| Conflict is a natural phenomenon, it is as old as | | | | selfish, non visionary, insensitive to the youths and |
| mankind, and conflict is a state of discord caused | | | | have killed in them every sense of patriotism and |
| by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, | | | | nationalism. |
| values and interests. A conflict can be internal | | | | The purpose of this book is to provide an |
| (within oneself) or external (between two or | | | | advocacy channel in the removal of every |
| more individuals). Conflict as a concept can help | | | | obstacle to foreign investment inherent in the |
| explain many aspects of social life such as social | | | | indigenization decree, which is a part of the |
| disagreement, conflicts of interests, and fights | | | | constitutional concurrent list of states' fundamental |
| between individuals, groups, or organizations. | | | | rights in the country; liberalize further the |
| Conflicts in social settings can result to stress or | | | | economy, reduce unemployment to its barest |
| tensions among stakeholders, seen as working | | | | minimum and move the nation out of its |
| towards certain goals. When interpersonal conflicts | | | | economic quagmire. |
| occur, its effect is often broader than two | | | | The present administration's policies on the |
| individuals involved, and can affect collective | | | | application of the 7 point Agenda is a challenge to |
| individual needs and relationships in more or less | | | | the youths of Rivers State, Beyelsa, Edo, Ondo |
| adverse and sometimes even humorous way. | | | | and elsewhere in other parts of Niger Delta, the |
| Conflict is one of the major concerns not only in | | | | East and South-South geo-political zones; |
| any given continent, it also affect the international | | | | underpinning this administration and its successive |
| community as well. Conflict is simply the absence | | | | ones, several methods of political card-scoring |
| of peace, and the successive introduction of | | | | techniques have been initiated. The masses have |
| diversify sense of humor of people within the | | | | thrown their support on this current Yar 'Adua |
| context of a community or society. If this is the | | | | Jonathan Administration as they have collectively, |
| case then, what are the root causes of conflict? | | | | with all hands on deck pulled down |
| Let me approach this issue from an African | | | | anti-progressive structures in our country that at |
| viewpoint, especially with the Niger Delta Area of | | | | best serve the interest of a few at the expense |
| Nigeria as a case study. Conflict does not mean | | | | of the majority. |
| people engaging in riots, or situation of economic | | | | It is paramount to note that few things in the |
| inhumanity or the expression of calculated | | | | scheme of things is required to galvanize |
| grievances, conflict could be within a person. | | | | development in the nation, through the execution |
| Regardless of the nature of conflict, whether | | | | of three (3) or at least four (4) of the overall |
| within or without transcends our mere study of | | | | number 7-plus-2-point Agenda, and as long as |
| individualized conflict escalation. | | | | governance is concern the masses actually do not |
| Scholars, peace and security experts, and conflict | | | | have a clue on bent economic, political and |
| management professionals have brainstormed on | | | | socio-political issues in terms of development. This |
| several recurrent and perpetuated conflicts | | | | may be in their crude state, yet we cannot |
| involving the Ageing, youths and the Government. | | | | underscore the economic importance of the |
| Answers to this has been quite cumbersome; the | | | | youth so far in Mr. President's 7 point Agenda |
| least in mind includes but not limited to the | | | | policy. |
| following:o Inadequate Resourceso Environmental | | | | Nigerians' hope for better patriotic governance is |
| and economic degeneration etc.o Communal | | | | yet to come, but we must all work out modalities |
| attitudeso Social and economic dilemmaso Uneven | | | | collectively towards sustaining our democracy and |
| distribution of scare resourceso Environmental | | | | undivided federalism. The case is half solved if this |
| degradation and spillso Government's | | | | administration through its think-tank is able to |
| lukewarmness in community and Ariel | | | | combine all technical and academic scholarship in |
| developmentso Lack of Social Infrastructures | | | | result reaching goals. Non governmental |
| etc.o Boundaries Problemso Inter/intra communal | | | | organization, International donor agencies and |
| clashes | | | | Multinational Corporation can also share in the |
| It is true that after a young man/woman | | | | overall implementations of the MDGs and the |
| complete his/her studies, the expectation is to | | | | 7-point Agenda; instead of hiding in the shadows |
| get a job and start well in their various careers. A | | | | of dirty politics. While donor agencies, NGOs and |
| government that denies the timid and all | | | | private philanthropic Organisation have be praised |
| encompassing youths these adequate supports, | | | | for a job well done in several communities, a |
| entrepreneurial guidance and civil liberties; the | | | | handful of multi-national organization have received |
| outcome in most cases have always resulted to | | | | such recommendation in terms of civil/corporate |
| nationwide or sectarian violence, militancy and | | | | responsibilities. |
| piracy. When expectations are high and | | | | It is time we shake off this dust of stupidity, |
| strategically become impossible such as unavailable | | | | concentrate on our economy, politics, society, |
| access to resources; resultant outcome could | | | | culture and people, other than going through an |
| emanates to sequential riots, theft just to | | | | unfortunate marigold of our national taboo. While |
| mention a few. Sickness can cause conflict | | | | 78% of Nigerian may claim the "it is well" |
| especially from within an individual. In an instance | | | | syndrome, many Nigerians are of the nation that |
| where people get ill and cannot afford proper | | | | our national development is eminent, without this |
| Medicare or inability to access available treatments | | | | our long-protected federalism is in jeopardy and |
| within the area, internal crisis evolves and this is | | | | the foundation of our people; in terms of unity |
| called "the Preliminary stage of conflict". | | | | and peace may linger anti-clockwise. |
| A clash of interests, values, actions or directions | | | | THE PARADOX OF NIGER-DELTA CRISIS. |
| often sparks a conflict; a conflict refers to the | | | | I may fail in my hypothesis to typically equate the |
| existence of that clash. Psychologically, conflict | | | | sum-total of the overall reality principles of |
| exists when the reduction of one motivating | | | | poverty, and wealth in correspondence with their |
| stimulus result to an increase in another, that | | | | aggravating limits in the Nigeria socio-economic |
| requires new set of variable adjustment in needs | | | | dynamics. A lot of our activities in societies today |
| and characteristic factors. A potential conflict | | | | can be defined by a sharp series of limitation on |
| situation does imply that there is already a conflict | | | | every living thing, at least those with corporate |
| of direction, even though a clash may not yet | | | | existence; the final boundary being death. |
| have occurred. Conflict however depicts, in a | | | | In the ideal world of matter, we only have so |
| crude and academic parlance, a natural | | | | much energy to expend before our strength are |
| disagreement resulting from individuals or groups | | | | gone or where we get tired, only so much in the |
| that differ in attitudes, beliefs, values or needs. It | | | | way of food and resources is available to us; our |
| is needless to note that there are varying causes | | | | skills and capacities can go only so far. Every one |
| of conflict, some of which are indicative and | | | | of us lives within the aforementioned limits, both |
| known, while others are synergic and | | | | the poor and the wealthy, in fact every living |
| morphological. | | | | thing in the animal world live within this threshold. |
| Some basic way to deal with conflicts, apart from | | | | What differentiates us from animals is that while |
| its detailed analysis in our preceding chapters can | | | | we are colossal replica of sufficient reason for our |
| be based on the following: | | | | existence, and while we may have all the |
| - Accommodation - surrender one's own needs | | | | necessary reason bequeathed to all of the |
| and wishes to accommodate the other party. | | | | essential monads (we being subjects containing |
| - Avoidance- avoid or postpone conflict by | | | | predicates). Though animals too have the same, |
| ignoring it, changing the subject, etc. avoidance | | | | yet minor sufficient monads for existence. It does |
| can be useful as a temporary measure to buy | | | | not try to fly higher or run faster or expend |
| time or as an expedient means of dealing with | | | | endless energies amassing a pile of food (or in the |
| very minor, non-recurring conflicts. In more | | | | case of man wealth), for that would exhaust it |
| severe cases, conflict avoidance can involve | | | | and leave it vulnerable to attack and other forms |
| severing a relationship or leaving a group. | | | | of degeneration and degradation. It simply tries to |
| - Collaboration - work together to find a mutually | | | | make the most of what it has. A monkey, for |
| beneficial solution to conflict, this has to be built on | | | | instance, instinctively practices an economy of |
| an appropriate trust, respect or communication | | | | motion and jumping, yet never wasting effort. |
| among participants. | | | | The above behooves the state of poverty, and |
| - Compromise - find a middle ground in which | | | | the hypothesis we have exhausted so far |
| each party is partially satisfied. | | | | explains all the exemplary variables, and their |
| - Positive competition asserting one's viewpoint at | | | | awareness of their limits, forced to make the |
| the potential expense of another can be useful | | | | most of what they have, they are endlessly |
| when achieving one's objectives outweighs one's | | | | inventive without efforts, yet accurate motion. |
| concern for the relationship. It is quite important | | | | Necessity has a powerful effect in their creativity. |
| that these competences need to be built among | | | | Although the wealthy and affluent have course to |
| the young generation to enable them to make | | | | remain contented, nevertheless the rich also cry, |
| rational decisions. | | | | and they suffer much by virtue of the |
| Youth violence is a result of the high percentage | | | | necessitated ignorance of their limits. The problem |
| of unemployment. Young people today in various | | | | face by the rich and wealthy that live in a society |
| facets of the Nigerian Economic and the | | | | of abundance is that they some times in more |
| socio-political life are normally misused by politician | | | | than 92% variation lose a sense of limit. They are |
| especially during electoral campaign period for their | | | | carefully shielded from death, misery, pains, |
| selfish and political gains. The best way to curb | | | | troubles etc, and pass months, even years, |
| violence is to educate youths and young people in | | | | without contemplating those regulating limits. The |
| non-violence and in their rights as individuals and | | | | rich imagine endless time at their disposal and |
| the need to embrace peace. They should be | | | | slowly drift further from reality; they imagine |
| empowered on the importance of protecting their | | | | endless energy drawn to their fantasies and |
| country against misuse by political bigwigs to gain | | | | testacy, thinking they can get what they want |
| political mileage and cause ethnic divisions. | | | | simply by trying harder - by virtue of this analysis |
| MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT QUAGMIRE | | | | I am a living witness. |
| Nigerians, and the youth in particular are vexed by | | | | An accurate example can be drawn using the |
| issues of massive unemployment and | | | | variances that exist in most societies in the Niger |
| underemployment across the Niger Delta. It is not | | | | Delta; I have been of several impoverished |
| that they are ignorant of it nor of its attendant | | | | communities in the Niger Delta Oil Producing |
| socio-economic dehumanization of people across | | | | Communities, what anyone will see is usually |
| the nation but to inform the present government | | | | disheartening, only seen in movies and textbooks; |
| that the time has come to make it a national | | | | yet the poverty in this places caused by high level |
| experience of the past and no more of the | | | | conspiracy between the federal government, |
| present. Statistics abound in the records of the | | | | Multinational corporations, state government, local |
| World Bank, Transparency International and other | | | | government, political jobbers and mediocre in high |
| Monitoring International Organizations of the | | | | places, the 'who's who' in Nigeria, the oil magnet, |
| alarming rate of unemployment in the country. | | | | the boy that does the dirty work, and the |
| There is no need to go into intellectual and | | | | blue-bloods etc. while the poor or the inhabitant of |
| statistical exercise in this discussion, but to put this | | | | these communities suffers the consequence of |
| matter raw as there are numerous victims of this | | | | the spillage and economic sabotage done to the |
| quagmire in the area, whom I have personally | | | | places in the name of federalism or the 'one |
| interviews before anything else. Over 60% of | | | | Nigeria ' syndrome, yet this obsession and greed |
| Niger Delta active and highly productive | | | | has thwarted justices and fairness even within the |
| populations are out of employment. | | | | ambit of the constitution of the federal republic of |
| Since 1982 there has been overt embargo on | | | | Nigeria. |
| Federal and State government employment. Think | | | | The Federal structure and their unholy romance |
| of the army of youths graduating from | | | | with the conspirators have fashioned a new |
| secondary and tertiary institutions that are shut | | | | name, a ceasefire roll call for the aggrieved |
| out of jobs bearing in mind that the low level and | | | | (Militants) groups of Niger Delta; they nick-named |
| degradable state of industrialization naturally | | | | called "Amnesty". Those very wealthy people who |
| makes Government the highest employer of | | | | perpetrated this necessary evil, (one can't blame |
| labour. Even children born in 1983 up to 1990s are | | | | them) have begun to see everything as limitless |
| now men and women enlisted involuntarily into the | | | | the goodwill of friends and their perpetrators, the |
| army of the unemployed and socio-economically | | | | possibilities of wealth and fame. The question is, |
| dehumanized of Nigeria. As citizens of this great | | | | who does really need the Amnesty; those |
| nation, an average Nigerian consciousness has | | | | sabotaging or those whose land and prosperity |
| been thwarted, and has now become citizens of | | | | are being sabotaged? |
| an otherwise resource rich country. This is the | | | | The rich possesses more classes and books and |
| irony of Nigerians, yet we stifle like the poorest | | | | they can extend their talents and skills to the |
| nations in Africa | | | | points where they become different people. |
| The private sector was a viable employer of | | | | Technology can make everything achievable, with |
| labour until the early 1980s when Nigeria's huge | | | | their obsession exceeding the limit of conscience |
| trade deficit and international debt burdens literally | | | | and justice. Their thoughts have transformed the |
| shut off importation of vital raw materials for | | | | goodwill in them into the worst form of barbarity |
| production. Gradually many otherwise buoyant | | | | and inhumanity against their countrymen. They |
| companies either folded up or staggered on far | | | | have exceeded their limits to the threshold of |
| below their productive capacity. The inevitable | | | | ignorance; to a height of murder; assassination, |
| consequence of this was mass retrenchment of | | | | genocide and civil injustice against their fellow |
| workers and closed doors to fresh employments. | | | | citizen simply for a limited resources, which by |
| Again we dare say that the indigenization Decree | | | | right belong to the inhabitant of same society |
| as patriotic as it was to a large extent turned | | | | they intend to annihilate. This facts negates the |
| over foreign owned businesses to Nigerians but | | | | fundamental human right advocated by |
| failed to consider our experience and technical | | | | Transparency International, it flows into the heart |
| abilities to profitably run these businesses. These | | | | of civil liberty and social contract contained in our |
| businesses went under throwing their employees | | | | hallow Constitution. |
| into the labour market. In my sustainable | | | | Since 1958 Oil in the Niger-Delta has made a lot of |
| development proposal, I suggested that the | | | | wealthy Nigerian especially the Northerners sick |
| youths of Niger Delta should be engaged through | | | | and psychotic, this schizophrenic tendencies is |
| skill acquisition institutions and programmes, which | | | | transmissive and non-contagions. These folks in |
| should instill in the youth the necessary technical | | | | the north, west, and east and in the south-south |
| capacities and manpower. | | | | Niger-Delta, who swims in the abundance of oil |
| Unemployment in the cities has mutually, inclusive | | | | have restored to high level conspiracy with the |
| of its relationship with the macro economic lives | | | | federal structure in preparatory genocide, this in |
| of the rural population where statistics which have | | | | collaboration with multinational companies, |
| shown that majority of Nigerians reside in abject | | | | strategists in the federal structure the presidency |
| poverty and economic sagacity. Our rural | | | | and every body in the cartel of national, |
| population still produces at subsistence level and | | | | continental and international conspirators. It is now |
| depends heavily on financial repatriations from | | | | a do or die affair, the great mystical political Order |
| kinsmen and women in the cities to finance | | | | and the caretakers of Nigeria cannot claim |
| education, health care and other financially | | | | innocence, they certainly have a clue of the |
| intensive projects. | | | | ongoing national oil crisis, and manslaughter in |
| To this end, unemployment in the government | | | | Gbaramatu in Delta State. The aforementioned |
| and the industrial sectors has had multiplier effect | | | | are one of the series of abominations, barbarity |
| on our huge rural population, creating a sour | | | | and perpetuated against the Niger-Delta region by |
| scenario of an idle but virile economic population. | | | | the federal government and its cohorts. |
| Thanks to Nigerians in the European and American | | | | Apologist may argue on this matter, and will |
| Diasporas who through thick and thin repatriate | | | | refute any blame levied on the federal |
| home millions of Pounds and Dollars annually to | | | | government. A thoughtful reflection on the whole |
| keep families alive. The consequences of massive | | | | scenario will assist us in who carried the huge |
| unemployment in Nigeria are to say the least | | | | blame, as the communities themselves also share |
| ominous. | | | | in this atrocity, as they recurrently perpetrated |
| POVERTY | | | | self-style economic and environmental degradation |
| Transparency international in 2005 ranked Nigeria | | | | through pipe vandal, bombardment of Multinational |
| as 152 of the world 157 poorest nations, as more | | | | oil companies' facilities operating in the region, |
| than 50% of Nigerians live under $1 per day. | | | | kidnapping and other forms of criminal activities. |
| There is no blackmail in this as we see sorry | | | | As regard the affluent that have fattened |
| evidence of poverty in urban and rural areas. The | | | | themselves with the blood and sweat of the |
| world bank also estimates that only 1% of | | | | innocent, and have provoked ethnic violence and |
| Nigerians benefit from the countries huge oil | | | | other religiously motivated conflict across the |
| revenue, the bulk of our oil revenue end up in | | | | country for seemingly political reasons understand |
| white elephant projects like the Festival of Arts | | | | the rhetoric to amass wealth. Abundance makes |
| and Culture embarked upon by the General | | | | them swim in dreams, for in dreams there are no |
| Obasonjo administration in 1977; while others end | | | | limits but the manipulation of grandeur. In reality it |
| up in frivolous contracts and in private accounts | | | | makes them very poor simply for the |
| abroad. The FESTAC edifice in Lagos called the | | | | unavailability of peace, civil liberty and justice in |
| National Theater is now a den of Robbers and | | | | their lives. Instinctively these folks are not happy, |
| Public toilet. What a waste! | | | | and can't move freely. Due to unguided actions |
| A miserable and unbalanced meal a day is now | | | | and collaboration in the grand conspiracy, have |
| luxury in most homes, accommodation in urban | | | | limited their freedom. It makes them soft and |
| areas is a mirage for most Nigerians, as we | | | | decadent, bored with what they have and in need |
| cannot afford galloping house rents. Medicare is | | | | of constant stocks to remind them that they are |
| beyond the reach of Nigerians as our dilapidated | | | | alive. |
| hospitals are mere consultation and prescription | | | | THE DUBAI PARADOX |
| centers. Helpless Nigerians leaves the hospitals | | | | There is rumored claimed for the actualization of |
| without money to procure their drugs, some of | | | | the Vision 202020, which abounds in the present |
| us before the day go dark, resort to primitive | | | | Administration's Seven point Agenda. Dubai will |
| unscientific concoctions and millions die in the | | | | serve as a reawakening grip on the phony |
| process. | | | | contained in this administration's theoretical fallacy, |
| Many of our people who are lucky to secure | | | | and may provoke the twist of what development |
| European and American visas flee out of the | | | | entails. The United Arab Emirate (UAE) and its |
| country to take up menial jobs abroad. Every | | | | economic heart Dubai was planned and modeled in |
| responsible Government strives to provide her | | | | anticipation. Under ten (15) Dubai became the |
| people with the basics of life such as food and | | | | present fast growing economy of the 21st |
| shelter. While we suffer under man made | | | | century, because the Dubai governance was |
| poverty, our political leaders go on jamborees | | | | transparent irrespective of the leadership |
| abroad with public funds and even flaunt their | | | | structure in place. The Shirk who's the paramount |
| opulence before our very faces. | | | | Ruler along with his team of reformers need |
| It is imperative to note that, with the way things | | | | Dubai to growth faster, which in 1989, a team of |
| are going, politically, socially and economically, we | | | | geologist predicted the dry-up of the crude oil |
| have come naturally to the elastic limit of our | | | | reserve. The leadership structure had to spice up |
| national endurance. Most Nigerians during election | | | | their leads on the economic sustainability of the |
| and on the ballot consciously elected their Hancock | | | | Island rounded by salty ocean. |
| leaders for a turn around in their fate to restore | | | | A round table conference of entrepreneurs, |
| DIGNITY to their fellow countrymen as embodied | | | | economist, and both foreign and domestic |
| in our National Anthem and in their oath of office. | | | | investors amongst others was called. They |
| YOUTH DISEMPOWERMENT | | | | deliberated, and agreed on several issues. This can |
| In every country or even community youths are | | | | also be called a sovereign national conference, |
| the engines of socio-economic development. Age | | | | which was aborted and sabotage by the |
| gives the youth the advantage of strength, | | | | Obasanjo's administration. One of the brilliant |
| motivation, innovation and adventure. An ageing | | | | issues was for proper, planned and dynamically |
| population is a spent force. It has mainly | | | | feasible investment plans; and tourism was keyed |
| experience to give to the society, and is obviously | | | | in as the locus standi of the economic revolution |
| less productive than the youths. Economically | | | | of Dubai. A new boom of investment |
| youths are 70% of the work force and any | | | | commenced, with the Shirk taking the lead, and |
| country that neglects this fact and depends on | | | | initiating the building of the first seven (7) Star |
| the ageing population through the recycling | | | | Hotel in the world; a project that caused the |
| process is destined for doom. | | | | investors almost Ten Billion Dollars (USD$10B). The |
| Through employment embargoes in the Public | | | | process for the Dubai economic revolution was a |
| Service spanning over 25years now and the | | | | swift one, yet it declared by World Bank 2000 |
| failure of the private sector to actively engage in | | | | Journal on 20 economies of the world, as the Jet |
| reasonable production millions of Niger Delta | | | | age economy; because of its fast growing nature. |
| youths are rendered idle and unproductive, | | | | In all aspect, the entire economic had a definite |
| thereby resorting to militancy, kidnapping and | | | | revolution. In Aviation, Agriculture, Tourism, |
| other social vices too many to be mentioned | | | | Housing, International/Bilateral relations and trade |
| here. There are cases of Nigerian graduates who | | | | etc, the economy savage its difficult times, and |
| have remained unemployed for over ten years. In | | | | utilized proficiently its limited resources. In |
| most cases they went through Federal | | | | Importation, tariffs were reduced at no cost, and |
| Educational institutions with public funds by way of | | | | the Dubai Port was entirely duty-free. Because |
| Government subsidies and capital investments in | | | | Dubai has no freshwater zone, there was a |
| these institutions. The result is a colossal waste of | | | | proposal for Salination was initiated, and today |
| valuable public funds and productive labour | | | | Dubai has the biggest Salination plant in the world. |
| necessary for the socio-economic advancement | | | | In housing the revolution was carried out through |
| of the nation. | | | | the sand-filling process of its Island and to a great |
| The neglect of the youths in the economic | | | | extent the land mass has increased |
| process of this country has so many | | | | spontaneously; the 'Palm Island' of more than a |
| socio-economic consequences, economic revival | | | | thousand (1000) housing units is an example of |
| and growth despite several government visionary | | | | this Economic development and revolutionary |
| programmes will continue to remain a mirage. The | | | | score-card in their housing scheme. |
| Nation's youths are impoverished and their remix | | | | The economy of Dubai was transformed |
| for survival have become ready agents of | | | | overnight with all the necessary sacrifices made |
| destruction, anarchy and confusion in the service | | | | by its leaders, and they were willing to sacrifice |
| of the privileged few who are mostly politicians. | | | | anything, even their lives to preserve the life of |
| Many of our youths are now experts in | | | | the unborn. The Economy itself has trained |
| international scam called '419' and the | | | | professionals over the 10years development |
| 'Yahoo-Yahoo' panorama in Nigeria. This activity of | | | | target, and today, Etisalat Network in Nigeria, |
| Nigerian youths which was born out of a | | | | amongst other Companies are example of Dubai's |
| degenerated national economy has become an | | | | economic expansion. Yet the Niger Delta which |
| anathema to our country; created international | | | | creates more than 58% of the nation's wealth, |
| loss of confidence in Nigeria and its people and has | | | | and doubles the Oil and Gas exploration of Dubai is |
| scared away much needed foreign capital and | | | | in economic quagmire. An Ariel Photography |
| enterprise. | | | | reveals the sour propaganda of the government |
| In our present day nascent democratically coined | | | | over time, and its attempt to resolve conflict in |
| due process/rule of law mechanism, the principle | | | | the region. |
| of succession and continuity is ignored in this | | | | With the right principles of due process and the |
| country with fatal consequences. As the Youths | | | | rule of law, Niger Delta is too meager to develop, |
| are denied administrative, political and economic | | | | that is, if the Federal government is ready to |
| training and involvement in our nation, we are | | | | make the appropriate sacrifices. The revenue |
| steadily heading towards anarchy because nature | | | | allocation principles and its agitation for a fair share |
| abhors vacuum and the aged will inevitably quit | | | | of the resources by the Niger Delta people may |
| the stage someday for their inexperienced | | | | not be the immediate solution to the restive |
| successors to run a jungle government. Is this not | | | | problems in the area, the government and |
| an Irony of a Nation? | | | | stakeholders should initiate a development plans |
| The youths of America fights American battles, | | | | solely for the region and not a framework of |
| and answer patriotic calls to duty for what their | | | | project in conjunction with other states. The error |
| country does for them. To have job, or being | | | | of policy formulation is that, the federal |
| employed in America is not to go hungry or | | | | government has likened the Region as parts of a |
| begging; their country cares for them in times of | | | | federal structure that will naturally develop along |
| distress, while our experience in Nigeria is different. | | | | with certain policies that are holistic. |
| The leadership of our country has been very | | | | |