'National dialogue' or 'national conference', the nomenclature is not the real deal but the reason(s) for the talk show and the outcome of such endeavour, whether it shall be positively telling on the lives of the people or it will continue to divide the society along the irreconcilable lines of poverty and extreme wealth on the part of the two main publics that made up the Nigerian state.
The Nigerian state is insincere to the ideals it stands to represent, and as such been found guilty of the same suspicion that had in the past retarded the growth of regional politics (era before 12 states) and the period after the creation of 36 states.
Such insincerity is visible on the timing, convocation and table of contents of the issues that are deemed discussable in the national dialogue.
There ought not to be a case of no-go-area if the Nigerian state is aware and sensitive to the sociological particularism of the society at large.
In fact, those areas we were told to eschew are supposed to be the starting point of our discussion if we are truly going to live in a Nigeria that would be free of political hatred, suspicion, greed, selfishness and continuous animosity within the federating units.
As for now what are we talking about? Who are those appointed to talk? Are they talking about the real issue(s)? What are the motives behind the talk show? Is this talk convention different from what we have had in the past? We shall shed more light on these questions when the talk show actually begins.
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