THE MANY STORIES OF THE SAME EVENT

 WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO DOCUMENT HISTORY WITHOUT A TINGE OF BIAS AND OVERDOSE OF TRIBAL SENTIMENTS; GET 36 NIGERIANS WHO LIVE EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION AT THE SAME GIVEN TIME TO DOCUMENT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND YOU ARE SURE TO HAVE 36 DIFFERENT STORIES, ALL HINGED ON TRIBAL INNUENDO AND THE MORE INTELLECTUALLY CAPABLE THEY ARE OR APPEAR TO BE, THE MORE DIVERGENT AND ADULTRATED THE STORY, “OUR COMMON STORY”.

  SHOULD ONE NOT EXPECT THAT EVERY NIGERIAN WOULD APPLAUD ANY GOVERNMENT´S INTENTION TO TRY TO FIGHT OUR COMMON ENEMY IN NIGERIA, CORRUPTION? BUT NO, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THIS COMMON ENEMY, NIGERIANS ARE WAY DIVIDED, OUR OPINION ARE NOT UNIFORMED EVEN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM, IF IT IS NOT TRIBALISM, IT IS PARTISANSHIP, RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY OR SHEER STUPIDITY.

  BRING OUT 10 KNOWN PERSONALITIES FROM THE MOVIE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA AND ASK THEM TO WRITE A CREDIBLE HISTORY ON THE ORIGIN OF THE NIGERIAN MOVIE INDUSTRY AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO READ 10 DIFFERENT STORIES OF OBVIOUSLY THE SAME EVENT, OVER SPICED WITH THE USUAL TRIBAL SENTIMENTALITIES, DEPENDING ON THE TRIBE OF EACH OF THESE 10 PERSONALITIES

  THE SAME THING APPLIES TO ALL OTHER FACETS OF OUR DAILY LIVES AS A PEOPLE, NO WONDER WE ARE CLINGING MORE TO THE COLONIAL HANDOUT OF OUR HISTORY THAN THAT WRITTEN BY AUTOCHTHONOUS NIGERIANS.

  WE DOCUMENT EVERYTHING BUT FACTS IN NIGERIA, THERE IS NO AUTHENTIC OR PATRIOTIC NIGERIAN EYE TO SERVE AS A SCOPE, NEITHER IS THERE ANY UNIFIED FACTOR TO SERVE AS A MOTIVATOR AT THE TIME OF TRYING TO LEAVE AN EXACT DOCUMENTED LEGACY FOR THE INCOMING GENERATION, ANY WONDER WHY THE NATION CONTINUES TO SWIM IN MURKY WATERS, OVER AND OVER AGAIN?

   IT IS CRAZY BUT TRUE, EACH TIME I PICK UP ANY DOCUMENTED BOOK BY A NIGERIAN AUTHOR, EVEN WITHOUT KNOWING FIRST THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR, I COULD TELL AFTER READING THROUGH HIS/HER STORIES FROM WHAT SIDE OF THE MANY DIVIDE HE/SHE COMES FROM, IT IS SO UNFORTUNATE BUT TRUE THAT AS A PEOPLE WE LACK OBJECTIVITY AND A DEEP SENSE OF JUSTICE AND NOT UNTIL WE BEGIN TO BE PATRIOTIC NIGERIANS CAN WE EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET THIS GIANT TO STAND TALL ON ITS FEET.