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This is in response to a question posed by 
How has your country changed during your lifetime?
My answer:
I am Nigerian and proudly so! Nigeria is my FatherLand and there's no changing that fact.
There was a time I believed in One Nigeria, I believed in our diversity being our strength, I believed that the natural resources could be harnessed to develop this country, I envisioned the Giant Of Africa roaring like a Lion to maintain its financial integrity, and overseeing the overall development of its people, I mean having excellent road networks, stable electricity, creditable schools, good hospitals, high-level security, credible elections, Government accountability, law abiding citizens, infact I imagined an Eldorado of sorts and saw my country through rose tinted glasses only.
It was aeons ago when I had faith that like Rome was not built in a day and like Britain and America had their struggles down the line, Nigeria would steadily but eventually' get through it all'.
My belief is fast becoming an illusion as things keep spiraling out of control and all I see around me is a heartbreaking level of corruption, tribal dissension of the highest order, leading to horrorful killings never imagined by the founding fathers who craved Independence from their Colonial masters, with the erroneous notion that there's an entity known as 'One Nigeria'.
The situation seems so dire that I have started considering 'Division', 'Secession' as probable solutions to the Nigerian problem.
I have this one nagging headache that our diversity is destroying rather than unifying us, that war is imminent in a situation like this, where there's no unity, no peace, no security, no rule of law. How then can we ever hope to develop like European or American countries under these conditions?
It is deceitful that a major ethnic group like the Igbos have become underdogs, because the Hausas and the Yorubas can never vote an Igbo man into Power? So how now can someone continue to believe in One Nigeria?
Power-sharing is the true spirit of democracy because it reduces the chances of conflict between different ethnic groups in a country but in a situation where a group or two would want to keep dominating the other, is not fair at all. You can't keep a major ethnic group down and claim unity.
I just feel that my dream of a United and prosperous Nigeria is a mirage as over time, I have watched, with deep-seated frustration, leadership, governance, unity and equitable representation take a downturn.
Since we cannot live in peace and harmony as a people because of our diversity, then we might as well go our separate ways peacefully. I just think that we are too varied in thoughts, culture, understanding and idealogy to remain one.
Thank you for the opportunity to digitalize our thoughts and memories.