BIAFRA DARES NIGERIA!
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra(MASSOB)has ordered all traders and workers in South Eastern Nigeria to close their shops and offices today. The MASSOB has declared today "NO WORK DAY IN BIAFRA".
The news got to me yesterday and I have tried to confirm it from their web site, but there is nothing on such a directive. No Press Release. The news reached Bonny Island by word of mouth from Port Harcourt in Rivers State and the people in Port Harcourt informed me that only the native Ibo speaking states will likely comply with the directive of MASSOB.
I have had on line discussions with some leading members of MASSOB and I told them that they are not well organised and having radio station, web sites and other forms of mass media does not mean they are well organised. Because, emotional ratiocination will not be enough to address the goals and objectives of their mission. The majority of Ibos would rather be Nigerians than be Biafrans.
Even, most of the Ibos supporting Biafra cannot do without their Nigerian passport.
The best way to demonstrate their faith in Biafra is to withdraw their Nigerian citizenship and return their Nigerian passports to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
You cannot claim Biafra while carrying a Nigerian ID or Passport as all the so called "Biafrans" are currently doing.
MASSOB should stop kicking against their balls.
The problem with Nigeria is not tribalism, but kleptocracy.
Let us join hands to destroy kleptocracy and Nigeria will be the pride of all Nigerians and other Africans.
One God and One Nation Nigeria under the sun.
That romantic Biafran flag belongs to the Nigerian Civil War museum.
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The Right Left
We are all members of the global village and the sooner we receive the reports of current affairs the better and safer for others to avert the dangers around us.
Biafra had a cause in the 60s but that cause no longer exists. Sometimes I wonder who Biafra is. Is it the Igbos or does it also include those from Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Bayelsa.
The Igbos are scattered all over Nigeria running busineeses and comapines. If a state of Biafra were to be declared, what will be their fate.
This illusion must stop. Separatits cannot be allowed to win. There isn't only a need for a strong Nigeria but for a strong West Africa as well. Bonsai nation states have no place in the modern and fast changing world. Biafra will be such a state.
They have failed to promote the political education of the ignorant and gullible majority, because they deliberately want to hoodwink the masses and continue to use their political chicanery to deceive them and swindle them.
The Federal Government of Nigeria must counteract all acts of rebellion from the grassroots and the only way that could be done is by addressing the deprivations of the poor majority all over Nigeria.
I am Igbo and I support a one Nigeria with educated,credible leaders who can come from any part of the country.