NIGERIA AND CALLS FOR SEPARATION.

Those who rely on what we see physically and those who do not know much about life, may want to keep this statement in ridicule. Yet there is more than the eye in the questions that control the affairs of nations and men.

Of course, all the ingredients necessary to justify a dismemberment of our union are fully present: inequality, injustice, nepotism, corruption, disappointment, sectoral neglect and lack of inclusiveness, mutual distrust, etc.

Fortunately or unfortunately, it is not in the manifest destiny of this great nation to disintegrate. For those who discern, it has been clear that God has shown his guiding hand in the affairs of Nigeria since the June 12 debacle.

God does not act in vain but for a purpose. It will be absurd to assume that the purpose of God's intervention in Nigeria's affairs over the past 25 years is to lead us to a break. In truth, the Nigerian experience or marriage is obviously flawed and obviously does not work.

The Nigerian union has some of the outstanding characteristics of a dysfunctional marriage. There is sustained anger, mutual contempt and mistrust, lack of openness and poor communication between its components. Recently, Mr. President's health has been a concern for everyone.

But more importantly, the North is more worried considering previous experience with the late President Yaradua. But they are not willing to discuss it openly. Formal management of the situation suggests sectoral protectionism rather than presenting a national problem in search of a national solution. After all, a president was loved and voted by almost a fanatic fanatic nationwide. Why should his adversity be worn and protected only by a section or only a few disciples?

On the other side are those, mainly the Sudians, who welcome the President's health challenges and can not wait for the power to be handed over to the Vice President and that President fully assumes the status of President almost immediately.

They depend exclusively on the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, totally ignoring the main and permanent political philosophy of power-sharing in Nigeria. Obviously, there are serious and genuine fears across the gap. But as typical of a dysfunctional union, no one is willing or willing to openly discuss these fears or even leadership caucuses.

What we get at that point, calls and counters for the breakup of the country, demands restructuring and official rumors of Coups. This is not the way to develop a great nation. It requires a unity of purpose, a permanent faith in the unity of the nation.

It is urgent to develop a national platform from which we can feed the emergence of an elite political consensus from where we can always view our problems as national problems and bring unified national solutions. Then, and only our nation can be in its ultimate journey toward its divine destiny of greatness.