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Reply to Mr. Awosika-Coker on Ndigbo and the Nigerian Nation By
Dear Mr.Soboyejo Alaba Akinboyede Awosika-Coker, Reading through your forwarded Anonymous article Ndigbo and the Nigerian nation (Which I think is written by you). The name abbreviation of this Anonymous author "AA" sound very close to your initials, and it is so funny ironic why you are so interested in this article, if you are not the one that wrote it. It is interesting that You have sent this article to everywhere and to every media site and with the interest you have placed in this article some thing is fishy and you know you are behind it (Nigerian factor). Some intelligence can show that you are behind this article, because from your introduction in this forwarded article, you are the Anonymous "AA", because you collaborated in a dubious ways to promote it and you could not hide your self anymore from the intro of the article, together with your lack of sophistication and immaturity both in your writings and your posture shows that you have a serious interest in this article. This article was published in Nigerian newspapers and in websites and the world saw it, but my question is this - what is your interest in this article that the world have already seen by resending it all over again. You know it because you wrote it, from common sense and because you do not have common sense you exposed yourself by the way you carried on with it. You should be man enough to say or proclaim that you are the writer of this article, but you are a coward and an unsophisticated pretender and you have proven it. Your write ups in these websites are always childish and unrefined and yet you claim to be exposed (E-Commerce executive). The Igbos in Oputa Panel expressed their feelings and what is wrong with that. Every group have done the same. During the hearing in Lagos we all saw how Yoruba Generals were crying and pleading in Video tapes, and what do you make of that. We saw how Yorubas, Hausas, Ogonis, Ijaws, etc expressed their feeling; my brother what is wrong with what the Igbos did. Why are you so hateful. We have freedom of expression in Nigeria or does it work when it is your kind expressing their feelings about injustice done to Yoruba nation? The Igbos were killed because Igbos participated in a coup that other leaders from other tribes were killed, why not punish the Igbos who committed the crime. Yorubas have participated in every coup in Nigeria and some leadership from other tribes were killed, does that make the whole Yoruba nation to be killed or convicted. If Col. Nzeogwu, Col. Ifeajuna etc, Participated in Coup I think they deserved to be punished but not innocent Igbos because they are Nigerians too. The last time you claimed that Yorubas ran all the International organizations like the United Nations (UN), OAU, Commonwealth Organization, UNESCO, World Bank, IMF, etc, because they are better educated than all Africans, and that only Igbos and some minorities in very insignificant level and extent can come close. You mimic other tribes in your write ups especially the Hausa/Fulani, Igbos and other minorities. This does not show any sign of maturity on your part. If the white man start claiming all the inventions and achievements in the world can you stay in Seattle, Washington and claim you are an e-commerce executive( With no proof). We know them when we see them but for you, you are a noise makers just like your reasoning and writings can attest. You wrote in these websites bashing other tribes not long ago titled" In Pursuance of the Yoruba Agenda" you wrote. "In both the United States of America and United Kingdom, Nigerians in terms of their population, are the most educated immigrants (also ahead of the East Indians and other Asians such as the Chinese etc). What is however glaring about this statistical information is that while you find an appreciable concentration of other Nigerian nationalities such as the Igbo , South-South minorities and the Middle-Belt, with few if any of the Hausa-Fulani, by and large, the greatest concentration of scholars belongs to the Yoruba…why? Because, the Yoruba, more than any other group in Nigeria have always embraced education, even though they may at the same time be involved in business ventures. Education, amongst the Yoruba, is what gives you honour and respect among your peers and family. It is therefore imperative that the Yoruba leaders, Chief Bola Ige (whom I respect dearly, to the point of reverence) and others rather than line up again behind a group of people (such as Abdulkadir and his ilk) who do not even have it in them to see ahead, should be more concerned about seeing to it that the gains made by the Yorubas over the years, through hard work, dogged determination and perseverance are not lost in some obfuscated national agenda." Also, you wrote in these websites long ago, "Also, if one takes a look at reputable International Organizations such as the World Health Organization and the United Nations among others, Yorubas occupy positions requiring high levels of political and technical sophistication" I have checked all the International organizations you implied and mentioned and I did a very thorough research on this, and I found out that other Africans, like Kenyans, Tanzanians, Ghanaians Ivoriens, Zimbabwians, Egyptians, Tunisians and Cameroonians etc, have more people working for it with more political and technical positions than Nigerians or Yorubas. I checked IMF, World Bank, OAU, UNESCO, Common wealth ETC. There are more Africans from other countries than Nigerians when you compare each country on one on one basis, and certainly there are not more Yorubas than other tribes in Nigeria in these International Organizations as you claim. Why should an educated person be so ignorant in making claims that cannot be backed up, but falsehood? Where did you go to school for God sake? Further, I checked all the International organization ever headed or in leadership by an African formerly or presently and found out that the leadership of these organization are not what you tried to make it to be. Yorubas do work in some of these organizations ( Mid to senior level positions like other people), but you claim that Yorubas are leaders in all the International organizations. Why this low just for bragging and it is falsehood. I checked these International organizations presently or formerly ran by Africans - United Nation Dr. Koffi Anann from Ghana, World Bank/IMF Mr. Alasane Quattara from Ivory Coast, OAU Mr. Salim Salim from Tanzania, Commonwealth Organization Mr Emeka Anyaoku, Catholic Church leadership in Rome Cardinal Arinze, United Nations Conflict resolution chairman Professor Gambari, OAU Chairmanship, UNESCO, WHO, African Business Round Table Chairman Dr. Bamange Tukur, Dr. Ali Mazrui Fellowship African Fellowship Chair etc. and in all these and others your claim was totally false. I checked all these organization even though Yorubas do have some middle level to senior level positions just like other tribes and countries, but I did not see one single International organization of the standard I listed that has ever been run by a Yoruba man or that they are overwhelming in control like you claim, and this does not mean that Yorubas are not smart enough or do not have qualified people, but they are not running these organizations like you claim. Most Yorubas are great people but people like you give the great Yoruba tribe a bad name. This is 2001 and not 1960 and every tribe is improving and trying to do well in all endeavours not just you? There is nothing for you to brag about in this instance, especially with the condition Africa is in. Africa/black race should be your agenda for improvement. Finally, AIDS is ravaging Africa and it is a serious problem, our economy in Nigeria in a big mess, our hospitals are dead zones etc and in education, just the other day the Governor of Ondo state said that out of 30,000( thirty thousand students who took entrance exam to University only 1,700 ( One thousand seven hundred) Candidates passed. These should be your worry on how to improve Nigeria and not bashing a tribe or other people because you want Yoruba agenda and I know majority of Yorubas do not believe in your type of agenda, and that is the good news for Nigeria. You just need to refine your self on the way you write for public consumption. Yoruba agenda you know may not be the best for Africa no matter how much you paint it, other tribes have choices and agendas too. If you want to participate intelligently in public discussion you have to take your emotions, childishness, immature style and pomposity out of it. Thanks Jerry Okaha Mary Land, USA
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