“Amukun eru e wo, oke le nwo…e o wo isale”.

The Yorubas have a saying that goes thus: “Amukun eru e wo, oke le nwo…e o wo isale”.

Literal Translation: A shout out to a K-legged person carrying a load on his head that the load is bent, he replies back by saying you are focusing at the top alone and neglect the below

Contextual Translation: A distorted state of affairs can often be traced to an equally distorted foundation on which the affairs are being conducted”.

This is the state of the people of Nigeria clamouring for the division of the country from submissions that a particular sect out of many are actually the cause of the set back in the development of the country. To begin with, where do I stand as a person? Do I also long for the division of the country? My response to that is a strong YES. I strongly believe that the division of the country is a step forward to accessing the liberation and good life that the citizens of a good nation deserve. But I also believe that the division in itself alone can not take us anywhere progressive as most people present it when they talk. So, what is the way forward? 

That is where that adage becomes relevant and sends us all to fall back to dealing with our problems from the root foundation and stop addressing it from the top. I will be so particular about the Yorubas, to whom I belong to, in this write up.It is an error to state that the Hausas and the Fulanis are the only problem of the current Nigeria. Of Course they constitute a great deal but come to think of this;

    *Are the Hausas and Fulanis the ones ruling in all the 774 local governments in Nigeria?

    *Are the south-west governors from the Hausa or Fulani tribe?

    *Are all the south-west Senators and House of Representative members from the Hausa Fulani tribe as well?

    *Are all the south-west members of  House of Assemblies from the Hausa or Fulani tribe?

    *Are the Hausas the ones stealing our collective money and allocations given to each state?

    *Are Hausas the ones refusing to build our roads, schools and hospitals in the south-west region even though the Federal Government has awarded the contracts to our own people?

    *Are the Hausas the ones robbing people in Yoruba land and grabbing lands?

    * Are the Hausas the ones littering our streets and blocking our drainages in the south-west?

    *Are they our Local government Chairmen, Councillors, Kings and Obas?

My submission is this, while we agitate for seceding from the current Nigeria, can we start planning for structuring a better nation from the foundation. "ina esisi ko ni jo wa lemeji o" Omo Yoruba ronu oooo.