Untying The Knots Of Imbalance In Arewa

[Shola Sholaz]

THE above excerpt taken from Achebe's debut novel, Things Fall Apart, aptly describes the fate that befell the people of Northern Nigeria as soon as the then British colonial overlords abdicated in favour of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto and the then Premier of Northern region.
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So for people who maintain that the idea or the era of monolithic North died a long time ago, there can be nothing more truthful about this assertion than the increasingly emerging vexatious issues bordering on the hitherto smouldering feelings that now threaten our polity.
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Arguably, dating back to the era of the overwhelming leadership of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the North has lost – with the exception of its bloc name and geographical fabrics – the fundamentals of meaningful monolithic existence, and now tailored to be running on illusions as would always be created and/or re created by its successive leadership at varying periods of time.

[Folami David]

This just make me remember Chinua Achebe's death and it makes me feel so sad. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. He was a great man.