As the quest for secession by several ethnic groups in Nigeria hots up, two major tribes have been more vocal than the rest- the Igbos of the South East and the Yorubas of the South West. Surprisingly, and in spite of heightened security concerns in the North, no group from the region has pitched its voice in the calls for a breakaway. The fourth largest group being the Ijaws majorly found in the Niger Delta region has suddenly lost the desire and firepower for agitation in this light, since after the dramatic emergence of Goodluck Jonathan as President got six years. It all seems that the Niger Delta quest for equity and justice rested when one of theirs mounted the seat of power in Aso Rock and inadvertently provided for them the fresh air of freedom and access to the national cake.
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Before the British imperialists came to Nigeria, the geographical space called Nigeria was occupied by many different ethnic groups that had their peculiar systems of government. While the emirate system of government throve in the pure and impure Hausa states, the Obaship system of government reigned in the Yoruba land. In the southeast of Nigeria, which is dominated by the Igbo people, the Igbo people practised republicanism, which was rooted in gerontocracy.
But the white people, who invaded Africa for political and economic reasons, carved up Africa into many nations, and introduced western democracy to the people(s) of Africa. Had they not brought democracy to us, perhaps, many different types of pre-colonial governments we had in Africa would have evolved to become models of good types of government, today.
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