No single Igbo man or woman was disappointed by what happened, rather our point has been proven that Buhari and his government has nothing to offer. We have always been a people of self-help and that is how we rise and shine. The only people who are disappointed are those few Igbo elements (the likes of two ex-governors of Abia and Imo States) who conveniently use the name of Ndi Igbo in the pursuit of their personal agenda. But will silently slither away when the Igbo nation needs a strong voice only to watch from a distance for the likes of Abaribe and Nnia Nwodo.
Mbaaaaa! Onweghi ihe anyi luzuru!
Onye no n’ala, anaghi atu ujo ada.
I really do not know what Igbo politicians were expecting. Those who were true to themselves saw what happened in Abuja on tuesday years ago. I keep saying it. There is nothing you can do to belong where you are not wanted. There are two things; it’s either you are too good for them, or you are too bad.
But, if after being the leader in every sector of Nigeria and you were razed down to the rubble, and without any sympathy, restitution or federal help you build yourself right back up. Adjudged the most developed part of Nigeria, educationally, economically and otherwise. Then you already know how bad you are.
Nigeria and indeed APC does not hate Igbos because we didn’t vote for APC, if you had voted for APC, it wouldn’t have changed anything. Trust me. There would be other reasons to deny you a seat at the table. I said it before, Igbos do not play politics of slavery. We just don’t know how to follow one Alhaji or one Baba blindly. We don’t understand it.
It’s funny that one of the basic human instinct is freedom, and yet you glorify yourself in being follow follow to people who are only better than you because they are opportuned and turn around to call the man who defines his own political paths and choices as “politically unaware”. And you are politically aware because?
One man sits in his house and decides who governs yours state, who becomes your representatives, your NASS leadership….. And tomorrow you want to stand and talk where I, a free man is talking.
No single Igbo man or woman was disappointed by the what happened, rather our point has been proven that Buhari and his government has nothing to offer. We have always been a people of self-help and that is how we rise and shine. The only people who are disappointed are those few Igbo elements (the likes of two ex-governors of Abia and Imo States) who conveniently use the name of Ndi Igbo in the pursuit of their personal agenda. But will silently slither away when the Igbo nation needs a strong voice only to watch from a distance for the likes of Abaribe and Nnia Nwodo. I’ve said it before. Igbos play a very different type of politics. We do not believe that one man is inherently better than everyone else. We do not believe that there is just that one man on whose head lies the responsibility to rule over everyone else. We are a Republican lot, and we believe in everyone’s input.
No Buhari nor Tinubu can hold any sway in a place like Igbo land and that is why you see everyone on a race to be better and not line up in one man’s house waiting for handouts. That is why we have remained the best in Waec, Jamb, University admissions, Graduating students in Medicine, Law and Engineering and numerous health and economic indices for years running.
Actually, sitting down and waiting for someone else to solve your problems for you has a way of diminishing/killing your own potentials (google “atrophy”). It’s a natural law that a part of the body rarely used naturally dies off. That’s why some peoples’ brain are no longer working.
We give opportunities only to those who deserve it. Buhari was never a good choice in 2015. And it would amount to lack of brain use to support again in 2019 something that didnt work in 2015.
So don’t be disturbed when they say Igbos don’t love themselves or don’t know politics. If we will love ourselves by allowing people like Uzor Kalu or Okorocha to represent us as Igbos or allowing him run Imo by proxy, then we don’t want to love ourselves. If we will know politics by voting for someone who doesn’t understand equity, tolerance and national cohesion, then we don’t want to know that politics yet.
We know you want to be free, to determine your own path and make your own political choices but you haven’t gotten the balls yet.
As long as we haven’t started trimming nails and doing maiguard for a living, we will still walk around with our shoulders very high knowing that we stood for something that you will not have the balls to stand for in many years to come.
Courtesy: Ugo Finnian
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