It is said that when the time for an idea comes no force can stop it. For the Nigerian ruling class, the idea of a sovereign national conference, SNC, was viewed as treasonous just 20 years ago. SNC, along with such progressive concepts as "true federalism" (or decentralisation of political power to the federating unit), was seen as cleverly and cowardly dressed-up ploy towards secession or disintegration of Nigeria.
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This ruling class, which emerged after the civil war (and is firmly rooted in the North), has always asserted with arrogant and bombastic aplomb, that Nigeria is "an indivisible, indissoluble nation under God".
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Things appear to be changing rapidly in the direction of a national conference to examine the reason the nation is not working effectively. Some of the foot soldiers of the establishment, who fought in the war front to bring about the current order, are voicing their support for change.