I woke up dis morning still lazying around (on my bed) with nothing to do (thanks to d NMA strike) so I jus decided to read around the Nigerian Civil War in wikipedia... it was quite sad. Igbos who ran for their lives during the pogroms and war returned to find their positions had been taken over; and when the war was over the government did not feel any need to re-instate them, preferring to regard them as having resigned. This reasoning was also extended to Igbo-owned properties and houses. People from other regions were quick to take over any house owned by an Igbo, especially in the Port Harcourt area. The Nigerian Government justified this by terming such properties abandoned. This, however, has led to a feeling of an injustice as the Nigerian government policies were seen as further economically disabling the Igbos even long after the war. Further feelings of injustice were caused by Nigeria changing its currency, so that Biafran supplies of pre-war Nigerian currency were no longer honoured. At the end of the war, only N£20 was given to any easterner regardless of the amount of money he or she had had in the bank. This was applied irrespective of their banking in pre-war Nigerian currency or Biafran currency. This was seen as a deliberate policy to hold back the Igbo middle class, leaving them with little wealth to expand their business interests. This left me with one conclusion, the theory of No victory, No vanquish is just theory. In practice, the winner will always take ALL... so, if war is inevitable, fight with all you have knowing that you either win ALL or lose ALL. Goodmorning peeps! **sad face**
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:32:13 +0000
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