.Nigeria's Faltering Federal Experiment: Executive Summary And Recommendations

[Robot]

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[techsista]

The solutions outlined here are a good start. Djister where you dey? Have you read this?

[Afeni]

The recommendations are good, but until blood starts to flow, they will never be implemented. The people that are benefiting from the current state in Nigeria are far too rich to allow such a change to occur.

[katampe]

The recommendations are good, but until blood starts to flow, they will never be implemented. The people that are benefiting from the current state in Nigeria are far too rich to allow such a change to occur.

Maybe, most of the folks that own and appropriate the apparatus of the state are cowards. And they have used the fear, intimidation and suppression to hold the progressive few down. Until we can have people coalesce beyond regional and ethnic groupings we would continue to encourage and witness the non performance of the country.

I am in the process of going through the report and right of the bat , the land use decree of 1978, and its exporpriation of ownership rights of Nigerian communities fascinates me. One reason is the colonial mentality behind the exercise. It has turned indigenous communities to tenants in their own lands. It is understandable if we talk about Canada where government had expropriated lands from the natives.But then in a country where our forefathers lived, farmed, populated , breathe and sired on those lands, to now have the some federal government take over the lands is daylight robbery.And the folks or the elites that drafted the decree should be sent to jail.

The issue is at the heart of the resource control debate.I have always being worried since the third wave of environmentalism that seeks to address issues like sustainability. How d you adequately compensate the owners of a resource that is non replenishable - I mean oil.And the present mode of compensation - I mean how the government values the lands it takes from the folks is scandalous.Like the report raised , issues such as economic value of the land where not factored in.

So, what happens to land that should be held in stock for the next generation - I mean it raises the issue of intergenerational equity, and this to me seems obviously a very serious issue.I am beginning to think it is time I became a fully engaged activist, since the folks we think can liberate us are not interested.

Going through the report , you see so much injustice that has been meted out to the people of the Nigerdelta.And if we continue to skirt around the real issues we may never resolve anything.

Just some thought.

[akuluouno]

I and indeed other well meaning Nigerians will oppose residency to our last blood. Indiginiety remains. People should trace their states and places of origin and use that for purposes of election, identity and other matters. I cannot stand an Igboman claiming that he has resided in Sokoto for 200 years and then wants to claim Sokoto as his place of origin. No way, let him go to Igboland and trace his roots and claim it as his place of origin. On revenue and other matters I hold my comments until I read the whole report.

[techsista]

I and indeed other well meaning Nigerians will oppose residency to our last blood. Indiginiety remains. People should trace their states and places of origin and use that for purposes of election, identity and other matters. I cannot stand an Igboman claiming that he has resided in Sokoto for 200 years and then wants to claim Sokoto as his place of origin. No way, let him go to Igboland and trace his roots and claim it as his place of origin. On revenue and other matters I hold my comments until I read the whole report.

Haba akuluouno - many "indigenes" have ancestors that migrated to their present locations
centuries ago. I understand what you are saying in light of the realities of ethnic prejudice in present day Nigeria, but migration and resettling have always been an integral part of African society. How do you propose people trace their places of origin if they don't know - DNA analysis :-)?

[katampe]

I and indeed other well meaning Nigerians will oppose residency to our last blood. Indiginiety remains. People should trace their states and places of origin and use that for purposes of election, identity and other matters. I cannot stand an Igboman claiming that he has resided in Sokoto for 200 years and then wants to claim Sokoto as his place of origin. No way, let him go to Igboland and trace his roots and claim it as his place of origin. On revenue and other matters I hold my comments until I read the whole report.

I think you have a point above.It is certainly going to be hard to deal with.

But, how fair is this assertion when we consider the nation's wealth comes from a particular source - the Niger Delta.The federation shares the resources from the region.Other regions depend on this single source for everything that is financed in the country - education and health.

The issue is part of a larger issue we should deal with as a nation.Things that should be discussed if we plan to stay together.

[Son of the Delta]

That is the exact picture! If Nigeria does not take care it´s flag would be brought down by its soldiers. Nigeria will move only when it allows the Niger Delta to move as long as injustice continues that country will remain in coma perhaps the coma may eventually lead to death.lets watch and see.

I think that Bakassi hand over was symbolic in the sense that it has exposed Nigeria as a big powerless nation ruled by lots upon lots of cowards.