A book by Felix Abayomi Duru
The Pledge
The new framework for the Rebirth of the Motherland
A Nigerian's urgent call to Nigerians: return to the values of the National Pledge, because our situation can still be redeemed.
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About the book
What ties Nigeria together is more than what separates it.
Insecurity. Poverty. Disease. Disunity. Social and religious crises. At a time when Nigeria can seem on the verge of tearing apart, it is easy to give up on the idea of Nigeria altogether.
The Pledge refuses to. Written by a Nigerian to Nigerians, it speaks with the urgency of a civil rights leader addressing a crowd, and it asks a question no one who loves this country can avoid: what do we stand for now?
The words we know, read again
Duru takes us back to parts of our National Pledge we may have stopped paying attention to. If we had truly upheld the values that brought Nigeria together, how could we have fallen this low? It is an uncomfortable question, and it is where the way back begins.
A way forward, not only a diagnosis
Across 11 chapters drawn from the Pledge, Duru reminds us of our humanity, our goal and our vision as a country. He faces our soiled history squarely, and offers a new dream and a new hope in its place. His message is plain: our situation is redeemable, and there is still a chance to recover.
Healing before rebuilding
North or South, East or West, Duru believes we can come together to make Nigeria work again: to sit down, to negotiate our past and to plan our future. But first, he says, we have to let go of the bad blood left by religious crises, by bigotry and by the civil war.
Why it can't wait
The choice this book sets out is stark. Re-examine what we stand for as a nation, or fall into insignificance in the affairs of the world. One published review places it beside Chinua Achebe's The Trouble with Nigeria, among the books that name what is slowing us down and what can be done about it.
Read it, and you will not hear the words of the Pledge the same way again.
What you'll take from it
- The parts of the National Pledge we may have stopped paying attention to
- Why Nigeria's situation is still redeemable
- How to let go of the bad blood of religious crises, bigotry and the civil war
- Dialogue as the way to negotiate our past and plan our future
Who it's for
Is this book for you?
- Every Nigerian who still believes this country can work
- Students of politics and history
- Anyone abroad who wants to understand the state of affairs in Nigeria
From a published review
This is a must-read for Nigerians and for students of politics and history.
The author
Felix Abayomi Duru
Felix is the co-founder of HisVoice Universal, a Christian "for-impact" movement, and the CEO of Muchroom Ltd, a growing business selling laptops, projectors and general tech gadgets. He pursues a shared vision for building stronger leaders and advancing God's kingdom with his wife, Mrs Onyinyechi Duru.
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