Let's Talk Afro-Geopolitics II: The Future of the Nigerian State

Will Nigeria Make it 2060 (Its 100 Anniversary of Independance)?

  • Yes

    Votes: 27 47.4%

  • No

    Votes: 30 52.6%
  • Total voters
    57
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The Oil can only keep the country together for so long, the corruption is too much.



Nigeria is a colonial creation, the sooner it ends the better it will be.
 
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@MansaMusa if Nigeria does split what countries will make up Biafra? I can see only majority Igbo speaking states making up Biafra. Imo, Enugu, Anambara, Abia, also having Biafra is not gonna solve the issue of corruption (which is the number one reason Biafrans wanna separate from Nigeria)
 
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idi_Amin said:
@MansaMusa if Nigeria does split what countries will make up Biafra? I can see only majority Igbo speaking states making up Biafra. Imo, Enugu, Anambara, Abia, also having Biafra is not gonna solve the issue of corruption (which is the number one reason Biafrans wanna separate from Nigeria)
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Biafra, I believe, would only come about if the Nigerian state collapses. That said, on which states would join Biafra...I think it depends.

First, is Biafra just an Igbo idea or is it a pan-ethnic idea? The debate about this issue hasn't been resolved. If Biafra is pan-ethnic and the peoples of the former Eastern Region agree - then the Biafran state would encompass the territories it had in 1967.

If Biafra is now an Igbo idea, then Biafra would encompass the five Igbo states (Ebonyi, Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Imo) and perhaps Igbo speaking areas of other states such as Delta, Rivers etc.

Corruption isn't the number one reason why Igbo people wish to separate from Nigeria. Though, it is mentioned a lot. Biafrans also dislike:
- A declining measure of life under Nigeria
- Incompetence
- Socio-economic and political marginalization of the Igbo people
- Islamic influence in the Nigerian government
- Human rights violations by Nigerian security forces etc. etc.
 
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Buhari entrenches the power of Nigeria's strategic rival, France
Buhari seeks more French assistance for Africa - The Nation Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari is advocating more French assistance for Africa to enable the continent overcome much of its challenges.
These include terrorism, maritime insecurity, trafficking in persons, trafficking in weapons, drugs, cyber insecurity, illicit financial flows and infrastructural deficit.
He acknowledged the contributions already made to Africa’s development by France but said much needed to be done.
In a statement yesterday at the 27th Africa-France Summit for Partnership, Peace and Emergence taking place in Bamako, Mali, Buhari said these challenges were militating against Africa’s comprehensive infrastructural and economic development.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted him as saying:”Notably, France has been playing important roles in the areas of development as well as peace and security on the African continent.
“While so many gains have been made, challenges such as terrorism, maritime insecurity, trafficking in persons, trafficking in weapons, drugs, cyber insecurity, illicit financial flows, and infrastructural deficit continue to militate against Africa’s comprehensive infrastructural and economic development which also hinder its emergence as an important player in global affairs.”
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