The President of National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Bello Shagari has said that anyone calling for the disintegration of Nigeria is unfair to the people who lost their lives in the civil war.
Bello who is the grandson of former President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari, said this through his Twitter handle on Friday.
He said that anyone who thinks Nigeria is not working should know that they are the reason as they advocating for it.
“Anyone who is calling for break up in Nigeria is unjust to those whose lives were lost in the civil war-those who fought in it, those who collectively fought against imperialism-those who have intermarried across Nigeria & settled in other areas. It is a selfish call!
If you claim Nigeria is not working because of our union; then you are one of the causes for believing it, living it, and even advocating it.
Do you think if we are to separate, it will just happen like that? How does Sudan look like? Stronger or weaker?
Even Germany that was once separated – reunited because separation makes you weaker to supports imperialist ideas; divide & conquer.
Wake up Africans. North/South doesn’t mean anything to the Imperialist and the exploiters of our resources. We are the same before them. We need to start seeing the bigger picture and stop being myopic for mere sentimental & political scores.”
Bello also admitted that the system is not working and that we cannot keep blaming ourselves or calling out people in charge.
“Yes we have a bad system & so on, but we can’t keep blaming ourselves simply because we want to fault someone. We have good people and criminals on both sides. No apologies! The truth is that there is an existing suspicion among us which makes us always try to cheat one another because we believe that if we don’t do it first, we would be cheated. It’s a Nigerian attitude which only the younger generations can change instead of inheriting it. Get it!
PS
It’ll be very ignorant to think that I want the unity of Nigeria because I’m a Northerner. I mean, if you think the North is holding the south against its will, then it is even more degrading to the South. Meaning, the North has enslaved (Master) the South. 🤷🏾♂️
#Nigeria1st”
Recall that with the height of insecurity in the country, many people have been agitating for the disunity of Nigeria.
