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By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi ,Abuja<\/p>\n
A group of clergymen, the Igbo Ministers Commission, has insisted that the self- determination bid by the detained Biafra agitator, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is a fallout of the failure of the 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates by the British government.<\/p>\n
The Igbo ministers emphasized in particular that Nigeria\u2019s creation in 1914 was not a union born of mutual consent but a colonial construct imposed by Britain for administrative and economic convenience.<\/p>\n
In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the ministers, however, called on Nigerians to come together in a peaceful and inclusive dialogue to define the country they want so as to safeguard the future.<\/p>\n
The statement signed by Rev. Tony Uzo Anthony, President General, and Apostle Tony Osi, Secretary General, canvassed that a new Nigeria to be advanced in a fresh dialogue must be one grounded in mutual respect for diversity and shared humanity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe agitation for self-determination, as championed by Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu through IPOB, underscores a fundamental truth: Nigeria\u2019s creation in 1914 was not a union born of mutual consent but a colonial construct imposed by Britain for administrative and economic convenience.<\/p>\n
\u201cLord Frederick Lugard\u2019s amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates disregarded the profound ethnic, religious, and socio-cultural differences between these regions, forging an artificial nation that has struggled for cohesion ever since.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe North, rooted in feudalism and indirect rule, and the South, shaped by Western education and urbanization, were set on divergent paths that entrenched suspicion and inequality.<\/p>\n
\u201cPost-independence, rather than bridging these divides, Nigeria\u2019s political elite exploited ethnicity, widening the fractures in our federation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe result has been persistent discord, undermining the promise of unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe call for Nigerians to come together in a peaceful, inclusive dialogue to define the country they want\u2014one grounded in
\nmutual respect for our diversity and shared humanity.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly through such a process can we address the flaws of our foundation and build a nation or nations that truly reflects the aspirations of all its peoples.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the irrefutable truth and pretending otherwise is only postponing the doomsday,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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