Why nigerians are so proud

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But that is not the same as saying that Nigerians have no sense of pride. To understand patriotism's uneasy place in Nigeria, you have to go back to when the Southern and Northern protectorates and Lagos Colony were brought together to form a single country. In the process about disparate groups - including the three major ones of Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba - were welded together in a "Tower of Babel" of sorts.

To this day, this uneasy coalition is still struggling to stay upright. In fact, the story of Nigeria for the past 50 years seems to be characterised by a great deal of mutual distrust and suspicion between the various groups. And this state of affairs means that most Nigerians, consciously or not, see things from their tribal or factional perspective rather than from a common national point of view.

It appears that what many eminent Nigerians, including the celebrated writer Chinua Achebe, have referred to as the country's "failure of leadership" has meant a weakening of the national commonwealth and subsequently a lack of patriotism among its citizens. At the centre of this is the growing corruption of Nigeria's elite which has given rise to anger and disillusionment throughout the country.

The fragility in the Nigerian project - or a lack of patriotism, call it what you will - is even visible online. Raise any issue that mentions Nigeria in an internet forum and you are likely to see many comments which betray the ethnic, sectional or religious bias of the writer.

In reference to the challenges that we face today, some still refer to what they call "the mistake of ". On a more serious scale, such perceptions have also fed into the muted separatist tendencies of organisations such as the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra Massob. This group came to prominence during Nigeria's civil war 40 years ago and is still hankering after an independent Biafra state - home largely to the Igbo people.

Although today Massob seems to be a fringe group, the sentiments it champions continue to resonate among a surprising number of Igbos.