Ogiri John Ogiri

I WISH THEY KNEW by Ogiri John Ogiri I wish the APC-led federal government knew that Nigeria as a country is not as strong and united today as it was before 1967. I wish the federal government knew that any policy encouraging domination of one ethnic group by another is inimical to the very unity it seeks to promote. I wish the federal government knew that 1804 is not 2019. I wish they knew that many Nigerians have become more knowledgeable and wiser than they were before 1967. I wish the federal government knew that if many Nigerians had known then what they know and see now, Biafra would have succeeded. I wish the government and those formulating divisive policies knew that no one nation can conveniently survive two civil wars and still remain the same. I wish the federal government knew that the structure forced on us in 1914 is now faulty and currently yearns for restructuring, and that, unless we restructure now, we can not avoid the danger of bursting one day. I wish the...