AFRICA AND ONE NIGERIANESS.

AFRICA AND ONE NIGERIANESS. Nigeria as a country saddled with the obligatory responsibilities as the big brother of the African continent in maintaining peace and transquity, Democratic standard , and providing soccur for other countries in Africa with a patry GDP in making life an average living conditions for the citizens of the affected countries However, has performed below expectations . it is imparative, we as a country which every other countries in Africa continent greatly look up to for a sound democratic practice, rule of law, gallant armed forces, quality education, unbiased electoral system, and quality Democratic instistutionalized behaviour , has refused to become a pacesetter where every other nations in the African continent ought to emulate. the success and the failure of the entire African cintinent rest on us.if nigeria as a country continue to refuse in picking up her giant responsibilities to lead the entire continent into a developed continent in the global map, the entire continent will never get it right and occupy her pride of headship position in all sectors of human endeavours. if we genuingly Carry out a comparative analysis in our educational sectors, infrastructural development, human capital development , practicing democracy, and good leadership, you will agree to the facts that, nigeria as a country is lagging behind. the pride of any country in the world, lies on the provision of quality leadership such country offers to the people. nigeria leadership defects, has caused the country alot of collateral damage and total disrespect to the citizens both within and out. several nigerians that seeks for a greener pastures abroad, are been dehumanized, regards as criminals, and subjected into a modern slavery in order for making a living and ends meet. nigeria as a great country with great people across the globe, must endeavour to form a formidable forefront for the generality of the entire Africa continent.every nigeria citizens need to realize her adequate responsibilities in providing a solid platform for the development of the entire continent. our innovativeness shouldn't portray the image of our dear esteem country into disrepute rather to enhancing our esteem nation globally as people of greatness and amiable personalities. our one nigerianess is not negotiable hence, we must work effortlessly to unite every faction of the nigeria states seeking for self determination to coming together to reel out plans in meeting to their demands that sprouts such agitations. the sacrocsantity of our one nigerianess remain uncontestable and indisolusible. we are resolute to ensuring that there is a relative peace in every part of the nigeria state to bring about proper development across our locals.lack of peace, is also lack of development.nothing good happens under a choitic and disaray atmosphere. every progress, is a product of unity therefore, we as a country must endeavour to solve our myraids of challenges with bravity and collective bargain. our geographical location must not be a yardstic to inpede or detter development but to spread an evidence of social Amenities from the urban to the rural or remote villages in order to give life to lives. nigerians should see ourselves as one indivisable emtity with great power to turn the world around.yes we have that power and capacity to effect positive change that create beneficial development to the society.every nigerian is an asset to the world only if we understand our hidden potentials as an innovative people that oftentime, struggle to the top without government assistance whatsoever. our nigeria dream need to be bogus in our sub-conscious mind as well as make every concerted efforts in achieving our articulated nigeria dream for the overall benefit of the new generation to come. we must wash off hatred, tribal war, injustice, disintegration, and poor public conduct away from the project called nigeria if we must move forward as a people. the surest way to a new nigeria begins now. we must leave no stone unturned in fishing out the enemy of our one nigerianess in bringing them to justice to face the consiquence of their actions for making the nigeria state ungovernable and poverty ridden with their stolen wealth that has impoverished the nigeria populace into a perpetual captivity. what is wrong with our psyche that the demography of people wanting to assume public offices is never with the intensions for a selfless service to our mother land but to steal our national patrimonies? what is wrong with our idealogies that has been overtaking by overt greed and unexplained wealth aquizations? we are amasing illed wealth for our unborn generations at the expense of the poor nigerians that are wallowing in excruciating abject poverty and starvations? look, the time to reconfigure our mind and pursue for the development of every nigerians to becoming a better person in the society as well as contributing his own quota for nation building is right now.we need not to continue doing same thing all the time and then expect a different result.we need to have a paradin shift from fighting one another out of regional or religious superiority to seen ourselves as one mind in one body where love and peace gain supreme evidently. we need to conciously take a pathway to understanding ourselves as nigerians above our religion, regions, and ethnic colourations.first and foremost, we need to exist as an emtity before every informed decisions in chosen what part of religious practices to engage ourselves with. we must pursue stregnth in making our diversity into productivity. A true queentisence that embodied national behaviour, is nothing but a significant carrier of development. every unproductive polarities must be ameliorate to achieving our drean country. no geographical region should see others as inconsequential in the scheme of the nigeria project . every single nigererian is important to this project. all regions , cultural group, and socio-political affiliations are equally essential in achieving our dream for the development of nigeria. nigeria is not just a country, but a country with unique and hardworking people. page 6.

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER TWO. ONE NIGERIANESS. WHY AM I A NIGERIAN? HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT? HOW DO I RESHAPE THE BATTERED IMAGE OF NIGRRIA AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES? WHY ARE WE HERE?

CULTURAL IDENTITIES.

CULTURAL IDENTITIES. Culture is the foundation of all human existence.without culture, we will all be devoid of our unique identities.culture however, is a specific unique identities of people's ways of behavoural practices and share belief system. culture becomes much important as it attaches its self to all human existence. culture is like a product we intentionally purchased in the market place through personal decisions. culture though, could be transmitted from one generation to another yet, the decisions to either accept it or discard such practices, is vested upon the individual. culture is like a traffic light that navigate our personal upbringing.culture form some total of our human personalities. culture is extricate.culture could somewhat have some striking semblance to another, yet, it extricates its uniqueness from the other.. every institution is enshrined with some forms of cultural practices attached to human behavoural conducts and possible outlined ethics that guides the behavoural conducts of the organization or institution which must have a strict adherence to. according to clifford.n. igwe (2017)"every institution, is a system of behaviour" the capacity for the transference of one cultural heritage and practice to another, makes such cultural practice unartificially viable as well as rejuvinate the indelibilty of such cultural belief system . Africa as a continent that exhumes practical culture which interface with the nature, must be proud of her cultural identities and uphold its true share belief system. A cultural practice with some higher degree of spiritualities, need to be revalidate, celebrates, and prove to the world of her headship above every other continent.. A continent as the craddle of all human race , must not be relegated or box to the corner. A continent that speakes and controls natural creations, must be held in a higher esteem before other commitee of nations. A continent that speaks to nature with the language she best understood and such nature obeys her commands, need to place more value to her cultural inclinations. A continent that uses natural leaf to cure all manners of illness, must not be regarded as a weak continent. A continent which spiritually controls scientific technology, must be giving her place of headship not a baby child. we must rise to this occassion to occupy our place of headship, use our spiritual power to estabulish unavoidable development, create scientific technology, galvanize our local medicine to solving our medical defects and infermities, and make use of our God giving potentials into a global acceptable products. no one can value the you in you except you. we must not allow those with the tendencies to destroy us to begin to identify the real you.the real you, is in you not outside of you. whatever we do not value as a people of one race and share belief system, can not be valued by others who knows nothing about you. You can't define what you ignorantly knows nothing about. i am africa, Africa is me. you can't deny your true identity out of poor knowledge of your originalities.what is not known to you as an African, can never be known to others. Be it a white man whose real shadow is never white but black still knows he is a product of black not white. Africa must come together to re-structure our Democratic governance, politics, education, entertainment, and our social practices that will incoperate with our cultural values as a people with pure divinities. page 5

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP.I

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP. Relationship between two countries are paramount and can not be overemphasize.international relationships, affords the two or various countries of sovierenties coming together to champion unity of purpose and brainstorm for the overall purpose of the people and that of the society in strenthening ties in the area of security, human rights, substainable development goals (sdg), providing financial aids, fight against terriorism-religious extremism, and saction countries that goes against international laws which such sovieren nation is signatory to the above collective agreed laws.international relation is essential for the development of the society. no human is an islander.we all need one another in our areas of strength and weakness. nigeria as a country with the autonomous power to define the future foundation of the country, must do this in alliance with the internation union laws.nigeria as a country, is constitutionally empowered to disagree from entering into any international laws that contravens our cultural values and practices. nigeria citizens in every part of the world must endeavour to uphold our cultural values, conduct their business with the armbit of the law, work effortlessly in maintaining our sacred identity as a people with high moral values and pursuit for bringing glory back home from where ever we find ourselves. we must not render the image of the country in a badlight before the international communities irrespective of our present predicaments, we must work efficiently in portraying the image of our nationality as people of high moral standard, incorruptible, and hardworking people. page 4

NATIONAL BEHAVIOUR FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

NATIONAL BEHAVIOUR FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. National behavour fuel's a peaceful cohabitation among citizens. A country that lacks citizens with good behaviour, will become unproductive with the poor understanding of how a state should be governed.assumeably, members of the public or electorates whom are directed by the INEC officials to queue up in a single line to cast their electoral vote for preffered candidate , decides to flat such order giving by the electoral officials , it may cascade to a total state of confusion where the electorates will engage in a fighting activities which will completely disrupt a true flow for a peaceful election.at this junture, such illogical un-nationalistic character poses a strong challenge to the federal government and the electoral body to fixing a new date for the conclusion of the said interupted election with high profile electoral flash point. Human behavour is never stetic but dynamic.what this connotes, human behavour is comprehensively associated with trends and unfolding events. national character streamline roburst growth and development for the significant benefit of the immediate society. take for example , A filling station patrol attendant who sell patrol against NNPC approved pumb price or creating an artificial scarcity for the petrolium product in order to achieve excessive profit at the expense of the poor nigerians.this irrational act of behavour, will not only portrays the image of the country as corrupt people, but will as well murder the psychological welbeing of the people with low income earnings.Government at all levels, must ensure policies in governance should incoperate the psychological and the social economic welbeing of the people they govern.government must put into consideration that the people been governed are not animals but humans.they must dish out policies that have human face. our behaviour should reflect our core values and propel some degree of development for the overall interest of the general public. a new nigeria is sacrossant. A new nigeria where national interest overide that of our parochial interest has come. A new nigeria where freedom of speech will not be gag is here. A new nigeria where people's right can not be infridged nor taken for granted has come. A new nigeria where public office holders will no longer use public office to embazzle or misappropriate funds meant for the development of the state but meticulously use fund at their disposal to develop our country, is right here with us. Having a poor good citizen, is better than having a rich citizen with battered obnoxious anticeedent . it is expidient every citizen of this indivisible entity called nigeria working in harmony to bring about positive substainable growths for the interest of the unborn generations.we must take away every forms of tribal, religious, and political ascerbities that inpede growth and development out of the polity if we strongly yarn for a better nigeria. politics must be played when it is time for politics, and true governance must be brought to lanelight when it is time for real governance.quality governance can not be overemphasize as it affords the citizens become a huge beneficiary. page 3

THE COUNTRY AND HER CITIZEN

THE COUNTRY AND HER CITIZEN. The true essence Amalgamating people as a sorveiring nation, is essentially driven from unity , progress, peace, and collectively taking decisions that are independent without undue interference whatsoever from the colonialist for efficiencies and its palatable attainability for national dreams and visions of the nationalist.nigeria as a country , will continue to remain under-developed if the issues of poor leadership is not annihilate.leadership failure engenders corruption, shiphoning of national coffers for personal use, sharp practices, protest and agitations, undemocratic behaviour, and apparent disregard for court subsisting judgement. inadvertently, the citizens expects alot from the leaders that are Democratically elected by the people to provide portable water, constant electric power suply, good road, quality education, good health care delivery system, and reduction in high cost of living.this are primary responsibilities of the government to the people of the state.inequivocally, whenever public elected leaders who are saddled in performing this primary responsibilities for the people fails in their duties, citizens becomes lawless, pervassive, and possibly carry arms against the government of the day.in other lane, the people of the state plays a pivotal roles for the development of the nation.every citizen are expected to working favourably in contrubuting his quota for nation development. citizens are expected to pay their tax, become law abiding, carry out community service, Help one another in their areas of concerns, religious telorence, participate gallantrily in pre-election, election, and post-election seasons, and ensuring peaceful atmosphere at their various locals to fast-track development. in every leadership failure, citizens must be held responsible.this however, borders on the constitutional power vested on the electorates to choose and elect leaders with capacities to surmount the myraid of challenges bedeviling the nation hence, when the electorates defiles all odds with clear prospect to elect candidates with the highest bidders against meritocracies, there is a problem.an economic boofoom cripples all chances for substaintial growth . citizen must work asideously ensuring political leaders are elected through the ballots, defending their cast votes without fear of intimidations whatsoever. Nigeria electorates need to arise and excercise their civic responsibilities in determining who assumes elective positions for the development of the nation. The citizens must work in synergy with the law enforcement agencies through information donations in fishing out hoodlums in our various localities.insecurity thrives when the people of the states do no longer cares about the business of governance, as such, crime abates even in our homes. if government do the needful performing above expectation, every citizens will become fully interested with the business of governance as well as transform their communities into a better place and makes it governable. look, communities is the apendage of governance.every progressive governance is a government that place essential values on how communities are governed and developed.the foundamental question is, how do we incoperate community governance becomes viable for national development? are they members of the federal, states, and local goverment security meeting?who are those funding communty governance?and of what effects is the community leadership to the mainstream governance?this questions are pertinent and unavoidable if we crave for a radical change for a new nigeria. partisan politics shouldn't go against the progress and dreams of the country.no human is as more as important than others.no personal interest should be bigger than that of the national interest.this is known as patriotism.the duty of every citizens to pacify when things are going wrong irrespective of party affiliations and cultural hogemonies, is what makes you a distinguished nigerian. we must obliterate our perchant for lack of accountability in governance at all levels . accountability in leadership is a driver that stimulates development.when leaders are accountable in what they do, it enshrines positive preceedent for every successive governance to follow suites. we must see things that are obnoxious as obnoxious and not seen black as white.if this national character becomes part of us in all of our national assignments, a new nigeria dream is achievable. page 2.

BOOK TITLE"NIGERIAN DREAMS"CLIFFORD.N.IGWE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION. THE COUNTRY AND HER CITIZEN. NATIONAL BEHAVIOUR FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIp. AND CULTURAL IDENTITY. INTRODUCTION This distinctive chapter However, will unveal holistically the significance of this book to the readers with the clarity contains. nigerian dream, seeks to re-navigate some of the unhealthy behavours that distorted essential growth and therefore,rendered our nascent Democratic governance sterile.this book will pursue to achieving good governance through quality leadership at every spheres of our national assignments and selfless endeavours. observeably, the nigerian populace is becomeing more engolf with the negative mindset that the easiest platform for becoming afluent, is joining political leadership where sharing propensities has become the order of the day.let me use this unweavering opportunity to disabuse our mind. politics is all about sound leadership as well as a conscious process for attaining national growth and development for the overall welfare of the governed.if we cast our mind to some of our post electoral practices, you will concur with me that the electorates whom are enshrined with the constitutional power to elect political candidates into various public offices are those who aid some of the political candidates to manipulates electoral results against the weak opposition candidates who stood for a free and fair credible poll. the weak in the polity will continue to be oppressed until the electorates takes a drastic change standing to do things right in line with the constitutional provisions of the law.we seek for a country where no individual should appropriate power to himself outside the confide of the constitution against the citizen of the state.. preliminary reports has shown glaringly where police officers that is saddled with the responsibilities to maintain laws and orders, now boldly carries out brazzen lawless activities and marshall impunities against the unarmed electorates out to excercise their civic responsibilities. we crave for a country where true egaliterian society is paramount irrespective of our political class.Elitism musn't be a course but a clear cut for philiantropic participation in making the society a better place for the destitute . we strongly say no to those unbearable behaviour that has defiled our collective bargain for substaintial growth .we look forward for a new nigeria where every citizen's productive aspirations are achieved. A new nigeria where rule of law is unavoidable, unselective, and unweaveringly predominant in our national character. we must fight against corruption, ethnocism, parochialism, and lack of political will to galvanize our resources productively. we must effectively shun every political upheal that has disintegrated us into a segmented ethnic bigotricism. nigeria as a country with the current population over 250 million viable citizen, 36 states of the federation including federal capital territary, 774 local government and above 360 ethnic local languages must leverage on the strength of our population in taking actionable plans into productions against unproductive consumptions. we seek for the birth of a new nigeria where all human lives including that of an animals matters and takes a significant premium .look, people must understand the preciousness attached to all human lives as well as learn to protect them adequately with every available opportunities. we need a new nigeria where citizens should not be alleniated.A new country where justice is supreme and its equitable distribution of our national resources.A new nation where electoral guidelines are uncircumvent. A new nigeria where public office holders are not subcervient to the political godfatherism, both to that of the supremacy of the constitution and the public. page 1