But there is this wired understanding among them that if we can play along together in their amala intellectualism, without questioning their motives, then there will be one united Nigeria at the end of the tunnel. Unfortunately, the current animal state must die for a new objective/non-amala state to emerge for all Nigerians. How does this constitute the current Nigeria problem?

To understand this question properly, we must first understand the meaning of amala/animal state and how it differs from an objective state of affairs. But to be able to place the issues in proper perspective, we must first deal with a more general question, usually posed by normal scientists: What is a ‘problem’?

According to non-amala scientists, a useful definition of the word ‘problem’ consists of three parts. The first part is a well-defined original state. The second component is an objective state, which is the goal of the whole exercise. The third and final part is the missing gap between the original state and the objective state.

Now, true scientists caution of potential mistakes that may becloud your judgment and help to render the original task unworkable and fruitless. According to non-amala scientists, you must notice something conspicuously wanting in the preceding definition. Nowhere does the definition say that the original state must love or hate the other components or that a given component must dance according the tunes dictated by the other two parts. Second, non-amala scientists warn that if you are trying to solve a problem and no solution seems to exist, then you must look at your definitions of the original and objective states; there must be something wrong with formulations.

If the definitions are truncated or biased or laden with unnecessary words and ideological brambles, then you may be dealing with the wrong missing gap. So, you will have to go back to the formulations and try as hard as possible to come up with other well-formulated definitions. Once the original state and the objective state are properly identified and defined, then the right solution will appear.

Now, let’s return to our overriding question: What is the Nigeria problem? According to normal/rational scientists, the problem of Nigeria is not discoverable in the original and objective states, but in what must be done to locate the missing gap. If you know the original state and the objective state without a certain understanding of what constitutes the missing gap, you will not be able to discover a solution.

Therefore, the missing gap is your original quandary, your original problem. In fact, real scientists equate the word ‘problem’ with the missing gap. If you discover the missing gap, your ‘problem’ would have been resolved, because it will lead you from the original state to the objective state. In a sense, the missing gap is your overall problem, the reason why an imbalance existed in the first place.

Therefore, the Nigeria problem is not Obasanjo. It is not Buhari or Kalu or Atiku or IBB either. It is not the constitution of Nigeria or Mantu or members of the House or Senate. It is not even the members of the terrorist SSS or the tons of money squandered in bribing many dishonest/unpatriotic goons. To discover the missing gap, think of the current amala/animal state (the original state) and the objective state of law and order. The missing gap is what must be done to bridge the gap between this current amala state and the objective stable state. Once this task or group of tasks is performed, the amala state dies. It must die, by necessity and by the very scientific definition of what constitute the Nigeria problem, for Nigerians to see the light at the end of the tunnel.