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In many homes, especially in the rural areas where kerosene and gas are not common, the tripod stand is used for cooking. This ensures that the pot is securely held and well placed. Any attempt to remove one or two of the legs makes the pot lose stability and crash. Having been disequilibrated, the content of the pot will be in serious disarray as it must spill and can never be the same again.
It is against this backdrop that I want to look at Nigeria. Historically, Nigeria is reputed to be a tripod nation, that is, a nation standing on three legs namely the Hausa/Fulani, Igbo (Ibo) and Yoruba.
This has been the basis of her stability as a nation. It is because the state operators are surreptitiously removing one or two legs of the tripod that the Nigerian state has been placed in a state of gbata gbata. Arms twisting such as harassments, killings, arrests, frame-ups, distortion of facts, propaganda and the like, cannot solve this problem.
The only solution lies in restoring the functionality of the tripod and doing the right thing. No part of the country should be seen as an enemy territory or denied their rights if there is going to be peace in the country.
Prof. UGWULEBO
Am telling you dear.
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