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Let's split abeg. Kow can not be deciding for me |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 1:29pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Finally, if we split Nigeria, there would be a big fight for resources...because none of the parts of Nigeria is industrialised enough to produce goods for export...so there would be a fight for oil. And the war will never ever end. It would make today's problems seem trivial. As for me, all I hope is Nigerians wake up, join or form parties, chase out them old men geng, and be the change they want to be. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by kayusely70(m): 1:33pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Sooner rather than later the inevitable would happen here in Nigeria. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by LeeSantos(m): 1:34pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Oboy see fact and bisecting 2 Likes |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by orriyomi33(m): 1:35pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
It is better for us separate than to continue to deceive ourselves with ''ONE NATION'' WHich only result in unnecessary deaths. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by LeeSantos(m): 1:36pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Beancounter93: Wake up call Ko wake keep Ni. How long do you want to keep chasing the old men out. You are already 60 going to 70. 1 Like |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 1:38pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
LeeSantos: How long do you want to be an armchair critic.? Also, how long do you want to keep waiting for someone to come and do something for you? Those nice countries you admire were made by people who stopped being armchair critics.? Besides, knowing you guys...the same old men you despise will rule you in your new countries...and you will still have the same complaints. So, go join a party and get something done. Or better still form one. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by LeeSantos(m): 1:38pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
The Igbos are industrious. The Yorubas are technologically driven. I don't know for the other ones. What I am confident is those two above will start doing well in the soonest possible time. 1 Like |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by LeeSantos(m): 1:40pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Beancounter93:Taking the form is not the problem. It only cost ₦300k Should I send my Aza so you can help me and help the future of Nigeria? I promise you I will drive the corrupt old men. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by chidexleo: 1:43pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
May God help us |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by StaffofOrayan(m): 1:44pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Beancounter93: No, those countries are made of people with a similar destiny, I have always asked but nobody has an answer, who would fight war if Nigeria breaks? And for what reasons? The only reason there can be a war is if one part thinks the other is its slave and refuses to let it go, than that type of war is a righteous war |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by LeeSantos(m): 1:44pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Beancounter93:Let's divide first and complain in our respective country. At least we won't blame others |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 1:48pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
StaffofOrayan: For control of oil. Don't argue with me...we all rely on oil. Our budget is set to the oil price. And anyone who thinks that all the other parts of Nigeria would let the SS go with their oil...is in dreamland. Then there is the access to the sea thing. Note...my opinion does not keep you from agitating for your dream country. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Pierocash(m): 1:55pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
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Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by AfonjaConehead: 1:56pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Beancounter93: You were making a whollotta Spence but I ended up ruining everything with this garbage.. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 2:00pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
AfonjaConehead: Czechoslovakia split peacefully because both parts were industrialized enough to survive easily. Nigeria is one big resource dependent mess. The industries that exist don't make things from scratch..and we don't have heavy industry. Look, you guys can split Nigeria all you want...but so long as each and every state in Nigeria cannot survive without oil...such a split would end in conflict. Unless you all are going to charge high tax rates at 50% of your incomes in your new countries. (Last comment here) |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by AfonjaConehead: 2:31pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Op please share this over and over again. Don't stop sharing. If possible,share it in different languages,thanks. agentakins: Lzaa Imhotep please share this...share it everywhere |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by vedaxcool(m): 2:39pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
This one never hear of US war of independence. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by AntiBMC(m): 2:48pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Nice piece. The split will happen... sooner than some care to think. The thread holding the seams of this contraption together has loosened beyond stitches or repairs. The earlier the One-Nigeria apologists realize that we are going our separate ways, the better. 1 Like |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by htdot: 2:56pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Eriokanmi:The earlier you know the better... the northern nigeria are preparing for the secession. They are planing almagamation with Niger republic. More reasons they are hell bent in during every thing possible to improve their relation with niger republic. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by anungangampu: 3:00pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Great article for every Nigerian to see.. But Nigeria will never split until the Fula are given a state where they govern 100% and have their people 100%. It won't be hard to achieve but need right thinking people to do that. As it stands, they have finnaly dominated the North in terms of politics, they are about to dominate the South in party politics. They are also sending terror to all Nigerians to passively give in to their request. This is their best shot after the death of Abacha and the rise against fulani in other countries in recent time. We can divide, we can rename but a few group of Muslim won't allow it, is like taking away their hard fought authority away. With the kind of leaders we have now.. If possible it's going to extend to another century. If worse comes Nigeria will become a confederation and yet the killings and corruption won't stop. But this present leaders are so adept of history ; constituting a courtlike followership among themselves. The present gain is just too much for our leaders to leave for a smaller gain that has potential for growth. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by Nobody: 3:01pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
Many false statements from the article, more on the peaceful gain of independence. |
Re: If US And UK Can Peacefully Split, Why Can’t Nigeria - Aminu Sa'ad Beli by anungangampu: 3:06pm On Jun 17, 2021 |
htdot:best bet for fulani to have a wide land for their people. But the fools in the south will fight to keep it one out of greediness. |
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