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Oga Paul
90% of the Nigerians who are ferociously protective, defensive, and loyal to their ethnic groups are 40 years and older. If you check the Nigerian Internet websites they are the age group engaged in ethnic rancor. There is a good explanation for their state of mind. They are the ones who witnessed tribal schisms through the Nigerian civil war. In that war that generation found protection and peace only among their own ethnic groups. You can't blame them completely because their experiences are not the same with the younger generation. You can't raise children under wars and tribal bigotry and expect them to think otherwise. College education is not going to wipe out their experiences and images of ethnic hatred and war.

With time, and the passage of that generation, a generation that sees itself as true Nigerians will emerge.