"NIGERIA IS MORE DIVIDED TODAY IN 2013 THAN THE 1914 AMALGAMATED NIGERIA"

Will Nigeria as a nation remain intact after the January 1, 2014 when she will be officially 100 years old? What is so secret, classified or too sensitive about the legal document that Lord Lugard used to amalgamate the Northern protectorate and the Southern protectorate together to become Nigeria in 1914 that made this legal document not to see the light of the day for the last 99 years since the formation of Nigeria? How can a nation survive and prosper if her 450 ethnic nationalities, many religious faiths and cultural groups that made up that nation did not have any political inputs in the formation of their own and only country that they live and know? Why is it that the present government in Nigeria have not publicly debunked the credible claims by many prominent Nigerians whether died or alive who said that a clause exists in that amalgamation document that said that Nigeria should last for only 100 years and any of her disgruntled region will be free to break away after the official expiration of her first 100 years as a country? Can Nigeria survive beyond 2014 when she is expected to be 100 years old without holding an independent Sovereign National Conference of her 450 ethnic nationalities, many religious faiths and cultural groups who were never allowed to decide their new terms of engagement at the amalgamation in 1914?

Even Lord Lugard the first Governor General who set up Nigerian nation and the founding fathers of Nigeria that fought for her independence in 1960 with the major universities, streets, public buildings, national currencies and postage stamps named in their memories did not believe in one Nigeria from the various comments made below about Nigeria:

Lord Lugard:“The North and the South are like oil and water, they will never mix.” Yet he went ahead and amalgamated them.

Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa:“The Southern people who are swamping into this region daily in such large numbers are really intruders; we don’t want them and they are not welcome here in the North. Since 1914, the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country. 
But the people are different in every way, including religion, custom, language and aspirations… we in the North take it that Nigeria unity is only a British intention for the country they created. IT IS NOT FOR US”.

Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo:“Nigeria is only a geographical expression to which life was given by the diabolical amalgamation of 1914, that amalgamation will EVER remain the most painful injury a British Government inflicted on Southern Nigeria”.

Al-Hajji Sir Ahmadu Bello:“The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate from our great grandfather, Othman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools, and the south as conquered territories and never allow them to have control of their future.”

Retired General Yakubu Gowon:“Suffice it to say that putting all considerations to the test, political, economic as well as social, the basis of unity is not there.”

Is Nigeria not more divided today than in 1914? Are those caliphates, kingdoms, empires and their internal boundaries that were officially eliminated in 1914 by the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates to form Nigeria not rapidly forming back again almost 100 years later? Do Nigerians today see themselves first and foremost as Nigerians or as ethnic nationals, Christians, Muslims, traditionalists or pagans? Are MASSOB, OPC, MEND, Boko Haram and the other ethnic, religious and cultural groups across the length and breath of Nigeria today not the new 21st century caliphates, kingdoms and empires that were believed to have been finally laid to rest in 1914 by Lord Lugard?

In conclusion:what is the way forward for Nigeria in this 21st human universe? I believe 100% that the present day Nigeria that was formed in 1914 was structurally deficient. Nigeria will never work without holding an independent Sovereign National Conference that will decide the new terms of engagement for her 450 ethnic nationalities, many religious faiths and cultures who were fully exempted by Britain and Lord Lugard in the formation of Nigeria in 1914.