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Nigerian politics is a very complicated one, but it is not entirely different from world politics, which is often plagued by partisanship and sectionalism. Nigerian politics is unique however, because it brings into play so many factors, a few of which includes individual interests, geographic factors, religion and a host of other trivial issues. Tribalism, like corruption, has eaten deep into the fabrics of an average Nigerians society. Many Nigerians say they disapprove of corruption, but we always tend to forgive or even support the perpetrator if she/he is of our own tribe. Most of us see nothing wrong with stealing state funds especially if they were used to benefit not only us but members of our family, community or support our pastors or lmans. Today, tribalism has taken a step further; it has become an avenue, a springboard for ethnic/ religious politics benefits . I believe that the people who use tribalism in this way are not necessarily tribal jingoists themselves; they don’t really love their own tribes so much or hate other tribes. They have only perfected how to use tribalism for their personal ends. But we must ask ourselves, why is it such an effective tool? Why are Nigerians gullible enough to buy into such arguments all the time? We are frequently deceived by these fake tribal champions politicians who get into government only to line their pockets but each time another trickster turns up we believe him totally. In a sense, we are tribal junkies! It was tribalism that indirectly engendered the Nigerian civil war and indirectly gives birth to the present evil called “quota system” and his step brother called “state of origin.” These are direct product and consciously designed out of mediocrity to model the destruction of Nigeria. This fuelled the growth of National inequality and anger of perceived injustice. One of the unfortunate characteristics of tribalism is this unnecessary competition with other tribes. The Yoruba becomes “us” and the Igbo’s and Hausa becomes “them”. This in truth is what led to most of our problems and in turn it leads to the most evil of Nigeria traits – religious clashes. The belief in the superiority of one tribe and the weakness of others has led to various untold number of wars in Nigeria. To prove superiority and to consider other tribes inferior is actually evil, obnoxious and offensive. We all have common destiny whether from the north, the south, the east or the west. The realization to the fact that we are human must come first, without any character such as faiths, tribal, status e.t.c but victims of economic imperialism and foreign vested interests should prompt and persuade us to educate ourselves by all means and realize that geography is no barrier to national cooperation and mutual understanding Ademola Adeyemi wrote
Posted on: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:19:53 +0000

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