Igbo President in Nigeria is a human right especially in a democracy- Uche Okeke.

"Society is a moral phenonmenon, the basis for membership is equity and justice, freedom and equality not unity and continuity. Absence of this undermines peaceful co-existence, nationalism, progress and development and can lead to nations divided into several sub-nations. People tend to run to their various ethnic groups/identity if their safety, economic and political rights are no longer guaranteed in their union, this can be avoided by constitutional settlement"-Uche Okeke. Society is more than just an idea of few individuals, the 'gods and monsters' among us, with the capacity to control or determine the lives of individuals.  According to Emily Durkheim; "Society is a moral phenomenon and defined on the basis of its membership" . The concept of a harmonious society goes beyond the map, propaganda and ideology rather equity and social justice. Within a secularised society where reason is highly valued, Igbo President is a right not a benevolent idea. Ohaneze should focus on how to dismantle the monstrous political structure that makes them begging for the position of the president in their own country. Presidency is a right not a benevolent idea in your own country. Those who share the same territory must have a rational constitution that guarantees the political and economic rights of its components, equality and freedom. The truth is, this is not meant to be just Igbo struggle, rather a collective responsibility by the various component units of the society to dismantle the status-quo and its divide-and-rule strategy that has only made a particular homogeneous group the beneficiary of power politics and opportunities in Nigeria and preventing people from looking into the ways in which institutions and practices may be counterproductive and need changing.  After-all, Politics is about identity and allocation of resources. One sure way this can happen is by reviving the legacy of regional political parties to check the excesses of the centre. A harmonious society does not need a dubious constitution to prosper and flourish rather equity and justice is the over-riding objective not unity and continuity.  Modernity is about new thinking, moving beyond the  nineteenth-century ideas of exploitation and political domination of one group by another,  discrimination and conflict, but  new approaches, new perspectives, shared values and shared interests. The time has come to abolish obsolete ideas and parochial conceptions that are doomed to failure. The new age is about application of reason to all areas of human experience to achieve human liberation and harmony. The world has changed beyond the imaginings of the ruthless 'few' who were not interested in emancipation of humankind. Without a new constitution, social change will be very difficult and human life would continue in its miseries. The restructuring of the monstrous political structure that creates abuse of power and deepens distrust is the only way forward. The APC government promised restructuring since 2015, people are still waiting for it. No doubt, there will always be days of reckoning and political accountability. Constitutional settlement is the revolutionary change that Nigeria needs. One Nigeria as ideological myth threatens peaceful co-existence and undermines progress and development. Inequity and injustice tears up nations into several sub-nations, this can be avoided. Note: The concept of harmonious society is about equity and justice not false unity and continuity regardless of the inequity and injustice current arrangements might involve, that's the ideology of the gods and monsters among us using propaganda to persuade people to adopt. Restructuring requires effective leadership and collective action to put pressure on the political leaders to do the right thing. This requires enlightenment and  action and we are all stakeholders. Reason and rationality must replace toxic ideas and ideologies that affect values, society's harmony, progress and development. Politics should place responsibility on human behaviour to promote peaceful co-existence, equality and freedom not lawlessness, recklessness and ruthlessness. Unity and continuity regardless of inequity and injustice is shorter-lived, unfortunately this is a hard lesson to learn. Political values such as freedom, equality and justice help societies stick together and constitutional settlement is the glue. Igbo President becomes a reality with restructuring, not begging the gods and monsters among us, the very people that created the mess we're in . There must be a commitment to make it happen, now is the time, not the next election. Democracy offers the greatest opportunity to actualise Igbo President as a human right using non-violent tactics and strategies which are fully compatible with the Western ideology of democracy and human rights, democracy is a bind for dictators that they cannot escape.

Uche Okeke is the Founder of The LEAD Project Foundation. He lives in London. He has participated in 'Propaganda and Ideology in Everyday Life' ; The University of Nottingham.