Sunday E Jemigbeyi

The Nigerian Sunday E Jemigbeyi

Of the 32 odd speeches that were made in the month of May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by then heads of states and government of independent African nations of which Haile Salassie and Kwame Nkrumah were among, the speech made by David Dacko of the Central Africa Republic, stood out. He said that we must never forget that the colonial powers have never left us, that they didn't leave willingly and if we don't check them, they will come back again. And what will little Central Africa Republic do against them? Today he is right. One very good reason to support his view is that up till this day, the leaders of the commonwealth of nations is hereditary rather than rotational. In order word, in the minds of the British, their formal colonies is still under their tutelage. That's why they refer to us as Anglophone or Francophone as France and its pretentious presence in Africa would their colonize. And the Portuguese refer to their colonies as Lusophone. Meanwhile our leaders, particularly the leaders of our great country Nigeria, who ought to emerge as the beacon of hope that all Africa consider her to be, smile about it and out of greed and struggle for religious supremacy, they play along with the West who think they have a divine duty to instruct Africa on what to do even as they pontificate to us the price of our natural resources. As an author, i write this book to provoke pure jealousy, to trigger desperation and the flame of togetherness, to call on the youths of Nigeria. We must all join hands; we must abandon our desires for immediate gains and stop our ears from listening to the cheap rhetoric of our flamboyant politicians. Nigeria has a chance to make a change that can set a path for all Africa. And the time is now.