This is what new nation will look like
Picture this: Biafra gets to leave Nigeria. This is what the new nation will look and function like.
So, let’s talk Biafra, shall we?
The name Biafra comes from the ‘Bight of Biafra’—the Atlantic bay on the south, toward the east end of the Gulf of Guinea.
Scholars believe that the word ‘Biafra’ is derived from ‘Biafar’ or ‘Biafada’. Both words are from the language of the Tendaethnic group who reside in Guinea-Bissau.
‘Biafar’ is believed to be a commonPortuguese word used in the 16th century.
The 1967-1970 civil war in Nigeria was premised on the realisation of a Biafra nation. The war ended without Biafra being realised.
However, in recent times, there have been renewed agitations for a sovereign State of Biafra.
If we have a Biafra nation today, this is what it will look like…..
Slogan
‘Land of the rising sun’.
Population
Biafra had about 13.5 million people in 1967 when the war commenced. Today, the Biafra nation could boast a population of over 70 million inhabitants.
Biafra States
A Biafra country will have the following States within its borders:
Bayelsa
Rivers
Cross River
Anambra
Delta
Abia
Enugu
Imo
Ebonyi
Akwa Ibom
Benue
Kogi
Biafra Provinces
The original idea behind Biafra was to run the place as Provinces and not States.
So, Biafra will have 25 provinces.
Let’s run through them quickly:
Agbo
Asaba
Owerri
Umuahia
Orlu
Ikot Ekpene
UyoUyo
Eket
Ogoja
Calabar
Enugu
Oji River
Awka
Onitsha
Nnewi
Okigwe
Annang
Abakaliki
Yenegoa
Warri
Ahoada
Ughelli
Degema
Port Harcourt
Aba
Capital
The administrative capital of Biafra will beOwerri.
Please, don’t ask me why. That was the original plan.
Political parties
APGA and PDP will be the major political parties in Biafra land.
APC will be banished and all APC offices in Biafra land will be converted to Ugba (African Oilbean seeds) storage facilities.
Language
Like Nigeria, Biafra will be a very multilingual country with diverse tongues from Urhobo, Igbo, Efik, Ibibio, Ejagam, Ikwerre, Delta Igbo, Eket, Oron, Abiriba, Mbembe, to Efraya and Adun.
Area
Biafra will sit on 77, 306 kilometer square or on over 29,400 square miles of land.
President
At this moment, no one knows if Biafra will have a Supreme leader like Kim Jong UnNnamdi Kanu or a democratically elected president like Muhammadu Buhari.
Will Biafra run a democracy, a parliamentary system of government, a monarchy or a dictatorship?
We’ll pass.
CurrenCurrencycy
The Biafra currency will be called the Biafra Pound.
Resources
The people of Biafra will have plenty of Crude Oil, Oil Palm and other cash crops like Yam, Cassava, etc, to play with.
Biafra will have enough food to feed itself because its people are predominantly farmers. Fishing will also be encouraged because the new nation will have the Atlantic passing through it.
However, the activities of oil majors will pollute the living environments and livelihoods of the locals. But because the new nation will need the oil money so badly, they won't complain so much.
And then, there’s taxation to shore up the Biafra government revenue when doing business with neighbouring Nigeria becomes a problem.
Rich nation? Nah, cross that. Very wealthy nation, this Biafra.
Law enforcement
The Biafra Secret Service (BSS) will be in charge of keeping the peace and stopping neighbouring Nigerians from getting through the porous borders without passports.
A herculean task.
A Trumpian wall will have to be built to keep the nosy Nigerians out.
Football team
Biafra will probably have a football team called ‘Super Leopards’, ‘Mighty Elephants’or something along those lines.
The Biafra football team will be a strong one on paper and on the turf. It will haveAlex Iwobi, Ogenyi Onazi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Mikel Obi;with Kanu Nwankwo and Jay Jay Okochaas Coach and football federation president respectively.
That’s the entire Nigeria team donning the red, black and green of Biafra.
Imagine the scenes if they beat Nigeria in the final game of the Africa Nations Cup...
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