[G-force]

Max,

A thousand and one commendations to you on the master piece you delivered. You know, most times, we Nigerians don't appreciate who we are, what we are and what we have as well as the positive things we have done before and are doing. There's this psychology of self-hatred, bitterness, insultive behaviour and aggression that beclouds the average Nigerian and eclipses his creativity and any signs of a good nature.

Anyway, not to differ from the main theme of your writing, I must say that looking at the Civil War and the aftermath through another lens like you have done is a shorter way to bring peace in the present.

Thank God the right kind of leaders were selected, both on the Nigerian and Biafran side when the war was declared over, or the kind of peaceful reconciliation that we saw would not have bee possible.

The only down point of the post-war years was that the Nigerian state seemed to have been hijacked by the likes of those who wanted Igbos to pay for the war, as evident in some post war policies like the 20 pounds given to every Igbo man and the abandoned property decree, etc as well as sidelining in many key Federal appointments, not until recently that Igbos have been appointed to key positions earlier prohibited to be given to an Igbo person. This at least, shows some progress in the reconciliation effort.

Nigeria is great. We only need to put the right people in the right places for things to work out like magic. I have my firm belief in the ability of Nigerians to excel inspite of all odds.