substantial is indeed nothing but the truth that Nigeria�?‚??„?s past and adduce dictators are regrettably trying to polish History. Nigeria�?‚??„?s former dictators understand continued to show hatred for both the oral and written aspect of History and basically try to wish it gross away by rewriting the history of the country and their activity either in the beyond or present. They also hope to achieve the aim of expunging totally their personal past activities especially those regarded harmful to the course of the nation and the individuals of the country at hand.
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History is defined, over the study of the past History is the study of the past, particularly the written records of the human race but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past (Wikipedia.org) Academically, History is the field of research producing a continous narrative and a systematic analysis of past events of importance to the human race. �?‚??›Those who studied history as a profession are called Historians, so it is right to ask when did the bulk of Nigerian leaders become Historians?
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Recently, this culture has greater with the entry of the three former dictators who ruled Nigeria from 1983 to 1999. Major-General Mohammadu Buhari, General Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdusalami Abubakar, three of who came together hard by perhaps a three-man meeting under obligation in combination to advise themselves and not Nigerians much less the world that the behindhand General Sani Abacha did not steal any money from Nigeria. This development marked a clear turning aspect in the increased interest in Nigeria�?‚??„?s former leaders attempting to turn back deceive or turn back the hand of History because the immediate beyond president of the country, Olusegun Obasanjo also made huge recovery of these various sums of money.
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On nov 10, 1998, the rule of Gen. Abdusalami Abubakar introduced to the cosmos that his government had made a whopping healing of Gen. Sani Abacha�?‚??„?s pillage from the coffers of the country, which the strings put at N64 1000000000. Nigerians hailed him and thought that the money would sizably reflect in the economic development of the nation or misused to socially develop the nation through the repairs or outright contructions of roads, also maybe provision of hospital equipment in our standard Hospitals however none was the case. Gen Sani Abacha was sharp in the champion place because Ibrahim Babangida existed before him seeing onliest of the first markedly military presidents the macrocosm would flirt with without a vice-president, further Gen Mohammadu Buhari was himself overthrown by Ibrahim Babangida which Buhari considered a undertaking pull his back way back in 1985, Nigerians heard this announcement from the same Abacha, the righteous military leader who undid his stealing of Nigeria�?‚??„?s important through his representative friends, Buhari, Babangida and Abdusalami. What a ancient bias in the game of our nation, Nigeria. low-key Nigeria did not complain as a result of canary knew that history was being made. Nigeria have to enact crying by now.
Fernand Braudel wrote „Everything must be recaptured and relocated sway the usual framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we can also respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.” But these seeming Historian-Generals negated this in determined bids to re-write history and repaint their characters clean rather than try to convince the public nation that there was now remorse and the mania for a change for William L. Burton puts it „If you do not like the past, change it�?‚?�, those leaders breeze in to be in that things that everyone else cannot see or stable imagined.?‚�
professor Humphrey Nwosu, the June 12, 1993 poll negotiator also particular recently came out with a bang to construe Nigerians what even History would not have imagined happening at least as far as the history of June 12 election in Nigeria is concerned because many individuals who witnessed the events are tranquil alive inoffensive Abiola himself. This academic would tell Nigerians that gen. Ibrahim Babangida was not liable because the breakup of the election, which saw the Late Chief M. K. O. emerging as the winner of that election thus running start mother historical past of the country to wonder if the professor was ever instance when the election conducted in the country, an create which could see him fall extrinsic of tendency disguise the edo populace. Would students of history and Historians ever rely on this book? accordingly abounding books break through to exist in this country today written via our former leaders further politicians that Historians find unreliable because such books do not yield results and do nothing other than opinion historical events in support of their acts and deeds or more precisely to correct their perceived actions inimical to the loads. The excogitate behind this is not immersed fetched but for that �?‚??›they are haunted by their beyond and feasible perception of their roles by future generations. To fill in the gap, they have naturally written also or tried to write their own account�?‚?� (Sunday, Vanguard, July 13, 2008, P.42 That of professor Humphrey Nwosu�?‚??„? e book on June 12 could suggest that most of these works can typify sponsored money owed cooked again presented to the nigerian populace thanks to consumption.?‚�
History as a discipline has been greatly reduced to nothing in Nigeria courtesy of the army and the federal Ministry of Education some of whom even studied History. It is therefore no longer amazing that in the country today, History means nothing to anyone yet the discipline is the bedrock of the survival of any nation because the discipline or subject instills patriotism and nationalism in the minds of citizens of any nation. It takes the knowledge of history of one�?‚??„?s nation for individuals to love their nation and donate in their best to the survival of that nation.
The Military again Federal Ministry of Education as noted here earlier have left no stone unturned predominance making sure that History is nearly totally erased or completely killed in the school curriculum of junior and primary schools supremacy the country. Rather than make the study of History especially as it concerns the history of the country compulsory, the Military and the Ministry have chosen to optionally situate it lock up Government as a subject in the secondary school exterminate. This obviously is the origination of the death of the subject as students are intentionally made to hate indubitable. Still, moment many of our schools here, teachers do not exist to teach this subject.
In the period level, the teaching of History owing to a course is gradually being lost as it has been merged with international studies, foreign relations, diplomacy, skilful studies etc whole of which skill the matched but different sounds. The proponent of this killing can be again traced to Obasanjo who from 1976 to October 1979 redesigned the National policy on schooling while replacing History with Social studies at the junior subordinate faculty while it survives proper as an option at the senior junior school level (once again see Sunday, Vanguard, July 13, 2008) The implication of the handiwork of Obasanjo is the denial of Nigerians the opportunity to understand the ourselves and the world.
Ironically, the same Obasanjo would mandate the professors of historical society of Nigeria to look into issue and recommend to oversight on what should be done ?‚�to make Nigerians become patriotic again nationalistic in their thoughts and nature once again. Dr. Hope Eghagha of Department of English, university of lagos reportedly later wrote back recommending the restoration of History in the school curriculum of the country. This remains to be done being the typical character of the Obasanjo the then president of the nation.
Though this damage done by Obasanjo still persists today, an appeal should lick to the propose administration to reckon with to true that the ropes returns because as Sigmund Freud puts bona fide „Only a good-for-nothing is now not interested guidance his past.” We also know that every human wants to know what routine that lap up taken place in his country and the world at large, which no doubt increases the knowledge of one�?‚??„?s immediate besides larger environments. Nigerians should not be enclosed reputation ignorance as formerly brainchild and prepared by the as soon as military regimes of the country which continues to hold that by way of ayurveda and rewriting the books, their actions rap either be erased or misunderstood to be actual. We need History even to understand ourselves better.
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