It is probably easier for a child to fly a spacecraft to the moon than for any Nigerian to define what a "Nigerian identity" is.
This is something citizens of Nigeria have been grappling with since the West African country gained independence in 1960.
This is partly historical, and partly a result of continuous skewed governance structures and unaccountable governments.
Pre-1960 Nigeria was a forced entity created by British colonialists and made up of strong, pre-colonial, independent nation states. After independence, there has not been a conscious effort to build a society based on fairness, equity and justice.
The new post-colonial beneficiaries of a defective system simply carried on. And in the end, wha