Let me start by congratulating Nigerians for being alive as we mark our 63rd anniversary as a country.
It has been a long, rough road to this moment of our national life, I wish the country will get its bearings right and steer the ship of state, towards, prosperity and unity, I know our ship is in a heavy storm, with lightning striking parts of it causing damages , to its engines, it is being tossed to and fro, with despair and hopelessness, those aboard are scared that the ship will soon get wrecked, the storm has caused panic, so many are alarmed and has loosed hope on the captain of the ship, people had seen tsunamis trying to inundate the ship, so many are carrying their bibles and Koran’s praying fervently for the storm to be over, with sharks surrounding the ship waiting for its meal.
In such a hopeless situation it’s possible for that ship to overcome all its challenges, if it has a well experienced captain (that has the fear off GOD).
Some will say our diversity is our strength , others will disagree and say our diversity is our weakness, a country with the largest concentration of the black race on earth with the largest economy in Africa, these country was woven by a foreign power for it’s own benefits , but these country has the potential of being great, if things are properly done .
TRIBALISM has been the peak of our problems, from the onset of this country’s life, the founding fathers being 3 (ZIK , AWO, BELLO) has been at loggerheads, of who will dominate, most countries has one founding fathers USA (George Washington), turkey (kamel Atartuk), , Ghana, (Kwame Nkrumah), Kenya (jomo Kenyatta,), Singapore( lee kwan yew) Russia (Vladimir lenin), china (Mao zedong) South Africa (Nelson Mandela) etc.
Our three founding fathers laid the foundation of TRIBALISM , each three regions had no trust in the other regions, they only had trust in themselves, I have seen videos of Ahmadu bello talking ill about igbos, I have read books (the 5 majors ) of Ben gbulie making derogatory comments on the northerners, I have read magazines were Arthur Nzeribe wrote articles hating the Yoruba’s and I have listened to ladoke akintola, saying things against the Igbo, fast forward to this present day we still see derogatory remarks against one tribe or the other , even here on nairaland.
The January 1966 coup was a tribal coup, the counter coup was also tribal, the coup against Abiola was tribal, Gideon orkars coup was tribal, Am still surprised that orkar a tiv man from benue will stage a coup against Babangida
A gwari man from Niger state both being from north central, the removal of the core north from Nigeria by Gideon Orkar is what I still find difficult to comprehend to this day, in his broadcast to the nation on April 22nd 1990 , he mentioned that the core north is having it good more than the rest of the country , but a close look at the country you will notice that the core north is far more impoverished than other part of the country .
Oladipo diyas failed coup against abacha was tribal, in our democratic setting, the gang up against Jonathan by the north and south west was tribal, some part of the country not voting for Peter OBI was tribal , him being the most qualified, and competent enough to steer the ship of state, forget about if he is Igbo he won plateau ,nassarawa, abuja, Lagos and edo state, he scored above 6million a feat which I don’t know if any Igbo man will ever pull considering the common hatred against them, this Chicago saga , has shown how tribal this country is, I like tinubu as a person, he is kind and understands Nigerian politics, when obasanjo flushed most south west governors, he could not unseat tinubu. But let him come out clean concerning his records, he has achieved his long term dream of leading this nation , let him put structures in place , and make his government inclusive, let him be focused, and rule with the fear of GOD and not give most positions to his kinsmen , and foremost let him take restructuring seriously, let him dissipate power from the center to the states, tribalism can be reduced if there is inclusion in all facets of our life, it cannot totally be eradicated , Buhari did so much damage to this nation am glad we have tasted his pudding , and it is a lesson to each and every one of us, especially the young ones who act on impulse
MAY GOD BLESS NIGERIA @leviaka a social commentator

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A paint of beans is now 3k, gas 1k per kg and bag of rice 48k.

Some people are still defending this incompetent tinubu here because he's their tribesman...same thing they dare not endure during Jonathan's government.

Apc took over when a bag of rice was 8k

We are all guilty of tribalism, I pray GOD steers us towards the right direction, nairaland is full of tribal bigots, especially between the east and the rest of the country, tinubu is a kind man but OBI would have been a better president