I have an unprecedented love for the Igbo nation, hence the moniker. I am giving out this piece in a bid to help in the reorientation of the average Nigerian mind. This piece addresses the issues people have raised about the Igbos with common day to day facts.

Igbos are the most peaceful people in Nigeria. Aside the Civil war where Igbos came together as a unit to fight for the liberation of Biafra, the Igbos have never taken up arms as a unit to hurt their countrymen. Although they do in the form of reprisal attack and not at the slightest provocation. There is no where in Nigeria that you won't see an Igbo man/woman. Igbos are always at peace with their neighbours and never rise up in arms against them.

Of all the three major tribes in Nigeria, Igbos are the less biased. A Hausa/Fulani Muslim loves his kind to a fault therefore, no matter what you do for a Hausa/Fulani Muslim (even if you marry four wives for him, buy him a private jet and a car, build a mansion for him and give him a multimillion dollar contract), s/he will never choose you over another Hausa/Fulani Muslim. The Yorubas are a little less biased than the Hausa/Fulani due to their religious differences, although they will always choose their tribesmen over another. An Igbo man is very much concerned about being successful than being tribalistic. Many Igbo businesses are successful today not only because of their ability/drive to succeed but also because of the diverse minds they bring into their businesses.

Igbos have that extraordinary drive to succeed. This is how most of the Igbo business men become who they are: they go for apprenticeship, serve their bosses and get settled with little, not enough to land them their big dreams, they start small (a small shop at a terrible location) and can hustle from one end of the market to another looking for buyers. These qualities makes the Igbos stand out: excellent presentation skills (nna this one na the best, made in da UK, go any where and you won't get it at the price am offering it to you), patience, few old bosses contacts and connections, ability to manage themselves in the face of provocation (this is one good quality though. Other tribes are quick to insult their customers when their goods are priced unreasonably but an Igbo man will patiently price it up without insulting his customers), confidence, drive, etc. With all these qualities, they begin building a big business with overwhelming customer base.

Igbos are born entrepreneurs. If you see any poor Igbo man working as an employee, know that he hasn't discovered his God given entrepreneurial strength yet. Once he does, the drive to excel in his business is already inbred. There is this saying that, wherever you don't see an Igbo man is not worth living and I find that to be true because for starters, Igbos dominate the Nigerian markets. The biggest/best ultramodern market in West Africa (at TradeFair complex) was built by Igbos. Of all Nigerian tribes, Igbos have the largest number of entrepreneurs in Nigeria.

Igbos are adventurous. That there is crises in a region doesn't mean there is no Igbo man in that region. Igbos can hustle in a war zone just to make ends meet. With all the bombings and killings in the North Eastern Nigeria, Igbos are still there selling their goods with the mindset that if it is not yet their time to die, they won't. My cousin once told me that he had the best time of his life while serving in Maiduguri. He recounted how he heard gunshots and bomb blasts almost all the time but that didn't stop him and his fellow corps members to complete their one year service there.

Take away the Igbos and the Niger-Delta oil and leave Nigeria in shambles. There is no doubt that the Igbos and the Niger-Delta hold the Nigerian economy. The Niger-Delta provides the money while the Igbos with their investments, takes the money buy selling goods and services to Nigeria. Most importation of goods is done by the Igbos and the Nigerian markets are dominated by Igbos.

Some of the best set of political performers in Nigeria are Igbos. Checkout the likes of Professor Berth Nnaji and his unparalleled effort in rebuilding the power sector and providing Nigerians with constant power supply. Every Nigerian knows what s/he missed when this man was made to resign. The late Dora Akunyili has outperformed every other NAFDAC chair same way Charles Soludo has outperformed every other CBN governors till date.

Igbos have produced the best minds/performers both home and abroad. No point boring you with names. You can check out notable people from Igbo land from Wikipedia. These notable people includes Intellectuals, politicians, sportsmen, musicians, etc.

Igbo and Proud.

Ndigbo na agba mbo...

francizy:
Ndigbo na agba mbo...

thats why they hate us so much... and will always find an excuse to undermine the Igbos thou some of our so called leaders gave them upper hand because of their selfish political gains

ChikezieU:
thats why they hate us so much... and will always find an excuse to undermine the Igbos thou some of our so called leaders gave them upper hand because of their selfish political gains

Yeah, most of our leaders are just as greedy as the Nigerian system since independence. They only care about beefing up their pockets without putting down reasonable structures to foster development.

M puta uwa ozo, Onye Igbo ka m ya-abulili! Iwu oku!!

bigfrancis21:
M puta uwa ozo, Onye Igbo ka m ya-abulili! Iwu oku!!

Uche gi dia nwanne!

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Its the Vultures that propagate the hate against Ndigbo, I have stayed with abookis and discovered they could hate us but the Vultures doesn't want anything that will make us succeed in this world.

Igbos should come together let's build a fomidable bloc, let's join hands together and crush the Vultures who are out to the biddings of the masters.

The Vultures hate us and woebetide any Igboman that support their cause.

ChikezieU:
thats why they hate us so much... and will always find an excuse to undermine the Igbos thou some of our so called leaders gave them upper hand because of their selfish political gains