lurther:
Please, why are they denying igbos their Permanent voters card in lagos?

[b]As I type, lots of igbos have not been given their permanent voters card in lagos. [/b]Is APC afraid of something? All this while, they have been shouting that Igbos are inconsequential in lagos, why now sieze their voters card?

Besides, Apga is just a joker in the lagos gubernatorial elections, It's between PDP and APC. So, let the lagos state electoral commission in collaboration with the independent national electoral commission release the permanent voters cards of igbos in lagos. What is even their fear self, after saying igbos don't have the numbers and are presumably inconsequential.

eighTHREAD:
not being able to speak yoruba shows you know nothing about the land and its culture, hence you are not fit to rule. Would obama have been able to rule if he couldn't speak english? Yes, english is widely spoken in lagos state politics likewise other states, but how do you think they communicate with the grassroots and traditional leaders? To them you are a foreigner if you can't speak yoruba.

Mbilla:
hahahaha... Answer dis simple questn. Do u knw ur father? Yes or No. Do u knw ur village? Not Lagos ooo...cuz all of u yoruba bastards claim Lagos. How many children did ur ugly bleaching dirty mother born from different men? Pls be honest........

Missy89:


If you claimed to have lived in a place for over 4 decades and cant speak the language then you are not part of that place. you are just an alien resident. That is why residency is different from citizenship and you have to demonstrate you have ties and understand the ways of life of a place you migrate to before you can be a citizen.

No one is questioning his ability to govern, But how can you be familiar with a place and cant speak a simple sentence in the language of the same place? So how is he familiar exactly? You cant be out of touch with the majority of your electorates and expect to get their votes.

Sanchez01:


In as much as I believe we're all one and the same, i think your assertion is untrue. You're not the only one left out. My Yoruba and Igbo friends are still fighting to get theirs. I got mine without hitch last year, just before Christmas and I believe the reason why it is stiffer now is because turn-outs are now higher than the INEC officials. Funniest part is, my friends and I all registered and used our TVC at the 2011 elections but they stalled deliberately, believing that they would collect theirs without stress prior the elections.

PS: Stop the sentiment as they would lead you nowhere. You allowed your ignorance lead the way when you claimed "lots of igbos have not been given their permanent voters card in lagos. Is APC afraid of something? All this while, they have been shouting that Igbos are inconsequential in lagos, why now sieze their voters card". APC is not INEC and Lagos is not INEC either.

Missy89:


Can you mention one cosmopolitan city in the world where the mayor or governor is not originally from the place but grew up there, cant speak the local language and was elected. Just ONE example

Missy89:


If you claimed to have lived in a place for over 4 decades and cant speak the language then you are not part of that place. you are just an alien resident. That is why residency is different from citizenship and you have to demonstrate you have ties and understand the ways of life of a place you migrate to before you can be a citizen.

No one is questioning his ability to govern, But how can you be familiar with a place and cant speak a simple sentence in the language of the same place? So how is he familiar exactly? You cant be out of touch with the majority of your electorates and expect to get their votes.

Afam4eva:

We definitely have a very long way to go to reach the Nigeria of our dreams. The man actually played into the hands of those presenters who are not smart enough to know that one musn't speak Yoruba to govern Lagos. Are they dumb not to realize that English is Nigeria's official language and to aspire to any political position, an average competence in English is required. There's no doubt that it will be an advantage to be able to speak Yoruba since Yorubas still constitute the majority in lagos but it's not because Lagos is the language of the land. It will also not be a taboo is a Fashola or an Ambode earns Igbo, hausa or any other language just to show Non Yoruba Lagosians that he understands their Language. It irks me when supposed educated foks join illiterates such as those channels presenters to spew prejudice in the name of confirming whether someone is a Lagosisan or not. Lagos has no language. That's one of the reasons why i seem to be tilting towards a Buhari/Osibanjo candicay because they have promised to tackle the Indigene/setter dichotomy.

eighTHREAD:
not being able to speak yoruba shows you know nothing about the land and its culture, hence you are not fit to rule. Would obama have been able to rule if he couldn't speak english? Yes, english is widely spoken in lagos state politics likewise other states, but how do you think they communicate with the grassroots and traditional leaders? To them you are a foreigner if you can't speak yoruba.

Afam4eva:

First do me the honour by explaining what you mean by the "The local language".

Missy89:


Same literal meaning. The major ligua franca of the "cosmopolitan city"

Afam4eva:

First do me the honour by explaining what you mean by the "The local language".

django1:


My good sir, do not be deceived the average Igbo man have no love for Yoruba. Simple.

Afam4eva:

It is imperative that you understand what it means for a place to be cosmopolitan. Having Igbos, Yorubas, Fuanis etc living in one city does not make it cosmopolitan if this people have the same way of life. Meaning, if they all speak one language. The cosmopolitan nature comes in when people bring their languages and culture and make it a signature of the city.

Your second paragraph is also faulty because he will not be ruling only Yorubas but everyone who calls Lagos home.

Mbilla:
My brother why replied a Yoruba bastard who doesn't know his father. Don't u know that bastards are always abusive and don't u know that 98% Yoruba's are bastards who doesn't knw their fathers. I haven't being to lagos and hav no business going there. But 99% Yoruba's I met in Kaduna, Bayelsa and here in Portharcourt doesn't know their fathers and village's and they also very abusive and dirty. Their ugly bleaching dirty women are busy giving birth to many children from different men.

LastProphet:


Ibos by nature assume they have enemies, they always assume someone else is against them for no just reason. If 10 people do something wrong and u decide to arrest them and 7 happens to be Ibo, an average Ibo will say u decided to arrest them becos most of them were Ibos. Thats the way Ibos are and u can never change them. Ibos are contesting in Lagos today, go to Ibo land and try it as another tribe even if u have lived there for centuries. I lived there before and I can write a book on them

Afam4eva:

Sorry, but Yoruba is not a lingua franca anywhere in Nigeria. English is.

tbaba1234:



Nigeria is not America. Not yet. People are deeply engrained in cultures. The dominant culture is Yoruba, if Lagos was a country, yoruba can easily be its lingua franca. All settlers would have to learn that language.

I am not against an igbo man or any tribe running for governor of Lagos but I believe that person must understand the local culture first.

Afam4eva:

You people just make comparisons willy nilly without spoting the difference between both case studies. The official language of the US is English, so there's no way Obama could have qualified without knowing how to speak English. On the contrary, Yoruba is not an official language in Lagos or anywhere in Nigeria.

Afam4eva:

Sorry, but Yoruba is not a lingua franca anywhere in Nigeria. English is.

tbaba1234:



Nigeria is not America. Not yet. People are deeply engrained in cultures. The dominant culture is Yoruba, if Lagos was a country, yoruba can easily be its lingua franca. All settlers would have to learn that language.

I am not against an igbo man or any tribe running for governor of Lagos but I believe that person must understand the local culture first.

IHEJIRIKAisBOKO:
Osu ibo

you only know about the constittution of Nigeria when it comes to Lagos, why dont you go observe your constitutional right in Borno state and contest for the govenor there.

Missy89:


But i was asking for an example from any state or city. I asked you to give me an example of a mayor or governor not president.

You claimed since Lagos was cosmopolitan the language doesn't matter and i asked you for an example of any cosmopolitan city or state with a mayor or governor that cant speak the local lingua franca. Or are you trying to say Yoruba is not the major language in Lagos?

Afam4eva:

IF is a conditional statement. If Lagos was a country, it would have been a different kettle of sish but Lagos is part and parcel of Nigeria where English is the official language. And no Nigerian is a settler in Lagos. Have that in mind.

eighTHREAD:
english is the lingua franca but a borrowed language. Yoruba is the Language of the natives of lagos state thesame way igbo is to anambrans.

tbaba1234:


I also that people have cultural values that cannot be discarded. The local cultures are still important.