The challenges facing Nigeria are of unusual dimensions. Take security. It has never been this bad?
There is an Igbo adage that says “Mberede Ka Eji Ama Dike” (You know who is a real man when he is confronted with unforeseen problems). The current security problems were unforeseen. So, we need not chicken out.
Our only option is to face it head on. If we continue to look at the size or dimension of the problem, then we will never be able to confront it successfully. Even smaller countries in Africa have faced problems of bigger dimensions. And they were able to grapple with it or they are grappling with it. We should be expected to do better.
That’s the crux of matter. Smaller countries are able to grapple with problems and Nigeria, a bigger country, is not. Isn’t that a big irony?
It is not the nature or the size of the problem that even matters but the complexity of the society or societies in which they occur. Confronting security problems in a country as big and complex as Nigeria is certainly not an easy thing. Even handling political problems in a country of over 250 ethnic groups could be tasking.
Read More:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/11/we-will-get-it-right-in-2011-gov-ohakim/
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