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THE COAT OF ARMS With FBI- First Baba Isa meandisa@gmail; 74E42A9E; 07037162029 Monday, 1st September, 2014 [Every Monday] WE ARE NOT A MISTAKE “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.” ― Steve Maraboli Some Nigerians still considers what happened in 1914 as a mistake. They refer to the amalgamation of the southern and northern protectorates of 1914 by Fredrick Lugard “The mistake of 1914.” They believe bringing together a people so diverse in culture, religion and tribe to form one country is the cause of all our problems. If you listen to this guys talk you will think that Nigeria is the only country on earth that emerged by such happenstance. They will make you believe that every other country began by every member and sector of that country accepting to become a member of that country prior to their emergence. But this is not true. Nations happen by chance; countries evolve out of circumstances just like ours. And the success of every nation state depends largely on what citizens do with their independence not necessarily with the factors that brought them together before independence. Go and read the histories of nations and you will find out that America, Italy, South Africa and other great countries where born out of circumstances you will consider ugly or a mistake. Let’s stop making excuses for who we are and how we came to be and take responsibilities for our today and make our tomorrow bright. I believe that if the British had left us alone we would have evolved to be great, maybe not together as the present entity called Nigeria; but the British didn’t leave us alone, they colonized us, they brought us together, they named us Nigeria and now, here we are. This is our destiny and the truth is to be great as a nation is a choice that we can make. I have a friend who is a Major in the Nigerian Army. Whenever we visit his parents, the mother takes pride, in a remorseful sort of way, in telling us how my friend’s conception “just happened”. It wasn’t planned. In other words it was a mistake. She was a student then and did everything she could to abort him. But my buddy simply refused to come out. Today he is an officer in the Nigerian Army and everyone is proud of him. You can’t look at him today and dismiss him as a mistake. Let’s begin to see Nigeria this way. AFFIRMATION: I’m proud to be born a Nigerian. I and this country will prosper NATION-BUILDING PROJECT: Visit the library or Google and do a brief research on the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorate in 1914. You deserve to know what really happened. [THE COAT OF ARMS is a political devotional with focus on nation-building, leadership, politics and governance. You can book First Baba Isa to speak in your event. Please follow him on twitter @firstbabaisa]
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:14:20 +0000

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