The Middle Belt trap, by Engr. Bello Gwarzo Abdullahi, FNSE In his provocative essay, “Is the Confusion of the ‘Middle Belt’ Coming Full Circle to Bite the ‘Middle Belt’?”, Cham Faliya Sharon argues that the "Middle Belt" is a geographically incoherent and politically self-defeating construct—one carefully amplified over time to erode Northern cohesion. Long before colonialism, the peoples of present-day Nigeria were shaped by migration, commerce, and cultural exchange. Societies everywhere evolve through contestation and realignment; diversity is not inherently the problem, but rather how it is managed. What today’s rhetoric...