Nigeria is a union of force

 Nigeria is a union of force 

Obafemi Awolowo wrote in Path to Nigerian Freedom, published in 1947, that Nigeria “is a mere geographical expression”, several people chose to misunderstand the context in which he used the phrase, called him all sorts of names. Yet, Chief Awolowo merely stated the obvious: Nigeria was not a nation. Ibrahim Babangida also at one time used the same phrase to describe Nigeria immediately after independence.

There was never a time when the people in this forced union decided or agreed to live together

Frederick Lord Lugard who was the Governor of the Northern region during colonialism and was later moved to hong Kong returned to the colonial role in the North and  for the sake of his own convinience and ease of governance having been given a role to manage the south forced both the North and the south together

This union has been the debacle for progress and until the forced union is brought to it's halt , nothing significant can ever happen to better the lives of this geographical entity called Nigeria