Ever wondered why Britain, the creators of Nigeria are never interested in the dissolution of the country despite clamours for it to be disintegrated by different secessionist groups – in which the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) are one and the most vocal of the pack.
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Britain colonized Nigeria since creation to 1960
If you are familiar with the radio broadcasts of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, you would have heard him chastise the United Kingdom for aiding “Biafran Genocide” and still turning deaf ears on calls for the region’s self determination.
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Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB Leaders believes without vested interest, the UK would have aided Nigeria’s disintegration
Kanu has repeatedly accused Nigeria’s colonial masters of insisting on “One Nigeria” because of certain interests which sometime he puts down to one of the natural resources the country was blessed with – crude oil.
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Nigeria is the largest producer of “sweet” oil in OPEC
The IPOB leader might be right after all; if not, why wouldn’t Britain (with a population of less than 70 million) want Nigeria (with a population of over 200 million) to break up considering that population is one of the major factors that will decide the tussle for the next world power.
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Nigeria is home to over 200 million people, with a population growth rate of 2.43%
Let’s look at a recent interview by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Mr. Blair recently made a strong case against Brexit, which for the most part encapsulates the views of “remainers” in the United Kingdom – who have continued to make strong case against Britain exiting the European Union.
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Tony Blair was the British Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007
Blair who was the longest Labour Party Prime Minister had allayed fears of the next world powers being determined by trade tariff, military spending and most importantly population.
Since the Brexit referendum was held on 23 June 2016 – in which 51.9 per cent of those voting supported leaving the EU- the Government has yet to deliver, with the much altered deadline now set for 31 October 2019.
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Growing populism led to the call for the UK to leave the European Union
Hopefully whoever takes over from Theresa may – who announced her resignation on 24 may 2019 after a failed Brexit plan -will honour the will of the Brexiters who clearly won the 2016 referendum and have rejected several calls for a second referendum.
For Tony Blair, an obvious remainer, he seemed to have echoed the thoughts many Brits who oppose the idea of leaving the European Union when he spoke specifically about world powers being determined by population in the nearest future.
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China and the United State are currently two of the world biggest powers
In the Interview, he mentioned the United states, China and India as the biggest threat to less populated country – in which Britain is one – but there was no mention of Nigeria ( home to over 200 million people)
The fear from a British point of view is quite understandable, little wonder he’s calling for strong alliances for Britian – a country of less than 70 million people – if their interest and influence are going to be protected.
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May resigned as she had no plans l tot lead the UK in the next stage of Brexit negotiations
According to him, If Britain leaves Europa and the large population countries get stronger, they would certainly dominate the world leaving UK behind as below the big shots are some tall countries with huge populations but not as large as China or India; the likes Mexico Japan, Indonesia Brazil – any country but Nigeria – are still likely to have more stake than a “Europeless Britain”
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Nigeria’s growing population doesn’t worry world powers
Nigeria (208m) is currently the 7th most populated country in the world, behind China (1b), India (1b), United States (331m), Indonesia (264m), Pakistan (210m) and Brazil (210m), yet Tony Blair fears Mexico and Japan who both are over 70 million shy of Nigeria’s population.
TOP 10 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES (July 1, 2019)
- China 1,389,618,778 6. Brazil 210,301,591
- India 1,311,559,204 7. Nigeria 208,679,114
- United States 331,883,986 8. Bangladesh 161,062,905
- Indonesia 264,935,824 9. Russia 141,944,641
- Pakistan 210,797,836 10. Mexico 127,318,112
Source: census.gov
Ironically Nigeria’s population growth rate (2.43%) triples every other country in the top 10 and more than double the growth rate in the United Kingdom with the United Nations projecting that the overall population of Nigeria will reach about 398 million by the end of the year 2050.
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Nigeria is projected to reach about 398 million by the end of the year 2050
Now in contrast by 2050 the UK’s population will just hit a little more than 77m, according a projection by Eurostat which also notes the number was likely if Britain remains with the European Union.
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Lord Frederick Lugard amalgamated northern and southern Nigeria protectorates inn 1914
So going by Mr Blair’s theory, the UK would have put a knife in the heart of this big marriage called Nigeria, which leaves the question of why are they still interested in “one Nigeria” begging; what are their interests?
Is it a question of corruption? Maybe they like to assume population means nothing when a country is “fantastically corrupt?”
To many questions, but i will leave you to draw your own conclusion
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