We engage in a callous murder of culture whenever we play down on our Urhoboness, Isokoness, Ijawness, Igboness, Yorubaness, etc. The First and Second World Wars was fought strictly on the basis of linguistic affiliation. The Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed and out of it emerged Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The Yoruba nation, Urhobo nation, Igbo nation, Ijaw nation, must all emerge and exist independently for there to be any experience of progress as we see elsewhere in the world. By this time, Nigeria would have been history, just as the Ottoman Empire is history today.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2022 03:09 UTC