OMENKA SAMYSUNG EMMANUEL
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In considering the present posture and past efforts of government
at addressing the lingering crisis the country particularly; the Niger Delta,
crises, the Boko-Haram Insurgency, the Fulani Herdsmen which fundamentally
revolves around militancy, pipeline vandalism, as well as killing of tens,
hundreds and thousands of innocent souls, It might be pertinent to ask: are these
crises facing the country truly devoid of solution? Has successive administrations
ever been sincere and forthright in their approaches to addressing these
problem? How does the crisis impact on the journey of our nationhood? Is
military confrontation the way out of this logjam? How about the recent calls
for dialogue as a means of resolving the impasse?
Indeed, the all-in-one answer to the above conundrums is well
captured in the statement that, Every locked door has a key”. Just as it is
true that every problem has a solution; whatever has a beginning has an end, the
Nigerian problem cannot be said to be devoid of solution. Be it the Niger Delta
catastrophe, Boko Haram threats even the Fulani herdsmen menace. For every
period in time, there is what is called, the right thing to be done, and the
right time, the question then is, what is the right thing to be do now and when
is the right time? This country can be great again even greater than what it
used to be if our leaders and all stakeholder of the country would put all
hands on deck and muster themselves to do the right thing at all times. There
is no country without challenges, but the maturity of every country out of
their numerous crises is their ability to know what to do out of a difficult
situation such as the one that have befallen our dear country Nigeria.
One way of doing the right thing when necessity calls is; to
understand the wisdom of “using what is available to get what is needed at the
most efficient cost”. But from every indication, it appears that the Nigerian government
has wittingly or unwittingly failed to tap into this sound concept of
development. Our government seems to dignify the warp notion of building from
outside than from within. Whereas our government wishes to ‘Leapfrog’! She has
however undertaken a backward and ominous course from the “unknown to the
known”, as against the forward and progressive course of stepping from the
“known to unknown”. This is the problem with Nigeria. The
most unfortunate is that; we cry of how challenged we are without taking stock
of the numerous privileges we have and even the mineral resources as well as
manpower we have to tackle any problem facing the country.
We
have a popular saying that; there is no smoke without fire; the question then is
what course are these people fighting for? The course so to say, can it not be achieve?
I strongly believe that dialogue is the way out. The leader of each of these
groups should be call to a round table where everyone airs their problem and
what is it they want. By this, there can be a consensus where the government
will devise a means in meeting what is it they want. The way out of every war
or crises is a dialogue, how long should innocent souls be wasted and the
government not showing any sign of remorse as though it is not human beings
that are killed? The militant have been used to engage this battle all along,
but has the militant solve the problem, instead the situation is growing worse
on daily bases. I think dialogue is the way out of Nigeria crises.
What
more are we waiting for, we have it that it is late to cry when the head is cut
off, Nigerians, it will be too late to cry when everything is out of hand, the
situation can still be manage not minding how ugly it is, let’s throw away our
pride and do what we are supposed to do to save ourselves and our children out of
the menace that is facing the country.
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