Trade News Nigeria: A new way of looking at things- Part 2 by Uche Oke...

Trade News Nigeria: A new way of looking at things- Part 2 by Uche Oke...: On wednesday , the new blog for The LEAD Project Foundation will be live. A great platform to further explore the tragic political relations...

 We are well positioned to follow events, the rhetorics and dramatic scenes that will help us develop better content.

The LEAD Project Foundation: Agitations for regional autonomy is not unlawful

The LEAD Project Foundation: Agitations for regional autonomy is not unlawful: Nigeria's acting President, Professor Osibanjo has recently declared agitations for  independence in the country as unlawful. This i...

  According to Professor Wole Soyinka: "We are mixing up the arguement. When people say, especially former leaders and especially those who bear enormous responsibility for the question of breaking up or not breaking up, our roles in the first place, it always sounds hypocritical, dogmatic and dictatorial and that statement is that the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable. Now that for me is a falsity. Anything is negotiable. The right of people to determine their future is what is non-negotiable.Most nations come to be through negotiations".
 

The LEAD Project Foundation: This Week in politics

The LEAD Project Foundation: This Week in politics: It's a Long way to Freedom in Nigeria. ''Voters must simply decide who they choose to believe,...Better to embrace the positiv...

The LEAD Project Foundation: This Week in Politics From ZURUMNEWS247: Politic...

The LEAD Project Foundation: This Week in Politics From ZURUMNEWS247: Politic...: As uncertainty continues to grow over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health condition in the United Kingdom, his kinsmen in Daura have asked...

The LEAD Project Foundation: This Week in Politics: The View From The LEAD Proj...

The LEAD Project Foundation: This Week in Politics: The View From The LEAD Proj...: Before we look to the future, we must learn from the past. "No doubt , our politics is dysfunctional and needs urgent change. This is...

The legacy of Nigeria's Federal System of Government

"Fifty years ago, the Igbos attempted to secede, abandoning the Nigerian union entirely and found their own nation called Biafra. Unwilling to let them go, the Nigerian government resisted. A ghastly civil war ensued.
After three years of fighting, the Igbos surrendered in 1970. Threatening to resurrect Biafra now seems to be the chosen way for the discontented Igbos to get the attention they desperately seek."- BBC.     Photo: Facebook

The legacy of the federal system is a South-East Nigeria weakened by economic and political dependency. Ndigbo must take economic power and resources into their own hands if they are to give hope to its young people who are the victims of social exclusion and mass poverty by those 'sucking the lifeblood ' out of the rest of the country.

 According to George Kerevan and Alan Cochrane, "People living in a dependency culture are not free in mind, spirit or life choice even if they enjoy formal political liberties. Individuals in such a society have decisioms taken for them defacto by the state or priviledged interest groups".

Independence aims to end that dependency culture making Biafrans stand on their own two feet instead of waiting for monthly allocation that often end up in the mouth of state governors, their families, friends and associates and the rich people that help them win election.

 Local government workers are not paid, pensioners are not paid , no jobs for young people, universities not funded, no good hospital instead they promote medical tourism, no infrastructural investment, no international airports, no internet ,....m etc. One begins to imagine, how they want the youths to reach out to the outside world especially in the age of Facebook Youtube, twitter,etc. Independence is about  creating the right circumstances to re-industrialise the Biafra economy by Biafrans themselves, not by outsiders.

 George Kerevan and Alan Cochrane concluded that "the creation of a new state is surely the best opportunity that is ever likely to present itself for radical reforms which has the potential to unlock really significant economic benefits.

Till date Biafra civilians are treated with gross abuse, with road blocks virtually in every Biafra land including a recent invasion of Biafra communities by Fulani herdsmen destroying farmlands, raping women and the called federal Governors are powerless. That's the whole point.  Ndigbo have contributed a lot to the development of Nigeria.

A recent barbaric quit notice only confirms the fear of many about the need for a united Nigeria.

Uche Okeke

The LEAD Project Foundation: Take action for a better future

The LEAD Project Foundation: Take action for a better future: "Beyond the constant stream of negative news, there are stories of hope and concrete solutions. Stories of change-makers tackling so...