Unity in diversity - by Esosa Lucky

*WE NO BE THE SAME, BUT WE BE ONE*_250 tribes. 500 languages. 1 Nigeria. Despite everything, our unity is all we have._ *By: Esosa Lucky*The country hard. Price of garri dey fear me. Everybody dey plan Japa. But make we talk true. When Super Eagles dey play, which jersey we wear? Green-White-Green. This is my two cents.*Why Unity Matter?*See, Nigeria no go work if we dey fight ourselves. *1. Strength.* North get farm. South get oil. East get business. When we join hand, money go enter. *2. Peace.* If Igbo man respect Hausa man, if Yoruba woman respect Ijaw man... Wahala go reduce. Development go increase. *3. Ideas.* Nollywood? Afrobeats? Startups? Na when different minds meet, new things born. *4. Survival.* Recession dey. Inflation dey. Insecurity dey. "We" go survive am better than "me". *We Different O, But...* 🇳🇬Nigeria get over 250 tribes. Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Ijaw, Tiv... the list too long. We get 500 languages. We get 3 main religions. We get different food. Pounded yam. Tuwo. Amala. Jollof. Festivals too plenty. Argungu. New Yam. Ojude Oba. This is what make Nigeria sweet. *So Wetin Dey Hold Us Together?**1. One Flag.* Green-White-Green. *2. One Anthem.* We all sabi am from primary school. *3. NYSC.* Igbo boy go Sokoto. Hausa girl come Enugu. We learn each other. *4. Music and Movies.* When Burna win Grammy, we all shout "Naija!" *5. Market and Football.* For Enugu market, Hausa dey sell onions. Igbo dey sell phone. Yoruba mama dey sell rice. When Super Eagles play, tribe no matter. We be "Naija" first. *But Wahala Dey*Politicians use tribe divide us. Religion use scatter us. "My person" vs "Your person". How we go fix am? 1. *Respect.* Your way no be the only way. `No wahala`.2. *Talk.* Learn `Sannu`, `Daalu`, `Bawo ni`. E dey go far.3. *Common Goal.* We all need light, road, job, security.4. *Tolerance.* Not everybody go worship like you.5. *Celebrate.* Eat their food. Dance their dance. That’s how walls fall. *My Last Word*Unity no mean say make we pretend say we be the same. It mean: _"I be Igbo and I proud. You be Hausa and you proud. But we be Nigerians first."_ When government fail. When economy hard. When everybody dey talk Japa... Na unity go keep those of us wey remain standing. One broom stick break easy. But when we tie together? *We strong.* 🇳🇬 ---`What's your two cents? Do you still believe in One Nigeria? Drop it in the comments 👇`

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