By Samuel Allen Zenke Makurdi, Benue State. Where Do We Go From Here? is an open letter to the Tiv People on "Social Conditions and Administrative Re-organisations" written by Wantaregh Paul Iorpuur Unongo 51 years ago (1969). I have read this "open letter" over and over, infact, more than a dozen times. Every chapter has a solution to our present situation in Tivland. One of the major issues Wantaregh discussed in the open letter was the Tiv "autonomous divisions - intermediate areas". In the past, the Tiv People were divided into five "intermediate areas - Kwande (Kwande & Ushongo), Jechira (Vandeikya & Konshisha), Ukum-Shitile (Katsina Ala, Ukum & Logo) Jemgbar (Gboko, Buruku & Tarka) and Ichongo (Makurdi, Guma, Gwer East & Gwer West)" respectively. This arrangement created a lot of confusion, division, petty and clannish nationalism. According to Unongo, "these funny arbitrary creations, which were introd...
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