ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Interview
  • Opinion
Friday, February 3, 2023
  • Login
The Blog Online
ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Interview
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Interview
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
The Blog Online
No Result
View All Result
ADVERTISEMENT
Home Metro

Book Preview: Take Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty By CBN Ogbogbo

admin by admin
December 23, 2022
in Metro
0
Book Preview: Take Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty By CBN Ogbogbo
0
SHARES
9
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
ADVERTISEMENT

Book Title: Take Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty

Author Jude .O.Obuseh

RelatedPosts

Ex- Minister, Adedoja Mourns Late Emir Of Dutse, Alhaji Nuhu Muhamad- Sanusi

Zayed Sustainability Prize Opens Submissions For 2024 Cycle

Saudi Fund For Development Expands Operations In Caribbean Countries

Genre: Political Essay

Format: Paperback

Publisher: JOVAB Publishers, Benin City

PP: 170

Nigeria is again at the precipice; a situation that she has found herself on several occasions within her short history of existence as a country. There is a dangerous massive youth unemployment that is left unattended. There is the spate of killings of innocent Nigerians by murderous unidentified rampaging marauders and the Nigerian State seems helpless and unable to put a stop to it. Corruption has reached an all-time high with a devastating consequence on the economy. Indeed, contemporary life in the country has become short, nasty and brutish. The political leaders remain both clueless and unperturbed about the myriad of problems confronting the country. It is against this background of catastrophic season of anomy and the increasing hopelessness that this book can be best understood.

The book, Take Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty, is the product of extreme love and passion for Nigeria, as well as a disappointment with the historical trajectories that have been the lot of the failing state. It is expected that the book, in its revelations, will serve as shock treatment that should jolt Nigerians from the slumber of indifference and inaction.

Jude Obuseh’s piece is coming at a most auspicious time when the Nigerian State and her citizens are facing humungous and debilitating challenges. Plagued by a number of existential problems: the current failure of leadership, the growing discontent with the deformed democratic governance, the wanton destruction of lives and property by the lethal ‘Fulani herdsmen’, the abject poverty and tattered penury of the majority of Nigerians all converge as the triggers for Obuseh’s engagement with Nigeria. In a feat of exasperation, he asserts that he is ‘absolutely upset and disgusted with the shambolic state of affairs in our beloved country’.  

His motivation stems from a failed dream and optimism that have generated a holy anger against the political elite in the country. The vituperations are indeed weighty punches that have been masterly delivered by a well-trained Political Scientist whose knowledge of Nigerian History is commendable. Even in his rage and frenzy, Obuseh is systematic in identifying and analysing the challenges that have kept the giant Nigeria crippled. Rather than pick up arms, the author has chosen the pen in unmasking that which he feels requires exposure, in the conviction that educating the citizenry is a critical aspect of finding a panacea for the protracted problems of the country.

He locates the origins of what could be termed the ‘Nigerian Crisis’ in her pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial developments. He begins the delivery of his punches, first, with the colonial state and then with Nigeria’s post- independence leaders. He argues that the country is reaping the mistakes of the earlier generations. The contemporary pains are the products of injuries sustained from the country’s historical past. He interrogates the vexed question of whether the creation of Nigeria is the mistake of 1914? After a thorough analysis, he is emphatic in his ‘No’ answer. He posits that there may have been challenges but they are surmountable.

ADVERTISEMENT

Another interesting bit in the text is the call for restructuring the polity. Or more appropriately, the need for ‘refederalisation’. He is convinced that this necessary political re-tooling is what is required to get Nigeria out of its current quagmire.

ADVERTISEMENT

There is yet again a fascinating dimension, the advocacy for a non-violent path to changing the status quo. Again, the pacifist in him is shown. He abhors the use of force in tackling the myriad of problems that confront Nigerians and the Nigerian State. In spite of his palpable anger, the author has not given up the task of effecting a positive change and finding solutions to the identified problems. He calls for the citizenry to imbibe the spirit of patriotism and nationalism. While on the part of the State, it must promote the values of equity, justice and fair play as its cardinal principles.

The book is a testimony to the painstaking collection of facts and their rendition with an alert and analytical mind. It is in Obuseh’s anger, the methodological approach in unmasking the problems, the incisive analysis and the recommendation of bloodless solutions that give one hope that all is not lost in the task of forging a new Nigeria.

 

C.B.N. Ogbogbo is a Professor of African History, University of Ibadan.

For Enquiries, Call: 08168580211, or Email: idachabamagnus@yahoo.com

ADVERTISEMENT

 

 

Tags: Book PreviewCBN OgbogboTake Back Nigeria: A Call To Civil Duty
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

Towards A Stronger Union – Year 105 In Review

Next Post

Nduka Obaigbena, Arise TV And Thisday Newspaper On An Exercise In Futility

Next Post
Nduka Obaigbena, Arise TV And Thisday Newspaper On An Exercise In Futility

Nduka Obaigbena, Arise TV And Thisday Newspaper On An Exercise In Futility

No Result
View All Result
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
S’West APC Meeting: Drama As Aregbesola Refuses To Sit Next To Omisore

S’West APC Meeting: Drama As Aregbesola Refuses To Sit Next To Omisore

May 6, 2022
2023: Tinubu Rallies APC Speakers, Ex-Legislators Ahead Of Primary Election

2023: Tinubu Rallies APC Speakers, Ex-Legislators Ahead Of Primary Election

April 13, 2022
FG Replaces NATFORCE With NATCOM

FG Replaces NATFORCE With NATCOM

September 17, 2022
Ridwanullah, First Son Of Sheikh Adam Al-Ilory Of Markaz Agege Is Dead

Ridwanullah, First Son Of Sheikh Adam Al-Ilory Of Markaz Agege Is Dead

April 9, 2022
Panic In Abuja Over Attack On Soldiers By Terrorists, Three Presidential Guards Wounded

Panic In Abuja Over Attack On Soldiers By Terrorists, Three Presidential Guards Wounded

15965
Cultists Captured On Video Hacking Rival To Death Arrested

Cultists Captured On Video Hacking Rival To Death Arrested

12347
Obanikoro’s N100m Suit Against EFCC Suffers Setback

Obanikoro’s N100m Suit Against EFCC Suffers Setback

11869
Nigeria, 9th Most Dangerous Country For Women – Reuters Foundation

Nigeria, 9th Most Dangerous Country For Women – Reuters Foundation

7591
Just In: CBN Orders Banks To Start Paying New Naira Over The Counter

Allow New, Old Naira Co-exist, APC Govs Urge Buhari

February 3, 2023
Buhari Meets APC Governors At Villa

Buhari Meets APC Governors At Villa

February 3, 2023
Banks Will Accept Old Naira Notes After Deadline – Emefiele

Naira Crisis: Emefiele Hires Thisday/Arise For Image-laundering

February 3, 2023
Youths Protest Naira, Fuel Scarcity In Oyo State

Youths Protest Naira, Fuel Scarcity In Oyo State

February 3, 2023
ADVERTISEMENT

© 2021 The Blog Online Mobile; +2348056545575. Email: jaywrytes@gmail.com

No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Interview
  • Opinion

© 2021 The Blog Online Mobile; +2348056545575. Email: jaywrytes@gmail.com

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In