Kobojunkie:


A Homeless child in the north is just as helpless as a homeless child in the south. Lives are taken for granted for in the north as well as in the south. A head taken off by a juju worshipper in the south is same as a head taken off by a rampaging jihadist in the north. Please Let us stop offering up twisted truths, the bitter truth is the north and south, both in the same deteriorating conditions and this has nothing to do with racism in America but the fact that we as a people have yet to show ourselves better in anyway. This is a nation filled with finger pointers and less with problem solvers. The bitter truth is no single tribe or people are clean and so calling a spade a spade but continuing to inject bias is not going to work. Not for us or the future generation.

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@ kobojunkie

Neither of the d ethnic groups are saints, but the continued massacre of innocent people in the northern part of the country gat to stop. it is far more than just slashing one head for juju, lol

If they cant stop this kind of violence, why not divide naija into the diffrent ethnic region. This will definitely solve the problem.

Kobojunkie:

I agree with you. The massacre has to stop. Unfortunately, the division that exists continues to hamper progress. Here is what I see wrong in that country. The division is the reason for the killings. These people see a country divided and continue to take advantage of that division. These riots would not exist if Nigerians were not so divided and busy pointing accusing fingers. Dividing the country WILL NOT, I REPEAT WILL NOT Alleviate not solve the problem.

If you officially divided the south from the north today( two completely different countries), what makes you think these hooligans will stop the killings? I mean can we at least sit and think these things through before we go around spewing the ideas as the ultimate solution for all. What stops the idiot from taking an axe to the head of the next ibo or Yoruba man he meets on the streets in Kano? Dividing the country will do that? Only if you are going to follow that with a BAN on movement of Southerners to the Northern country. Even then, there are bound to be those who will break the law and likely fall victim to northern jihadists.

So the division is what has brought us this far. More division is not the solution.

Jairzinho:

I'm happy you're getting my point nw ! To be fair to the northerners,most of the killings started out initially as simple protests,but they get hijacked . [/QUOTE]
Again, the problem in Nigeria is NOT due to the north or your feelings about the northerners. Neither did the problems start with the recent riots in the north. Please read my words and understand where I am coming from here.

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However,because in Nigeria rather than confronting the issues & calling a spade a spade + much neeed reorientation,the northern gvts try to cover up these issues until it repeats itself again.

Jairzinho:

I visited a major city in the North I had served many years ago & i wanted to cry ! VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT ! All the companies had packed & run away,because u cld not be guaranteed your life after Jumat every Friday.

Jairzinho:

Remember these were centres of Govt/trade for W/Africa for many centuries .
So what I expect from the Northern N'landers like Muza,Auwal etc is to profer solutions & not deny the facts !! Or get unnecessarily emotional.

Kobojunkie:

Again, the problem in Nigeria is NOT due to the north or your feelings about the northerners. Neither did the problems start with the recent riots in the north. Please read my words and understand where I am coming from here.
Same thing the southern governments do. What has the southern politicians done so far so as to ensure there is no repeat of such massacres? What has the southern governments done to ensure that the killings in the south are curbed and those caught are dealt with? What? Please stop with this tribal rambling already. It is starting to get on my nerves.


Someone said on another thread that all you need do, to understand the level of deterioration in the country, even right in the south is to take a trip to your secondary school, to see how much the buildings, and standard of education has deteriorated. Please stop deceiving self with these stories that the north is worse off. We are speaking here of millions of Nigerians, from north to south, living and dying without ever knowing the meaning of a free or decent life.


When you start accepting your own reality, maybe they will better listen to you and your need for them to profer solutions and what not. The south is as guilty for the decay as the north is. So you have to understand that when I see people playing the tribe card, I get frustrated by the fact that it may yet be another 50 years before we see real change in Nigeria.

Kobojunkie:


A Homeless child in the north is just as helpless as a homeless child in the south. Lives are taken for granted for in the north as well as in the south. A head taken off by a juju worshipper in the south is same as a head taken off by a rampaging in the north. Please Let us stop offering up twisted truths, the bitter truth is the north and south, both in the same deteriorating conditions and this has nothing to do with racism in America but the fact that we as a people have yet to show ourselves better in anyway. This is a nation filled with finger pointers and less with problem solvers. The bitter truth is no single tribe or people are clean and so calling a spade a spade but continuing to inject bias is not going to work. Not for us or the future generation.

Jarus:

This country would definitely have been a better place if many of us in the South reason like this. I have been labelled a 'fulani ass-licking' fellow on this NL just because I did not join the North-is-the-only-problem-of Nigeria mentality.

Sure, our Hausa brothers have their problems, but to think we Yorubas and Igbos are Mr. Right always, is wanton delusion.
Guys, let's wake up!

Jairzinho:

i honestly thought you understood. You need to wake up & smell the roses. Try to leave your Ohio base,live in Kano for 1 month & live anywhere else for one month.

Jairzinho:

We are talking of MINDSET,you're approaching things from a rational point of view.
Every Nigerian knows we have different mindset. have you ever encountered a Hausa mechanic,rewire before? I'm not trying to be a bigot,but the same way the govs deny there's a problem is the same way you're trying to shyaway from the issues.

IGWE_USA:

@ jarus

with Ur signature that reads " Proudly muslim", i can see Y u made ur point.

Jairzinho:

I think I need to correct any wrong impressions people may have. I am certainly not a tribalist,neither do I believe one tribe is the main cause of Nigeria's problems.(though I still believe the Emirs are a major part of the problem because they can change things).
I just need to put that out.
No tribe is 'better' than the other.

Ebony-Silk:

Living in Nigeria sef is suicide to one's sanity. What's the diff?

Jairzinho:

I think I need to correct any wrong impressions people may have. I am certainly not a tribalist,neither do I believe one tribe is the main cause of Nigeria's problems.(though I still believe the Emirs are a major part of the problem because they can change things).

I just need to put that out.

No tribe is 'better' than the other.

Muza:

u just contradicted yourself with that sentence,U ar a conc bigot

RibaduFan:

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