MUSA-ODODO ABDULRAHAMAN
NIGERIANS, LET US UNITE FOR A NEW BEGINNING
A CRUCIAL CALL FOR A BROAD NATIONAL DIALOGUE – A DIALOGUE WITH WISDOM
A nation does not rise because its people are many;
A nation rises because its people are One.
And there is absolutely no way to build a strong, prosperous, peaceful society when the hearts of the people are fragmented, when their loyalties pull in opposite directions, and when their dreams do not converge toward a common horizon.
A divided allegiance cannot produce a united destiny.
No people can cultivate great aspirations, incubate powerful visions, or bring a noble dream to fruition without first achieving a Commonality of Purpose.
This is the foundation of every great civilization, every enduring nation, every society that has risen from challenge into greatness.
Our challenges as Nigerians are real – deep, complex, and historic.
They did not begin today, and because they did not start today, they cannot be solved by the anger or emotion of today.
We must quiet the noise, calm the atmosphere, and still the turbulence in order to search for Solutions Within – within our Conscience, within our Collective Intelligence, within our Spiritual Identity as a People Created and Guided by Almighty GOD.
Fundamental problems can never be solved with the same consciousness that created them.
This means we must rise into a higher state of understanding, a deeper level of reflection, a more enlightened dimension of intelligence –
the intelligence of a true human being endowed by GOD with Wisdom, Creativity, and Moral Power.
Nations are not transformed by noise, division, and suspicion.
Nations are transformed when a People:
Believe in a Common Cause,
Unite in a Shared Purpose,
Agree on where they want to Go,
Decide how they Want to get there, and
Commit to when they must Arrive Together.
Against all odds, and beyond every seeming difference,
it is time for us to come together – under GOD, with One Purpose and One Destiny.
This is not an ordinary appeal.
This is a Call from history.
This is a Call from Destiny.
This is a Call from the very Soul of Nigeria.
AWAKENING TO OUR DIVINE PURPOSE
Nigeria is not an accident of geography.
Nigeria is not a random collection of tribes.
Nigeria is not a mistake of colonial boundaries.
Nigeria is an intentionally designed gathering –
A Divine convergence of the most spiritually gifted, culturally rich, and creatively endowed black people on earth, placed by GOD in one land with a Prophetic Destiny.
We must look beyond every political disagreement,
beyond every ethnic boundary,
beyond every religious difference,
beyond every historical wound.
For every nation that ever fulfilled its Divine Purpose had to overcome internal disorder before it could manifest external order.
It is in disorder that Order is Created,
it is in chaos that Form Emerges,
it is in darkness that the Dawn becomes Meaningful.
This is our moment of Collective Awakening.
This is our Season of National Introspection.
This is our Appointed time to Consciously Create a New Beginning.
Nigerians – leaders and citizens, old and young, north and south, Christian and Muslim, rich and poor –
This is the moment when we must rise together and make Manifest our Great and Unparalleled Destiny.
For Nigeria is not merely a country;
Nigeria is a Calling.
Nigeria is a Divine Assignment.
Nigeria is a custodian of a future the world has not yet fully understood.
And this generation must be the one to say:
Enough of division.
Enough of suspicion.
Enough of small thinking.
Enough of inherited bitterness.
It is time –
Time to Unite.
Time to Rebuild.
Time to Reimagine.
Time to Become the Nigeria that GOD intended from the Beginning.
Our destiny is great.
Our potential is enormous.
Our diversity is a blessing.
Our future is bright.
But these gifts will only Manifest when we Rise Together as One People Under GOD!
This, indeed, is the Most Important Message of our Time!
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.
www.nationalpolicydialogue.org