Most war veterans from the Nigeria side, particularly the pioneers treat everything about Biafra with lowness, contempt, and shock. Out of pride and haughtiness, they wish the name was squashed out of presence.
They overlook , that more than One million lives were lost in that war majorly through starvation, and craving; that more than four African countries, and four countries in Europe perceived Biafra, inside of its two and half years of presence, that Ndigbo, are an individuals that appear and convey love for mankind, all over they go; that Igbos are making their commitments to the building of a virile Nigerian country notwithstanding and despite seemingly insurmountable opposition; that you can never slaughter love, for God is affection; and that their poor treatment of the instance of Biafra is a noteworthy scar on the still, small voice of this country, among different scars, which incorporate the poor treatment of Biafran war veterans, retirees, and beneficiaries of Nigeria, our Prison and police cells.
The main protected relics of that common war, can be found in the pathetic, ineffectively kept up war exhibition hall in Umuahia. Till date numerous Biafran war veterans are yet to be paid their withdrawal recompenses and different qualifications 43 years after, and that is not a major shock in a country where even now, military retired people still line, and droop on lines for their annuity stipends. On the off chance that the individuals who battled and won the common war, and the individuals who battle to keep Nigeria safe today still ask for their qualifications, Biafrans who lost the war, should learn, and search for a superior answer for their quandaries.
The Movement for the Sovereign's Actualization State of Biafra, MASSOB, have reliably utilized peaceful strategies to keep the name Biafra, and the mission for equity, value, peace and solidarity of the Igbo man in Nigeria alive.
They have revived the Biafran Pounds over some Nigerian Borders, sorted out genuine challenge walks and mobilizes, which the Federal Government discover humiliating and commonly, MASSOB have been chatted with captures, additional legal killings, disturbances, and all conduct of suppressive activities, which have not tackled the issue. The most recent advancement in the Biafra story, is the Radio Biafra, which has given the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, restless evenings.
I have not tuned to that radio, but rather the individuals who have listened to it, say it spreads scorn and awful dialect, against the Nigerian state, while likewise conveying news commendable things on the substances of the Igbo man in Nigeria.
The radio is very prevalent among Igbo young people, and the issue is that the majority of these adolescents never saw or battled the war, they didn't see kwasiokor, Ogbunigwe, air assaults, armed force camps, blood suckers, and the preferences, they never lived on rodents, and reptiles as a hotspot for protein. All they think about that war experience is from books, and the online networking, and thus,may additionally not understand that a pharaoh who did not know Joseph is in on the throne.
President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, was accounted for to have told his gathering of people amid his late trek to America that his legislature will be all the more positively arranged to help the individuals who voted greatly for him, than the individuals who did not. There is no issue with such a remark on the grounds that it is precisely what lawmakers in Nigeria do, consequently some contend that Igbos committed the error of voting enormously for previous President Jonathan amid the last decisions.
It is reasonable to expect a tilt against Ndigbo under this administration, regardless, and it will be a wonderful amazement if PMB did something else. In spite of the fact that we now hear that PMB was cited outside of any relevant connection to the subject at hand or wrongly, we will sit tight for time to tell.
Biafrans ought to now remain on the mindfulness made and the messages went to turn things around for themselves.
The supporters of MASSOB, and Ndigbo when all is said in done, in Nigeria and in the diaspora ought to take the message to the following positive level to the greatest advantage of Ndigbo. As opposed to concentrate on the negativities, and battling governments, MASSOB, Biafrans, and Ndigbo ought to tackle all the vitality and assets to look all the more inwards keeping in mind the end goal to transform Igbo land into that fantasy place for each individual.
Their first task will be to consider our pioneers in Igbo land dependable, by conceiving ways and intends to challenge the present governors, and to make administration hard and troublesome for all criminals, and degenerate persons in our property. Data ought to be aggregated on all over a significant time span pioneers, with the perspective of denying them access to administration where they have stolen the region of Ndigbo in any capacity.
For instance, a rundown of degenerate and marvelously rich governors making waves in the online networking incorporate some Igbo governors, and MASSOB ought to berate such men, by sorting out to indict them now or not long after they lose their invulnerability. MASSOB ought to be in the fore front of the battle against debasement and grabbing in Igbo Land.
Second, an end-all strategy for rail and street transportation that will cover the whole Igbo area ought to be delivered, notwithstanding Carbohydrate and protein supply get ready for the South East Zone.
Third, the Igbo States, ought to concur with some South States, particularly Delta and Bayelsa on the improvement of a monetarily feasible remote ocean port to expand Port Harcourt and Calabar Ports and to diminish the drudgery, dangers and extortion from importation through Lagos Ports.
The general disposition of a normal Biafran ought to be to create Igbo area and its environs first and as matter of critical need, with or without the oil cash from government. Should this not be the way Biafra ought to go ?
Mr Clement Udegbe, a lawful specialist, composed from Lagos.
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