In the next few hours, Nigeria will be marking its 50 Years of Independence from Colonial Rule. As such, a huge amount of money (which could be otherwise utilized to address some of its critical problems) has been budgeted under the guise of celebrating the fiesta, which has already commenced. But, if I may ask, what are Nigerians celebrating? Are we celebrating abject poverty, hunger, deprivation, deadly diseases, total darkness, corruption, total insecurity, high level of illiteracy, high rate of unemployment, gross human rights abuse, high profile killings, jungle justice, electoral malpractices, kidnapping etc or what?
While I am of the strong opinion that now that Nigeria is celebrating its 50 Years of Independence from colonial rule (of the Colonial Masters), Nigerians should also mourn 50 years of mysterious dictatorship and misrule of our Indigenous Rulers.
Yusha’u Sani Yankuzo
Faculty of Law,
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