WAZOBIA AND THE NEW NIGERIA -Lauretta Onochie
🇳🇬 "Wa" is the Yoruba word for "Come" "Zo" is the Hausa word for "Come" "Bia" is the Igbo word for "Come" 🇳🇬 Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo are the three dominant cultures and languages in the former three geo-political zones of Nigeria, namely, Western, Northern and Eastern Nigeria. 🇳🇬 The word "Come" in this context, denotes invitation to friendship and brotherliness. Invitation to share. Invitation to work together as a people. 🇳🇬 This explains the reason why our founding fathers had mutual respect for one another. They were selfless in their pursuit of National development as they saw the whole of Nigeria as their constituency. 🇳🇬 Nigerians moved freely to other parts of Nigeria to settle without fear of being attacked. My grand father who was the Hospital Administrator in Zaria told me that when they first arrived in the North, many southerners could not cope with the intense heat of