Ben Murray
Bruce, the senator representing Bayelsa East and the chairman of
Silverbird Group, had over the weekend cited the civil war, otherwise
known as the Biafran War, as the reason why Nigeria has not grown
technologically.
Senator Murray Bruce who was in Aba,
stated this on Saturday, August 27, 2016, while addressing the
International Youth Day Conference which was organised by the Vision
Alive Empowerment under the recognition of the United Nations, UN.
While speaking on the theme, “How To Make A Good Choice While At The Youthful Age,”
the senator revealed more about his youthful age stating that the right
choice he made during his youth led him to become a successful
businessman.
He explained why Nigeria is not growing in the tech world, and why technology is not contributing to the Nigeria’s economy.
“Nigeria is moving backward because they
think that they are smart, and they do everything possible to erase the
Nigeria/Biafra civil war in the history by burning and destroying all
the tech tools which Biafrans used during the civil war,” Bruce was quoted as saying.
“Igbos are the most successful people in
Nigeria today, both tech and business, even before and after the civil
war, Igbos has been advanced more than other tribes, that’s why the
other tribe in Nigeria can’t do without them.”
Furthermore, the senator said, had
Nigeria keep those tech tools and maintain the history of the civil war,
with the massive tech tools owned by the Biafrans, Nigeria would have
excelled worldwide and make a good fortune out of it.
“Look at United State of America today,
most of their technology experts are not Americans and most of their
tools they use are Chinese owned tools, because during those days
Chinese were like slave to them and they see the potentials inside the
Chinese and utilized it.
“Likewise, when Nigeria thinks that they
have defeated Biafrans during the civil war, that was when General
Yakubu Gowon declared ‘no victor no vanquish.’ Had Nigeria kept those
Biafran tech tools they used during the civil war and utilized them, you
can imagine where Nigeria would have been today in the technology
world.
“Nigeria thinks they played a smart deal
by burning it and destroying it because they are afraid of Biafra and
it has always been their worst nightmare, but they made a big mistake
and it has drawn us backward rather than forward in the technology world
today.
“Nigeria can’t stand without the South
East. Also the Igbos, South East precisely should focus on their God
gifted gift and maybe politics isn’t their calling, they have been
technologically and Business endowed.
“Igbos are blessed, South East are
blessed, only if they can look beyond Nigeria politics and focus on the
God gifted talent, they will excel, and be great again.
“Seceding or agitation isn’t the
solution only if they can realize their great potentials and focused on
it, develop and build South East, look beyond Nigeria politics, since it
seems like it’s not their calling,” he added.
Addressing the youths, the senator
said, “make a good choice today so that your future will justify you.
Stop thinking what a mortal man sitting on the Aso Rock can do for you
and start thinking how you can be great to yourself. Furthermore, every
human is gifted only if you can find and develop the potentials in you.”
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