‎Peace Advocate Urges Nigerians to Embrace History for Unity ‎

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Emmanuel Kwada

‎A peace Advocate, Victor Dickson, popularly known as The Transformer, has called on Nigerians to embrace history as a tool for building unity and preventing national disintegration.
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‎Dickson, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, during the unveiling of the National Cake Game, warned that the country faces the risk of implosion if its history continues to be neglected. “Nigeria is at that point where if we take it for granted Nigeria possibly may implode very soon,” he said.
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‎He argued that the absence of a collective national vision is one of Nigeria’s greatest challenges.
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‎“If you challenge a Nigerian, I don’t care, even the senators themselves and ask them what exactly is a Nigerian dream, they don’t have. They only have their dream for what to do but collectively we don’t have one united dream,” he said.
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‎According to him, ignorance of history is largely responsible for this lack of direction.
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‎“Now, we don’t have a vision. Why don’t we have that vision? Because we don’t know our history. That’s where the problem is,” Dickson said.
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‎The National Cake Game, which he designed, highlights 160 major events and policies that shaped Nigeria up to 2025 and another 40 projected events stretching to 2075. Dickson said it was created to help families, schools, and communities reconnect with the nation’s past in a simple way.
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‎“Rather than doing a master class or a conference on building Nigeria, I have succeeded in carrying that discussion into people’s home,” he stated.
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‎He stressed that building a stronger Nigeria requires contributions across generations.
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‎“I personally do not believe that youth will solve the problem of Nigeria, the older one will come with their wisdom, the youth will come with their strength. Then the new generation are the one that are opportune for you to build them to become. So these three must work together,” he said.
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‎Dickson added that the national cake should no longer be seen as something to cut and consume, but something to bake together. “So my dream, that is why I named it National Cake, is to bring people to the point to realize you can eat any size of cake as long as you’re willing to join hands and bake it,” he said.
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‎Special Guest at the event, Pastor Ketandu Oje commended the project, describing it as timely.
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‎“Our history has been so disjointed. A lot of wrong narratives have been sold. People don’t even know some things. But this game is something that shows us, even pre-1914, down to the next decades that are coming up, looking at things from the right perspective to bring everybody on board,” he said.
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‎Another speaker, Oluwatobi Olabode, noted that the initiative was anchored by Alpha Kulture, a social enterprise focused on cultural reorientation. He said it uses games and creative tools to challenge mindsets and encourage shared values.
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