Nigeria Is The Way It Is Because Of A Lack Of Honest Dialogue – Prof. Joshua Alobo

A Professor of Law and Jurisprudence, Joshua Alobo has come out to say that only true federalism would correct injustice in Nigeria.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press at the annual colloquium, international conference, and award ceremony, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the main issue Nigeria keeps facing is the lack of honest dialogue, because the cries of marginalisation, restructuring and secessionist tendencies are a cry for justice in our country.

He added that treating a fellow citizen with unjustified suspicion because of their beliefs about how Nigeria is should not be the way to go.

His words, “The problem in our country is that we avoid honest dialogue. The cries of marginalisation, restructuring and secessionist tendencies are, at their core, a cry for justice in our country.

Some compatriots will go beyond their disagreement with secessionist rhetoric in the South-East, South-West, and South-South today, to treat their fellow Nigerians with unjustified suspicion because of their beliefs about how Nigeria can be repaired or indeed, if our country should remain one country.

Our country is currently anchored on injustice in many ways, and that arrangement won’t last forever. We can take that to the bank. The Federal Government of Nigeria and all our countrymen and women should therefore take the increasingly potent agitations by various groups in Nigeria with the seriousness the matter deserves.

The Nigerian state must engage the agitations and address, as well as redress their root causes that lie in decades of self-evident marginalisation that several groups have experienced in post-civil war Nigeria.”