Can Nigerians have the spirit to re-invent Nigeria?

Yes, we can!

The lesson from the American experience is that nationhood cannot be decreed, since it gives rise to the notion of a geographical expression as ascribed to the Nigerian State by one of its leaders, Gen Gowon. Nationhood can only evolve over time or otherwise by design which would, of course, be preceded by a comprehensive system analysis.

Earlier, it had been established that by re-inventing, it is admitted that the prior creation was done haphazardly and not systematically. To revisit that creation gives an opportunity to design the system afresh, for that action to be done systemically. Such a system design starts with system analysis to identify some of the idiosyncrasies of the elements of that system. For a nation, understanding such idiosyncrasies (particularly that of its primus inter pares – the human elements) would help to determine what drove the extant system (the Nigerian State) to its present sorry state.

We must identify where the rain started beating us so that we can now know how to avoid it. Most importantly, we must identify the idiosyncrasies of the various entities – cultural, religious and political – in the Nigerian State so as establish their traditional expectations and thence use these parameters to create a national character of the Nigerian person. Such an average or conceptual Nigerian would be maximally identifiable with each of its constituent entities such that he can be a template for projecting his expectations from the Nigerian nation. The average Nigerian must approximate closely to this conceptual Nigerian for any new nation crafted on it to be feasible and viable.

The spirit to re-invent Nigeria will come from a belief in Project Nigeria, a belief in the ability of a re-invented Nigeria to guarantee his expectations from the Nigerian State.

Dear Reader, what do you think should be the expectations of this new Nigerian from the Nigerian State? And what characters can be imbued in the ordinary Nigerian in order to get him to develop to the unbounded patriotism that the ordinary American seems to exude effortlessly?