02
May
The Amalgamation of North andSouth Nigeria Was "a Great Mistake"-Ango Abdullahi
Written by Alaba Johnson (with reports from Thisday) on 02 May 2012.
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The Amalgamation of North and South Nigeria Was "a Great Mistake"-Ango Abdullahi
A former vice chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Professir Ango Abdullahi, has said that the amalgamation of North and Southern Nigeria was a great mistake.
Professor Abdullahi made this assertion yesterday at the International Conference Center Abuja at the 50th Birthday celebration of the founder and publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Mr. Sam Nda-Isiah.
It would be recalled that two weeks ago, this same AngoAbdullahI, speaking for the Arewa Eider's Forum, had said that the North is not benefitting from her union with the South and would therefore lose nothing if the forced union of Nigeriais broken up.
In his paper titled: “Nigeria 1914 to date – A Chequered Journey So far”, Abduallahi faulted the amalgamationof Nigeria by Lugard, describing it as the greatest mistake that had befallen Nigeria.
He urged leaders to take a quick resolution to correct the mistakes created by the amalgamation, as"delay would be late and dangerous".
He cited the case of India where the British committed a similar mistake, but the country's example, according to him, had been resolved through the creation of the states of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In similar cases, he urged Nigeria to take a clue from what is happening in the United Kingdom, where Northern Ireland and Scotland are fighting separation as sovereign nations, while drawing example from the recent development in Sudan, where the country had divided into the Sudan and Southern Sudan.
Abdullahi said the three examples areall British colonies and that the earlier a decision was taken on the continued status of Nigeria, the better.According to the former vice-chancellor, “things are more likely to become complex in the future. Until the correct things are done, we cannot ignore these facts or we continue to pretend as our leaders that this is a passing phase. The question of a likely disintegration is not a too distant future.”
Of late, many Northern power brokers who were hitherto against the idea of a National Conference have begun to speak publicly of splitting the Nigerian nation thereby indicating that rather than seat to discuss the future of the country in a National Conference they would prefer an outright split.
He also faulted the growth rate in thecountry, stating that "though Nigeria is growing at the rate of seven per cent per year, but it does not reflect the actuality on ground as over 100 million Nigerians still live below $1 per day, with a life expectancy going down at less than 48 years."

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Is there sumthing about the british that affects their colonise? Sudan break up, former india -pakinstan, bangledash, india; scotland and north ireland, and nigeria now