55 Years After, Nigeria through my eyes
There is no doubt that the earlier Nigeria leaders despite the tribal-inclination dint were committed to the development of the nation with the seriousness that was required and no wonder we had serious progress made by all the regions; though not such an astronomical progress but it was adequate progress. One would have wished that the civil war was not fought but it was pretty obvious that based on the level of distrust and tribal inclination of most of those early leaders it was a question of time before they go for each others throat however the major thing that made the tribal mistrust to have a permenent line was the cross-carpeting in the western house engineered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo after the death of Herbert Macaulay.
Back to civil war and its consequences, it clearly destroyed the Nation and any further hope of building the nation based on what followed thereafter. Though the decitful and cunning Gen. Gowon declared "NO VICTOR NO VANQUISHED!"; the General never meant that because shortly the victors grouped into a cabal meant to enjoy the proceed of the grude oil snatched from the vanquished South East and also to ensure that the South East never again became a treat to the newly established statuesque. That was the birth of the Nigeria cabal, they had no intention of making Nigeria amount to anything and that was why perhaps Gen Gowon was quoted as saying at one time 'That Nigeria Problem was not money but how to spend it!' Almost at about same time the General made the alleged statement Bill Gate was starting his Microsoft Company and 30 years after Microsoft has grown to be a conglomerate approaching the $1 trillion mark, Bill gate has became the richest man on Earth while Nigeria has became one of the most indebted nation in Africa with failing infrastructure!
The sad tell now is that since the seventies to now the Nation Nigeria has never got out of the grip of the cabals and the way it is going unless something drastic happens to the cabals, Nigeria may never recover and may never get to any where especially when the unifying factor oil is getting less and less relevant as an economic power house.
