Nation on False Foot: Please Rethink!!!
Remember:
Gowon
1. Ironsi promulgated the Decree 34, of May 24, 1966, which was erroneously called unitary decree. It was not. It actually strengthened Nigeria Federalist outline in creation of Groups of Provinces. A kind of states within regions. That was to deepen the federalist tune of Nigeria.
2. Gowon abolished this Decree with his Decree 9, August 30, 1966 and set Nigeria on the part of its current state.
3. Gowon followed with Decree 8, 1967, removing the powers of distinctiveness and independence of the regions. Targeted at the old Eastern Region, this decree remains as part of Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. Its highest support came from the Western Nigeria and among the elites of the South-south – the COR elements.
4. Gowon promulgated Decree 14, balkanising Nigeria into 12 States, and the West and elites of the South South singing yooyoo, belieing the Igbo/old East were being taught a lesson.
5. Gowon followed with Nigeria Currency Decree (Eastern States) to control the flow of cash to the East. Nigerians sang: G,O,W,O.N = Go on with one Nigeria.
6. Gowon promulgated the Civil Service Entry amendment Decree: lowering the qualification for entry into the senior cadre of the civil service of Nigeria with the exit of the East from Nigeria. The rest sang the praises of Gowon as ABU, Ife, Unilag, etc graduated 300 level students to take up senior civil service jobs.
7. Gowon promulgated the Foreign Service Entry (Amendment) Decree, for same reasons as No. 6. Nigerians sang G.O.W.O.N.
8. Gowon promulgated the Abandoned property Decree 1970 to seize Igbo property in Port Harcourt. Nigerians sang yooyoo.
9. Gowon promulgated the Banking Obligations Decree 1970 to seize Igbo savings in Banks across Nigeria. Nigerians sang yoo yoo.
10. Today by the Nigerian Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON, Act, Ekiti Broadcasting Corporation has been stopped from operation.
11. Today, we now have a culture of government agencies seizing people’s cash, including pension funds and nothing can be done because of the Banking (obligations) Decree against the Igbo/East.
12. Nigerians, wake up. You gained independence from the British colonial masters in 1960 and lost it in q967.
Please, find time and search out these laws.
They are all online.
“Nigeria don spoil no be today”, as a police man once joked with me.
Lessons From The NBC Shutdown Of The Ekiti Broadcasting Corporation.
Find this Decree 8, 1967. That is the root of central control of every part of Nigeria by the Federal government of Nigeria. Gowon wouldn’t have succeeded with this new law if not for the support of Chief Awolowo, his Western Nigeria and South-south leaders eager to teach Ojukwu a lesson.
Nigeria gained independence in 1960 and lost it in 1967, but erroneously thought Ojukwu and his exuberant Igbo brothers would remain the only targets.
Please, find this Decree online and read. This link could be helpful: https://dawodu.com/decree8.htm
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