MUSA-ODODO ABDULRAHAMAN
Why a Broad National Dialogue – A Dialogue with Wisdom – Is No Longer Optional but Inevitable
- The Global Moment: Why the Old World Has Ended
Humanity is not merely facing political instability, economic uncertainty, or environmental crisis; mankind is confronting an existential breakdown of meaning. The present civilization-built on greed, domination, material excess, moral relativism, and spiritual amnesia – has exhausted itself.
Institutions are failing globally.
Leadership has lost Moral Authority.
Technology has outpaced Conscience.
Power has divorced Wisdom.
This is not a temporary disruption; it is civilizational exhaustion.
History teaches a constant law:
When a civilization collapses, PROVIDENCE Raises a NEW CONSCIOUSNESS somewhere on Earth.
The old world order has passed away – not because it was defeated externally, but because it decayed internally. A vacuum now exists, and nature, history, and Divine Order do not tolerate vacuums.
- Why Nigeria? The Burden of DIVINE Selection
Nigeria is not an accident of colonial cartography. She is a convergence point of humanity – ethnic plurality, religious plurality, cultural plurality, linguistic plurality – compressed into one national space.
Nigeria is Humanity in Miniature.
What the world struggles to manage globally, Nigeria has been forced to confront internally. This is not a curse; it is Preparation.
Nigeria is:
Not merely a country, but a CIVILIZATIONAL Laboratory
Not merely a nation-state, but a THEOPHANY of Possibility
Not merely a political entity, but a LIVING Question posed to Humanity
If Nigeria fails, it proves humanity cannot coexist.
If Nigeria succeeds, Humanity Discovers its Future.
This is why Nigeria’s Destiny transcends ethnicity, religion, region, and race. These are not Nigeria’s problems; they are Nigeria’s tools – raw materials for BIRTHING a UNIVERSAL CIVILIZATION.
- The Crisis Within: Why National Rebirth Is Unavoidable
Nigeria’s challenges are not primarily economic or political. They are Consciousness failures.
Moral decay – because Values collapsed
Institutional failure – because Purpose was lost
Leadership crisis – because Wisdom was replaced with ambition
Social fragmentation – because identity replaced Destiny
A nation collapses not when resources are scarce, but when Meaning disappears.
Nigeria does not need cosmetic reforms.
Nigeria Needs REBIRTH!
And Rebirth does not occur through elections, policies, or protests. REBIRTH Begins with COLLECTIVE AWAKENING!!!
- Why a Broad National Dialogue Is Now a SACRED Necessity
A nation is not rebuilt by noise, accusation, or reaction.
A Nation is REBORN through DIALOGUE with WISDOM.
This is not:
A political conference
A partisan negotiation
A sectional bargaining forum
This is a CIVILIZATIONAL DIALOGUE.
A Dialogue with Wisdom means:
Listening beyond ego
Thinking beyond tribe
Speaking beyond fear
Reasoning beyond history’s wounds
It is a dialogue that asks:
Who are we as Nigerians, beyond survival?
Why were we brought together as a People?
What must Nigeria offer Humanity that no other nation can?
What Values must define the New Nigerian?
Without this dialogue, Nigeria remains a geographical expression.
With this Dialogue, Nigeria becomes a CONSCIOUS NATION.
- Wisdom as the Missing Ingredient of Nationhood
Power without Wisdom creates tyranny.
Knowledge without Wisdom creates chaos.
Faith without Wisdom creates fanaticism.
Reason without Wisdom creates arrogance.
Wisdom is the ability to align power, knowledge, faith, and reason with PURPOSE.
A Dialogue with Wisdom means drawing from:
Spiritual Depth (without fanaticism)
Cultural Memory (without nostalgia)
Modern Knowledge (without alienation)
Moral Clarity (without hypocrisy)
Only WISDOM can Birth:
Justice without vengeance
Unity without uniformity
Progress without dehumanization
Authority without oppression
- The New Nigerian Consciousness: The True Nationhood
True nationhood is not enforced by law; it is Embraced by CONSCIENCE.
The New Nigerian:
Sees beyond tribe
Thinks beyond religion
Acts beyond self
Lives beyond corruption
Leads beyond greed
When enough Nigerians Awaken to this Consciousness, systems will realign Naturally. Institutions follow Consciousness; they do not create it.
- The Urgency: Why the Time Is NOW
History does not wait for nations to be comfortable.
Destiny does not negotiate with procrastination.
If Nigeria misses this moment:
Chaos will deepen
Fragmentation will intensify
External forces will define our future
If Nigeria rises now:
She becomes the MORAL COMPASS of a confused world
She models Unity without erasure
She Births a Civilization anchored in Humanity, not domination
This is not tomorrow’s assignment.
This is today’s CALLING!
FINAL CALL
Beloved Nigerians,
This is not merely a message to read.
It is a Summons to AWAKEN.
It is a Call to DIALOGUE.
It is an Invitation to DESTINY.
Nigeria must Speak to Herself – with WISDOM – before the World Speaks for her.
The TIME Is NOW!!!
The Responsibility Is Ours.
The Future of Humanity Is Watching.
Shepherd of Nigerian Divine Destiny
Musa-Ododo Abdulrahaman
Founder, Initiative for Discovery of Nigeria Heritage and Endowment (IDNHE)
Convener, The Conscious Creation of a New Nigeria
Chairman, National Policy Dialogue – a Dialogue with Wisdom.
www.nationalpolicydialogue.org