We didn’t apply to be black -Senator Bwacha
The Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, representing Taraba South, expressed his grieve over the killings of Blacks in other countries of the world.
The senator, before going further read section 43 of the Senate code of conduct, which allows a personal explanation on a topical issue of national significance.
Quoted “By the indulgence of the senate and by the leave of the President of the Senate, a senator may make personal explanation although there will be no question before the senate, but no controversial matter may be brought forth or forward nor may debate. I rise upon the explanation.
Bwacha, going further said: “The matter in question like COVID-19 is a matter that has dominated both international and national discussion, or space, the global protest against racism which was ignited from the action of racist police, in Minneapolis in the United States of America.
“We are all aware of what followed, the very wicked and unspeakable manner, the life of George Floyd was taken from this world. This singular incidence Mr. President ordinarily would have generated debate even in this chamber.
“Meaning I would have involved order 52 also to enable us to debate this matter because of what we know that is an open demonstration of hatred or disregard for the sanctity of human life. But unfortunately, as a nation, we lack the moral capacity to accuse the United States. And I am going to explain this, the reason being that we have a lot to learn from what happened in America.
“For the first time, the entire world rose against The United States of America.
“America claims to be the champion of democracy.
“America that claims to be the champion of industrialization, the leader of a civilization, the western civilization, this matter leaves in the heart of every reasonable human being on earth.
According to the senator, we cannot debate this matter because we also have our own challenges to battle with and we have something to learn.
“This is a protest against racism, which is a known epidemic in America, since independence in 1776, and what do we have to learn from this?
“The white supremacy which makes a typical white man beliefs he is superior to a black man is a matter that we all know; it is no the fault of the black man because nobody applied to be a black man before You were born to this world, neither a white man applied to God to be born to this world.
The lessons we need to learn from this is that those issues that sets us against ourselves, at home here which has made us incapable of accusing America is the lesson we should learn, hating one another because of differences of region, “I am from the north”, “You are from the south”, and that has led to hatred.
The senator expressed his worries as to how tribal differences have also influenced hate in the country. The senator said: “Tribal differences, I am from tribe A, and You are from tribe B, has led to hatred.
The senator made it clear that two communities in his state are fighting each other, which makes him wonder if the crisis is necessary. He said is it necessary for us to hate somebody because of his race? he added.
The President of the senate said “What is essential is for us in our country to use Bwacha’s examples to always be mindful of the diversity, and if anything we should ensure as leaders that we use and weave this diversity into strength, and this trying to always provide leadership, regardless of what geographical or ethnic group we are from and also said that some of our leaders are already doing that.
Ayooluwa Joshua