ONE NIGERIA

Nigeria will be one when a Fulani man is the Mayor of Enugu and an Igbo man is the Mayor of Sokoto. The former scenario has occurred, the latter is yet to happen.

Nigeria will be one when the Oba of Lagos will make Igbos part of his Royal Cabinet and stop threatening to drown them in the Lagos Lagoon.

Nigeria will be one when there are no Sabon Garis in Northern Nigeria and Ama Hausas in South Eastern Nigeria.

Nigeria will be one when Igbos own property in Lagos, Yorubas own property in Awka, Hausas own property in Benin, Fulanis own property in Port Harcourt, Ibibios own property in Yola, and Ijaws own property in Maiduguri without fear of having their property being destroyed, confiscated or declared abandoned.

Nigeria will be one when a Tiv man is governor of Imo State, an Igbo man governor of Lagos State, an Efik man governor of Adamawa State, and an Edo man governor of Kaduna State.

Nigeria will be one when official government forms do not have a section for State of Origin or Religion.

Nigeria will be one when appointments into any position are made on the basis of qualifications, competence, character, and performance and not on the need to balance National Character. There will be no need to balance National Character since everybody is a Nigerian.

Nigeria will be one when automobile assembly plants are sited close to the source of inputs and agricultural projects are sited close to the farms.

Nigeria will be one when One Nigeria is no longer a Slogan!