Nigeria: Ambassador Campbell's "Morning After" Flaws (1)

Nigeria: Ambassador Campbell's "Morning After" Flaws (1):

"Oguchi NKWOCHA, a political analyst is of the strong opinion that it constitutes a step backwards for the US to go into the appeasement business, even if called "reaching out to," in order to maintain and sustain the pernicious state of Nigeria, ...

The time for continuing to deny the fact that ethnicity and religion are at the root of Nigeria's insoluble problems is over. Nigerians like to talk of, dream of and self-delude with what they call "detribalized" state and status called Nigeria. Yet, every behavior, act, response and thought belies such, even while foreigners and foreign pundits such as Mr. Campbell continue to patronize and propagate the hypocrisy. In the present matter-the recent elections-one big reason the results are considered not a success is that they revealed what should come as no surprise to any honest person: purely ethnic and religion-based voting! And, it's 2011! So, why pretend that ethnicity and religion are not that important in Nigeria and in the affairs of peoples living in Nigeria? Why pretend that ethnicity and religion can be ignored in Nigeria? Why not face the reality, accept the fact and be comfortable with it, so that a realistic natural system of ethnic nations and nationalities can be respected, established and recognized in Nigeria? Self-deterministic referendums can facilitate the process; the idea which has been floated for many years now-Sovereign National Conference (actually, a conference of sovereign ethnic nations)-can kick off and complement the process.