TRIBAL DISCRIMINATION

   "If you want to build a nation,kill the tribe" (Steve Biko).

       Ranging from the sun to the uttermost part of the earth, racism and tribalism have been a hook in the neck of the Blackman. Subjugate treatment, slavery and suffering faced by these race  bleeds the heart. Welcome to Nigeria. Peace is the answer. How would there be peace when the government have blatantly refused/failed to take proper precautions in their dealings with the masses. Why being one-sided? Why favouring one tribe over the others? What are your intentions? What do you expect? Peace? The Biafra and Oduduwa agitations were birthed under the auspices of marginalization faced by these tribes. Though the agitation for a separate Nation of Biafra has been for decades, it worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari's regime(tribal discrimination).Apart from the bloodshed caused by tribal,ethnic, religious and political crises,the poor attitude of security agencies has caused the country to be embroiled in one of the longest insecurity situation that has lasted over a decade. Indeed, the Bokoharam sect that has developed into a terrorist group has drained the resources of the country and additionally killed over a million people and destroyed hundreds of houses, while hundreds of servicemen and women, including police officers and other security agents have died in the course of the war.

   Two major cankerworms eroding the unity and foreseeable greatness of Nigeria are tribalism and religion. They rear their ugly heads in every sector of the country. Not even the security agencies and public institutions are spared of this deep rooted problem. Unfortunately, the young Nigerians whose minds have already been polluted religiously, coupled with tribal hatred, got recruited into our security agencies and they usually exhibit these traits of tribal and religious bias and hatred whenever they are drafted to operational activities in other sectors of the country. They unleash such vicious dispositions on members of the public.

   In a research conducted in 2017, it was discovered that out of 100 appointees appointed by the President, 81 were Northerners. All major security and law enforcement positions, with the exception of Chief of Defence staff and Chief of Naval staff, went to Northern Muslims. The President even appointed his brother in-law Ahmed Halilu, the elder brother to the First Lady Aisha Buhari as the Managing Director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC). Now tell me, why won't there be agitators and secessionists when governmental positions are being occupied by mostly Northerners. Appointment of Federal government parastatals have been monopolized by the Presidency led by President Muhammadu Buhari in a country of diverse ethnic groups.

   Nigeria needs to retrace its steps and stop every government agency and private institutions from including ethnicity and religion in requirements either for employment or otherwise if truly they crave for peace and progress in this Nation. The Black race has been in turmoil for too long. Our leaders should know that all the money they gather will turn into rubbles over time. We need to make Nigeria a better place for us all.

                    I REST MY CASE.