The only thing that is constant in life is change. As human being we must constantly make choices and our destiny is shaped by the choices we make! We can choose whether or not to adapt to the changes, around us. The World is rapidly changing, and so is Nigeria. In the last two decades we have witnessed the re-unification of Eastern and Western Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of Apartheid and even United States of America’s first black president. These are events that could not have been thought possible only some 30 years ago. The World is indeed rapidly changing!Today my blog is about how leaders from Northern Nigeria have failed see the trend of events in the Nigeria as a nation and the World as a Whole. Nigeria is a very different place today than it was in the 70s or 80s. The socio-political dynamics are changing very rapidly. The tactic of leadership by coercion and deception is becoming played out and would not hold much longer. The country is becoming agitated we see MEND, MOSOB, BOKO HAREM as symptoms
of a failing state.Leadership is about service. It is about the people. It is about creating jobs, providing social ammenities and security for the people. Northern leadership has failed the good people of the North and Nigeria as a whole. Most of the problems we see in Nigeria is as a result of Northern leadership. The North today is the most backward educationally, economically and infra-structurally. Disease and high infant mortality rate are rampant in the North. It is a big shame on Northern leaders that today the North is in the position it is. It is woeful that the North is the position it is today as a result of Northern leadership that have enriched themselves at the expense of the North and the rest of Nigeria.
The consequence of not adapting to change is simple, you become obsolete. The rest Nigeria are clamoring for better resource control and true federalism. The present federal system in Nigeria is a sham. It is the remnant of a fraudulent system coerced upon Nigerians, by Northern leaders for personal gains and not even in the interests of the Northern peoples. It is time for Northern leaders to go back to the drawing board and have a re-think. Questions need to be asked. How can the North be developed? How can the North develop its human resources? How can the North develop its natural resources? It’s time for the North leaders to look away from crude oil, take an example from Dubai; Dubai has no crude oil but today is a beautiful country with a thriving economy. It is an example of what can be done with exemplary leadership. The North does have lots of resources which can be developed,; for example there is agriculture, and lots of resources in the mining sector.
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