Thread by @NeeCJoe

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Took the time to watch in it's entirety, the BP debate on the situation of Nigeria, and as much as I'm impressed by the desire of foreign powers to impress upon us and our leadership, the importance of mining and deploying our vast human capital & natural resources...

There's a quiet, yet valid fear of subtle colonial tendency.

It's a dilemma we as a people have put ourselves in. A country of over 60 years shouldn't be needing the parliament of its historical colonial lords to debate it's potential or even the ineptitude of its government

...afterall, there is a belief that a person of that length of years should be a model to younger individuals or institutions

The concerns raised by Theresa Villiers and her colleagues is not totally out of place, particularly in this age, where your length of years...

...does not necessarily mean the depth of wisdom or quality of independence.

It is however a tumultuous situation to be in.

I was further enraged by a conversation I had with @jones_ayuwo where it was difficult to outline a factual basis for the need not to #Japa from Nigeria

Scary as it would be, there was this conversation I had with a Professor friend where she protested the continuous degeneration of our identity as a nation, not much from the effort of foreign powers, but through the insolent and treacherous approach to nationbuilding...

...by the citizens, their leaders and the systems they have put in place

Beyond these years, I'm more afraid at the lack of foresight and what may mean a betrayal of the generation which is the future of Nigeria.

In a bid to subtly recognize the sovereignty of Nigeria, the third speaker was more concise when he said the need for an intervention was more to the benefit of the British people and also for the long historical connection Britain has with Nigeria.

There is however, a unique thinking on the streets where the average Nigerian lives, and who make up the larger population of the Nigerian state, as they would be unbothered about an interference in our sovereign existence, because they have so wallowed below the poverty line...

...they care less about their own Identity; all they are immediately concerned with, is that basic dignity they'll thrive with as humans

Give them a country that works, they would care less of what the definition of interference is, to talk less of it's theoretical explanation

Beyond this, the corrupt history in the relationship and existence of the Nigerian people makes a case for the passion of the Member from Edmonton Kate Osamor.

...and more about the lack of trust in domestic or foreign interference in any activity

Finally, one major thing I gleaned from that session is that the bluntness in language shows a more intense desire (selfish or unselfish) to ensure Nigeria's extrication from the rot we have brought upon ourselves

End of Celestial Observation!

@OmoKakafiala @thegarrick_ @TheTojolaBilqis @adetolaov @hellobukola @elnathan_john @ayodelegoni @greaterbayo any thoughts?

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