THE PARADOX OF NATIONALISM IN AN ETHNIC COLD WAR: .... A Rejoinder To Chidoka Osita's Brilliant Article On The Alleged Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme's Fake JAMB Result. By David Adenekan

THE PARADOX OF NATIONALISM IN AN ETHNIC COLD WAR: .... A Rejoinder To Chidoka Osita's Brilliant Article On The Alleged Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme's Fake JAMB Result. By David Adenekan

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6th July, 2023


For many like Osita, it is all about public trust. That the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB in the past, walked the path of national dishonor by telling the world a snake sneaked into the JAMB's coffer and swallowed billions of naira it earned from public service cannot be overemphasized.

How do you trust an institution that was in the past, bereft of public trust in a time like this?

However, with the reliable information of the integrity of the data base as provided and proven by JAMB officials, the burden of proof on how Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme got or came about the result, is now on her.

We must unravel the mystery behind the JAMB result in her hands to further consolidate our trust in JAMB examination process.

Also, the lack of trust in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC electoral process has not only become a contagious effect but a moral burden on many of our national institutions.

Moreover, that Chidika Osita inferred in his brilliant piece that our national institutions like Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is beclouded with a strong issue of lack of public trust, is not far from the truth.

Is it not a convincing fact that INEC must come out clean to explain to the world, the questions surrounding the glitch that it claimed caused a shutdown of the BVAS for 12 hours during the February 25th presidential election that has put a dent or a flaw on the electoral process? The European Union Election Observers in its recent report of Nigeria's general elections of 2023, corroborated this fact of a flaw elections.

Methinks, it is this level of mistrust in our national institutions like INEC that made many to caution on the validity of Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme's JAMB result.

The question is, is this another glitch or examination malpractices?

Also, I still think JAMB is too much in a hurry to punish her for the alleged fake result since we have not unearthed the real truth of the whole scenario.

In addition, JAMB needs to exercise some elements of caution because, it has become a very sensitive national issue in a country that is quietly going through the worse ethnic cold war in modern history.

JAMB must thread very cautiously to avoid any kind of ethnic undertone in the history of our educational system. It is very important for JAMB to successfully manage our educational value system vis-a-vis; protecting our human value.

PLEASE, DO NOT KILL AN ANT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, IT MAY DESTROY THE FABRIC OF OUR LIVES THAT MAKES US A PEOPLE!!!

In the final analysis, kudos to the brilliant explanation from the officials of JAMB to shed more light on the integrity of our educational system but, we must unravel the mystery behind the alleged fake JAMB result in the hands of Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme to "nip it in the bud." This will serve as a deterrent to others to think twice before engaging in such criminal activity.

I implore JAMB to be lenient with her, if it is proven she lied about her result, to difuse the tension of ethnic rivalries in our body politics.

Hmm, I have read on social media that Seun Kuti (a Yoruba man), the son of legendary icon, Fela Anikulapo Kuti slapped a police officer and he was made to go scot free from police net.

What a people!

Yes, playing the ethnic card is not just good for national unity and development in a secular society.

Where are the patriots or nationalists in today's Nigeria?

We cannot just afford to overheat the polity by beating the drums of ethnic war in a time that there is a big question mark on our very popular national phrase, "unity in diversity"

PLEASE STOP THE ETHNIC COLD WAR!!!

JAMB, PLEASE TENDER JUSTICE WITH MERCY, IF THE JAMB RESULT IS PROVEN TO BE FAKE FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

I Rest My Case.

David Adenekan is the Editor, Shekinah International Magazine And A Media Expert.

He writes from Chicago, Illinois.

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