The Sentiment




"Arise O compatriots"

About hundred years ago, this country was created and 53 years ago we were given our independent. On independent day many had hope for a greater country, looking from where we were then and where they hoped to be. But since independent one of the major set back for our development is the issue of what I will call the SENTIMENT i.e. religion and tribal issue.

From independent these twin barrier has always played a role as major setback to our total development. Our forefather might use the twin barrier as tool to get support from their regions and not looking at the bigger picture. These might be due to the situation then and I do not think we of this generation need look through the same SENTIMENT they used then.

The world has moved forward and we are left behind, we need to move with the world, where what will be used to judge you will not be your tribe/religion, but what you have got to offer.

Only in the USA a son of migrant can vie for the highest position in the country not considering where he is from, but what has he got to offer?

My compatriots, we need to move forward, we cannot be left behind, we have to remove the SENTIMENT and see things the way they are. We should read/listen/see issues without the sentiment to make an objective decision.

Of course, the answer to the religion/tribal sentiments question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time.

And yet words on a parchment would not be enough to deliver religion/tribal bigots from bondage, or provide men and women of every color, tribe and creed their full rights and obligations as citizens of Nigeria. What would be needed were Nigerians in successive generations who were willing to do their part - through protests and struggle, on the streets and in the courts, through a civil war and civil disobedience and always at great risk - to narrow that gap between the promise of our ideals and the reality of their time.

This was one of the tasks we set forth at the beginning of this campaign - to continue the long march of those who came before us, a march for a more just, more equal, more free, more caring and more prosperous Nigeria. I chose to come out at this moment in history because I believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together - unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes; that we may not look the same and we may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction - towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren.

This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the Nigerian people. But it also comes from my interaction with Nigerians from different part of this country; the bottom line is we want a great country.

On a very sad note, what we have today are leader whom care more on the twin barrier, without consideration on how the other side of the divide feels, which is unacceptable. But on a second thought I tend to forgive them, for they do not know that, we have pass that stage NOW. And also you have to look from where they are coming from


But the recent remarks by those that are consider leaders have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious/tribal leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees a tribe/religion as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with Nigeria above all that we know is right with Nigeria;

As such, our leaders comments were not only wrong but divisive, at a time when we need unity; sentimentally charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems - corruption, security, economy, education, power, infrastructure, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change; problems that are neither tribal nor religious, but rather problems that confront us all.

Do we deserve the leaders we get?

From independent these twin barrier has always played a role as major setback to our total development. Our forefather might use the twin barrier as tool to get support from their regions and not looking at the bigger picture. These might be due to the situation then and I do not think we of this generation need look through the same SENTIMENT they used then.

On a very sad note, what we have today are leader whom care more on the twin barrier, without consideration on how the other side of the divide feels, which is unacceptable. But on a second thought I tend to forgive them, for they do not know that, we have pass that stage NOW. And also you have to look from where they are coming from


But the recent remarks by those that are consider leaders have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious/tribal leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees a tribe/religion as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with Nigeria above all that we know is right with Nigeria;

As such, our leaders comments were not only wrong but divisive, at a time when we need unity; sentimentally charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems - corruption, security, economy, education, power, infrastructure, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change; problems that are neither tribal nor religious, but rather problems that confront us all.

Do we deserve the leaders we get?

My compatriots, we cant continue on that path anymore, we have to move forward. We should not allow people to continue to hold us back with the SENTIMENT, we have to tell them that we have moved on. Many of the so called leaders are more interested on achieving a myopic agenda.

When and where did we even elect them to speak on our behalf? So we should tell them please speak for yourself hence fort. Don’t drag me to what I do not want to be part of. Don’t allow them any more to confuse you using the SENTIMENT.

Compatriot the time is NOW to shape our destiny, our collective destinies have been abused using the SENTIMENT, and we have to put a stop to it, we cant continue like that any more, for the past 53 yrs where the SENTIMENT has been used nothing is there for the majority to see, only few opportunists have gained from it.

I have had the opportunity to discuss with some leaders in this country, and to be honest, am more disappointed than impress by many of them. If so are the leaders, God bless the congregation.

Those who disagree fail to see the bigger picture. Your sense of right and wrong cloud your better judgment to notice that the ideas of a more united Nigeria, a more united world for that matter, are what we need now and forever more. I long to see the day where we as a people forget the word tribe/religion, forget party loyalties and remember that everyone next to us is just as bit of human as we ourselves are.

But tribe/religion is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that our leaders make - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality and many then tend to believe it, and it is pass from one regeneration to the next.

These sentiments’ aren't always expressed in polite company. But they have helped shape the political landscape for at least a generation. Politicians routinely exploit this fear to create more fear. Conservative leaders built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of the SENTIMENT while dismissing legitimate discussions of tribal/religious injustice and inequality. special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many.

And yet, to wish away the resentments of Nigerians, to label them as misguided or even tribalist, without recognizing that they are grounded in legitimate concerns - this too widens the tribal/religious divide, and blocks the path to understanding.

This is where we are right now. It's a tribal/religious stalemate we've been stuck in for years. I have never been so naive as to believe that we can get beyond our tribal/religious divisions in a single election cycle, or with a single candidate.

But I have asserted a firm conviction - a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the Nigerian people - that working together we can move beyond some of our old tribal/religious wounds, and that in fact we have no choice, BUT continue on the path of a more perfect union.

For the Nigerians, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. It means continuing to insist on a full measure of justice in every aspect of Nigerian life. But it also means binding our particular grievances - for better health care, and better schools, and better jobs - to the larger aspirations of all Nigerians -- the igbo woman struggling to feed her family, the Yoruba man whose been laid off, the hausa man trying to survive. And it means taking full responsibility for own lives - by demanding more from our Govt, and understanding each other. We all face challenges and discrimination in our own lives, we must never succumb to despair or cynicism; we must always believe that we can write our own destiny.


But many Nigerians too often failed to understand is that embarking on this changes also requires a belief that the society can be CHANGED. We have to look at the bigger picture, a paradigm shift from the SENTIMENT

"Those who disagree fail to see the bigger picture. Your sense of right and wrong cloud your better judgment to notice that the ideas of a more united Nigeria, a more united world for that matter, are what we need now and forever more. I long to see the day where we as a people forget the word tribe/religion, forget party loyalties and remember that everyone next to us is just as bit of human as we ourselves are”

/xSentimentx #Nigera

Are We Analysing The National Anthem!? Abi Wharisdis??

For the Nigerians, that path means embracing the burdens of our past without becoming victims of our past. It means continuing to insist on a full measure of justice in every aspect of Nigerian life. But it also means binding our particular grievances - for better health care, and better schools, and better jobs - to the larger aspirations of all Nigerians -- the igbo woman struggling to feed her family, the Yoruba man whose been laid off, the hausa man trying to survive. And it means taking full responsibility for own lives - by demanding more from our Govt, and understanding each other. We all face challenges and discrimination in our own lives, we must never succumb to despair or cynicism; we must always believe that we can write our own destiny.

/xSentimentx”

Book a space in the front seat and i fasten my belt to read long epistle of hasyak book of Nigeria's creation.

though i no know wetin him dey talk but make i hold small space

seunfly: Book a space in the front seat and i fasten my belt to read long epistle of hasyak book of Nigeria's creation.

We are doing that together, so unfasten your seat belt..

ZACHIE: though i no know wetin him dey talk but make i hold small space

Wetin you no know, the bottom line is we should put sentiment apart and forge a common front and tackle our common problems together..

On a very sad note, what we have today are leader whom care more on the twin barrier, without consideration on how the other side of the divide feels, which is unacceptable. But on a second thought I tend to forgive them, for they do not know that, we have pass that stage NOW. And also you have to look from where they are coming from

But the recent remarks by those that are consider leaders have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious/tribal leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees a tribe/religion as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with Nigeria above all that we know is right with Nigeria;

I have had the opportunity to discuss with some leaders in this country, and to be honest, am more disappointed than impress by many of them. If so are the leaders, God bless the congregation.

Those who disagree fail to see the bigger picture. Your sense of right and wrong cloud your better judgment to notice that the ideas of a more united Nigeria, a more united world for that matter, are what we need now and forever more. I long to see the day where we as a people forget the word tribe/religion, forget party loyalties and remember that everyone next to us is just as bit of human as we ourselves are.

But tribe/religion is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that our leaders make - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality and many then tend to believe it, and it is pass from one regeneration to the next.

Those who disagree fail to see the bigger picture. Your sense of right and wrong cloud your better judgment to notice that the ideas of a more united Nigeria, a more united world for that matter, are what we need now and forever more. I long to see the day where we as a people forget the word tribe/religion, forget party loyalties and remember that everyone next to us is just as bit of human as we ourselves are.

Nothing much has changed...