The History of Political Development in Nigeria
and Africa
African Union Students’ Club (AU) Ahmadu Bello University zaria officials paid a courtesy visit to one of the prominent elder state man in African, Ambassador Maitama Sule; one time Nigeria Ambassador to the United Nations. He was part of the African Nationalist that founded the African Union. The visit was to give us insight on panacea to African contemporary issues.
EXCERPT:
The history of political development in Nigeria and African indeed is very interesting. With the problem now facing us, it is only appropriate we should look back there and see how it started and what have become of it.
Today, in Africa and what will African become in future with all these problems around us? This is the question that keeps coming to the mind of those who care. In other to profound answer to this question, one has to go back history. The purpose of history at any time is to know the past, so as to adjust the present and plan the future. Life yesterday gave birth to today and today will give birth to tomorrow. Life is a continues exercise. Nature those not provide any vacuum, that is why in one time when there was this policy of the government which said only the new breed should take active part in government and the old should be wiped out. I did not accept that because the best organization throughout the world at the cost of history of nation building is come-off both old and the young. You need the maturity, wisdom and experience of the old as well as the dynamism, radicalism and youthful exuberance of the young. New breed without the old will breed greed. And perhaps that is why we are having problem in Nigeria today, because the old have been discarded. But some of the old have become so greedy that they succumb to the much nature of the greedy young people. We have made so much liberty.
However, although they have painted the present picture black but am still optimistic. Ours was a decent society. We started very well especially Nigeria. We are very much
EXCERPT:
The history of political development in Nigeria and African indeed is very interesting. With the problem now facing us, it is only appropriate we should look back there and see how it started and what have become of it.
Today, in Africa and what will African become in future with all these problems around us? This is the question that keeps coming to the mind of those who care. In other to profound answer to this question, one has to go back history. The purpose of history at any time is to know the past, so as to adjust the present and plan the future. Life yesterday gave birth to today and today will give birth to tomorrow. Life is a continues exercise. Nature those not provide any vacuum, that is why in one time when there was this policy of the government which said only the new breed should take active part in government and the old should be wiped out. I did not accept that because the best organization throughout the world at the cost of history of nation building is come-off both old and the young. You need the maturity, wisdom and experience of the old as well as the dynamism, radicalism and youthful exuberance of the young. New breed without the old will breed greed. And perhaps that is why we are having problem in Nigeria today, because the old have been discarded. But some of the old have become so greedy that they succumb to the much nature of the greedy young people. We have made so much liberty.
However, although they have painted the present picture black but am still optimistic. Ours was a decent society. We started very well especially Nigeria. We are very much