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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Duru1(m): 12:25am On Apr 17, 2015
princdebola201:
Blame Past And Present S/E Governors Not The
Oba Of Lagos By Jessica Obioma
My husband and I really relished the jokes that
flooded social media as a result of Oba Akiolu’s
threat to drown the Igbos living in Lagos in the
lagoon if they don’t vote for his candidate –
Akinwunmi Ambode. The one that takes the cake is
not Basket mouth’s discounted live jackets for the
Igbos. No, it’s the one that says Igbos living in
Lekki had refused to come out on the Election Day
to vote because they live next door to the lagoon. I
thought that was hilarious.
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu
Now seriously speaking. That threat by the Oba
wasn’t funny at all. However, nothing about those
crude, mean comments from the Oba surprised
me because this particular Oba has always come
across as one of the few less accommodating
Yoruba men I have ever seen. Royalty is not about
brute force or hooliganism. But let me move on.
It’s about time my brothers and sisters from
Igboland sat back and took stock of how and
why things have turned out so hopelessly and
helplessly for them. The civil war ended many
decades ago. How did they sit back and allow a
few mean greedy and little-minded
kleptomaniacs from their own tribe reduce
them to a charity case in other lands. Why
have they allowed past and present South East
Governors to rob them of not only their means
of livelihood but also their right to live and
work in their home land? Once the enabling
environment is not there for you to thrive and
blossom you are forced to seek solace
elsewhere. And that’s what the systematic
looting of state resources by past and present
South East government have done to sons and
daughters of Igboland. Why won’t the likes of
Akiolu denigrate them when their own so
called leaders have devalued, diminished and
degraded them?
Some years back, a man called Sam Mbakwe as
Governor of Imo state showed selfless leadership
by making the welfare of the citizens a priority. He
was ready to suffer mockery in the hands of the
Shagari government, and was labelled the
“weeping Governor” because he was bent on
making sure his people were not denied their
entitlements. He spent the state resources on
developing the people and their communities.
Even the blind saw it and the deaf felt it. He did not
need to appoint any PR consultant or Lying Press
secretaries to peddle lies in the media about
invisible legacy projects.
Dee Sam Mbakwe, as he was fondly called by all,
provided good roads, clean drinkable water
everywhere and affordable quality medical care.
Even though the state capital was Owerri, he
constructed good roads with deep drainages in
major cities like Aba and Umuahia. He set a
standard which subsequent Governors refused to
emulate due to sheer greed and wickedness. And
he did not have the kind of billions these
Governors have been swimming in. Mbakwe gave
all Imo state University students bursary awards,
and Jim Nwobodo did same in Anambra. Workers
received their salaries promptly. Parents were
able to take charge in their homes. Business
boomed in Aba and Onitsha. People came from all
over Nigeria to buy goods from these markets. But
today Onitsha and Aba look like war zones with
horrific odours everywhere.
Since I999, the South East have been
bedevilled by heartless, blood thirsty, and the
worst breed of greedy Governors. They have
been ruling with high handedness, roguery,
and lies. It’s been a case of Me-my-mother-son
and family plc. You dare not raise your voice or
you pay with your own blood.
So, our helpless and almost castrated Igbo
men, who cannot challenge their Governors, go
about chanting things like “OBJ hates us, even
though his government paraded so many
ministers from Igboland, Hausas don’t like us
that’s why they killed us during the civil war,
oh, Yorubas loathe us, in fact they are all
tribalistic.” So what about your own blood,
your kith and kin in leadership positions? One
of you was Vice President Ekwueme, then
came your so called President Ebele Jonathan,
another is the SSG Anyim, Ngozi has been in
charge of the nation’s coffers for years yet
most of you have not been paid salaries in the
states since December, the Aviation Minister
until lately was Stella your own sister, what
has come out of all these?
They just served their pockets and not the
interest of the Igbos. Awolowo gave his tribe
free education and Fashola is doing the same
in Lagos. Now Igbo young men and women
have left their homes to come and work in
Lagos as house helps so that they could enjoy
free education. Abia state Governor sacked all
the civil servants and teachers in Abia who are
not Abia indigenes even though some are
married to husbands who live and trade in the
state. If it were a Yoruba Governor that did that
Igbo hypocrites, who dare not talk in their states,
would chant to high heavens about tribalism. Go
to that slum called computer village in Lagos and
you will see handsome but haggard-looking
unkempt young Igbo boys hanging around dirty
shops in the name of apprenticeship. They can
hardly finish a correct sentence in English.
The same Igboland that was reputed for thriving in
education no longer cares about it. You now have
to be a thug to a rogue politician, a Malaysian-
based drug pusher, or a 419ner with a base in
South Africa to make it as an Igboman. Courtesy of
our Governors. God will certainly reward these
thieving Governors. When you look at the map of
Nigeria and see the small area called South East
you can see that it would not cost much to develop
it. If only these Governors could use up to 50 per
cent of the allocations they collect monthly from
the federal government there would not be so
much poverty and deaths in Igboland. The biggest
industry in Igboland now is burials. People are
just dying of malaria and high blood pressure
because they cannot afford medical treatment and
they can’t afford even a meal a day. They all look
so malnourished and traumatised even though
they are not in a civil war.
The South East especially Abia state have
paraded the worst set of Governors in the
country since 1999 because these Governors
make a living out of rigging elections and
subverting the will of the people. Any state
INEC chief that comes is easily bought over
with hundreds of millions of the people’s fund
that’s how they keep perpetuating their
stooges in power after they have looted the
state treasury for eight years. They continue to
use their anointed and rigged-in stooges to
milk the state coffers. The South East have
never enjoyed democracy so their people keep
running and seeking a better life elsewhere in
Nigeria. So, why won’t the Oba of Lagos trample
upon them when their own blood are humiliating
and crushing them daily without blinking an eye?
Jessica Obioma, a multi media journalist, author,
publisher, TV and Radio host, is President of
Teenage Life Mission.

The above crap is a ranting of a maggot. A silly conjecture born out of delusional mind.

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Duru1(m): 12:29am On Apr 17, 2015
pazienza:
Jessica Obioma is educated yet so shortsighted and lacking in wisdom. The money spent on her education is wasted.

Her article is too voluminous and full of shyte, but I will just pick out a few of her vomitus and address.


Bros what aspect of education are you on about Jessica Obioma?

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by pazienza(m): 12:33am On Apr 17, 2015
Duru1:



Bros what aspect of education are you on about Jessica Obioma?

Haha! She can read and write. But it is obvious she is incapable of logical reasoning and independent thoughts.
For being able to read and write, I believe she must have been educated.

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Duru1(m): 12:41am On Apr 17, 2015
pazienza:


Haha! She can read and write. But it is obvious she is incapable of logical reasoning and independent thoughts.
For being able to read and write, I believe she must have been educated.

I guess able to read and write simply mean literacy. Education is beyond the ability to read and write. There is no doubt that Jessica Obioma begs to be educated as her alleged balderdash suggested in the original post.

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by pazienza(m): 12:43am On Apr 17, 2015
Duru1:


I guess able to read and write simply mean literacy. Education is beyond the ability to read and write.

Yes, you are right, my bad.

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by ikeyman00(m): 12:51am On Apr 17, 2015
@@
okay we heard.


Yoruba People said this after me.
Let there be Biafra.

Case closed

Mad mad People

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by proudlyhandsome: 1:36am On Apr 17, 2015
pazienza:
"The civil war ended many
decades ago. How did they sit back and allow a
few mean greedy and little-minded
kleptomaniacs from their own tribe reduce
them to a charity case in other lands"

Bad leadership and kleptomaniacs are symptoms of the disease called "one Nigeria", it has been ever present since the birth of "one Nigeria" in 1970, it is not an Igbo thing, it is a contagious disease that came to Igboland, no thanks to Igboland being part of "one Nigeria".

Tinubu, Obj, Ibori, Igbinedion, Alameisaigha, Atiku, Alao Akala, Ladoke etc. All these men have on thing in common, and they are not Igbo men.

Obioma is silly to make it seem like it's only Igboland that is plagued with bad leadership, like the rest of the country all have angels leading them.

What exactly does Obioma mean by Igbos being reduced to charity case in other lands?
Are Igbos in non Igbolands being fed by their hosts? are they being housed for free? Or given free education?

What exactly is that airhead of a woman talking about, or she just want to please her Yoruba boyfriends?

Are your Ibo children not given free education in south west and North?
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by ayindejimmy(m): 5:47am On Apr 17, 2015
cocoduck:

IGBO politics right from the beginning of time is straight foward it is open to any who so merits not the mago mago demicrazy you see in Nigeria today where you see stooges and godsons everywhere take for example anambara state Before now anambara was left to vagabonds to rule ie mbadinuju who is now in apc then came another vagabond nguge but we realized our mistakes and had to ti force him out and we put by ourselves P. Obi and now W.obianor is building on the foundations laid by his predecessor and now even if every other state is propsing salary cuts which Osun has not paid for six months we are acutally propsing salary increase
Nigerian politics and igbo politics can never be reconciled it is either you merit the office or you do not and no two ways about it no mago mago
Keep living in self denial. Have you bother looking up how much Osun collects from FG compared to What Anambra collects... Coupled with their staff strength?
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by francizy(m): 5:50am On Apr 17, 2015
Seun please someone broke rule number 2 by opening a meaningless thread and the moderators are letting this one a space. Please do close this useless thread. Thank you.
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by MightySparrow: 5:52am On Apr 17, 2015
Igbos have taken over the leadership of Nigeria since 1999; Other tribes marginalized.

They own 60%of houses in Lagos, about to buy the throne of Oba of Lagos. They own 90% of houses in Abuja, I learned one of the is putting money on Aso Rock villa.

The Ewi of Ado - Ekiti cried out about igbos buying everywhere in his town. Oh, do they want to buy his palace also?


They are hated in Kano for putting a price on Sanusi Lamido's palace
South Africa is killing Nigerians, are igbos included? Do they want to buy Johannesburg also?

What else do they want that God has not given them?

This Jessica is a jester.
Monkey.


As one igbo joker bashed me on a thread like this I still want to warn igbos to learn from the Jews in the hand of Hitler. The Hausa community among Birom in Plateau state, the Modakeke in Ile - Ife. blood brothers.
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by dele1727: 10:56am On Apr 17, 2015
pazienza:
"The civil war ended many
decades ago. How did they sit back and allow a
few mean greedy and little-minded
kleptomaniacs from their own tribe reduce
them to a charity case in other lands"

Bad leadership and kleptomaniacs are symptoms of the disease called "one Nigeria", it has been ever present since the birth of "one Nigeria" in 1970, it is not an Igbo thing, it is a contagious disease that came to Igboland, no thanks to Igboland being part of "one Nigeria".

Tinubu, Obj, Ibori, Igbinedion, Alameisaigha, Atiku, Alao Akala, Ladoke etc. All these men have on thing in common, and they are not Igbo men.

Obioma is silly to make it seem like it's only Igboland that is plagued with bad leadership, like the rest of the country all have angels leading them.

What exactly does Obioma mean by Igbos being reduced to charity case in other lands?
Are Igbos in non Igbolands being fed by their hosts? are they being housed for free? Or given free education?

What exactly is that airhead of a woman talking about, or she just want to please her Yoruba boyfriends?



You mention tinubu,obj,ibori,etc....but have you heard their tribe blame others for their woes...

She is not saying that igbos are the only tribe with bad leadership but that they should blame their leaders like all other tribe not the other tribes

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by dele1727: 11:02am On Apr 17, 2015
pazienza:
"South East
Governors to rob them of not only their means
of livelihood but also their right to live and
work in their home land? Once the enabling
environment is not there for you to thrive and
blossom you are forced to seek solace
elsewhere"

How exactly did SE east governors Rob Ndiigbo of our means of livelihood?

The East was ravaged and bombed into ruins by the civil war, and there after forced to now look unto Lagos for capital projects, as the government had been centralized by the civil war victors.

No special effort was made to rebuild the east, instead more and more money was being pumped into Lagos and North, as if the war took place there, no Federal institutions of note that could bring employment to the people was built in the East, everything was in Lagos and North.

In order to get to the cashflow, Ndiigbo were forced to move en mass to those areas the government was investing in, ie the North and Lagos, this was even taking place during the Mbakwe and Jim era. We were usually adventurous, but the aftermath of the civil war forced us to be even more adventurous.

And we were never charity case to anybody, we went to those places to conquer, make money and remit home, it's a model that has been working for us, until Nigeria is restructured.


How many road in lagos did federal government build...in case you don't know, lagos love playing opposition...lagos has not benefited from Federal govt goods will just like enugu and onitsha...Marginalisation is an H.C.F here...highest common factor
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by dele1727: 11:03am On Apr 17, 2015
pazienza:
"South East
Governors to rob them of not only their means
of livelihood but also their right to live and
work in their home land? Once the enabling
environment is not there for you to thrive and
blossom you are forced to seek solace
elsewhere"

How exactly did SE east governors Rob Ndiigbo of our means of livelihood?

The East was ravaged and bombed into ruins by the civil war, and there after forced to now look unto Lagos for capital projects, as the government had been centralized by the civil war victors.

No special effort was made to rebuild the east, instead more and more money was being pumped into Lagos and North, as if the war took place there, no Federal institutions of note that could bring employment to the people was built in the East, everything was in Lagos and North.

In order to get to the cashflow, Ndiigbo were forced to move en mass to those areas the government was investing in, ie the North and Lagos, this was even taking place during the Mbakwe and Jim era. We were usually adventurous, but the aftermath of the civil war forced us to be even more adventurous.

And we were never charity case to anybody, we went to those places to conquer, make money and remit home, it's a model that has been working for us, until Nigeria is restructured.


How many road in lagos did federal government build...in case you don't know, lagos love playing opposition...lagos has not benefited from Federal govt goods will just like enugu and onitsha...Marginalisation is an H.C.F here...highest common factor
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Nobody: 11:05am On Apr 17, 2015
princdebola201:
Blame Past And Present S/E Governors Not The
Oba Of Lagos By Jessica Obioma
My husband and I really relished the jokes that
flooded social media as a result of Oba Akiolu’s
threat to drown the Igbos living in Lagos in the
lagoon if they don’t vote for his candidate –
Akinwunmi Ambode. The one that takes the cake is
not Basket mouth’s discounted live jackets for the
Igbos. No, it’s the one that says Igbos living in
Lekki had refused to come out on the Election Day
to vote because they live next door to the lagoon. I
thought that was hilarious.
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu
Now seriously speaking. That threat by the Oba
wasn’t funny at all. However, nothing about those
crude, mean comments from the Oba surprised
me because this particular Oba has always come
across as one of the few less accommodating
Yoruba men I have ever seen. Royalty is not about
brute force or hooliganism. But let me move on.
It’s about time my brothers and sisters from
Igboland sat back and took stock of how and
why things have turned out so hopelessly and
helplessly for them. The civil war ended many
decades ago. How did they sit back and allow a
few mean greedy and little-minded
kleptomaniacs from their own tribe reduce
them to a charity case in other lands. Why
have they allowed past and present South East
Governors to rob them of not only their means
of livelihood but also their right to live and
work in their home land? Once the enabling
environment is not there for you to thrive and
blossom you are forced to seek solace
elsewhere. And that’s what the systematic
looting of state resources by past and present
South East government have done to sons and
daughters of Igboland. Why won’t the likes of
Akiolu denigrate them when their own so
called leaders have devalued, diminished and
degraded them?
Some years back, a man called Sam Mbakwe as
Governor of Imo state showed selfless leadership
by making the welfare of the citizens a priority. He
was ready to suffer mockery in the hands of the
Shagari government, and was labelled the
“weeping Governor” because he was bent on
making sure his people were not denied their
entitlements. He spent the state resources on
developing the people and their communities.
Even the blind saw it and the deaf felt it. He did not
need to appoint any PR consultant or Lying Press
secretaries to peddle lies in the media about
invisible legacy projects.
Dee Sam Mbakwe, as he was fondly called by all,
provided good roads, clean drinkable water
everywhere and affordable quality medical care.
Even though the state capital was Owerri, he
constructed good roads with deep drainages in
major cities like Aba and Umuahia. He set a
standard which subsequent Governors refused to
emulate due to sheer greed and wickedness. And
he did not have the kind of billions these
Governors have been swimming in. Mbakwe gave
all Imo state University students bursary awards,
and Jim Nwobodo did same in Anambra. Workers
received their salaries promptly. Parents were
able to take charge in their homes. Business
boomed in Aba and Onitsha. People came from all
over Nigeria to buy goods from these markets. But
today Onitsha and Aba look like war zones with
horrific odours everywhere.
Since I999, the South East have been
bedevilled by heartless, blood thirsty, and the
worst breed of greedy Governors. They have
been ruling with high handedness, roguery,
and lies. It’s been a case of Me-my-mother-son
and family plc. You dare not raise your voice or
you pay with your own blood.
So, our helpless and almost castrated Igbo
men, who cannot challenge their Governors, go
about chanting things like “OBJ hates us, even
though his government paraded so many
ministers from Igboland, Hausas don’t like us
that’s why they killed us during the civil war,
oh, Yorubas loathe us, in fact they are all
tribalistic.” So what about your own blood,
your kith and kin in leadership positions? One
of you was Vice President Ekwueme, then
came your so called President Ebele Jonathan,
another is the SSG Anyim, Ngozi has been in
charge of the nation’s coffers for years yet
most of you have not been paid salaries in the
states since December, the Aviation Minister
until lately was Stella your own sister, what
has come out of all these?
They just served their pockets and not the
interest of the Igbos. Awolowo gave his tribe
free education and Fashola is doing the same
in Lagos. Now Igbo young men and women
have left their homes to come and work in
Lagos as house helps so that they could enjoy
free education. Abia state Governor sacked all
the civil servants and teachers in Abia who are
not Abia indigenes even though some are
married to husbands who live and trade in the
state. If it were a Yoruba Governor that did that
Igbo hypocrites, who dare not talk in their states,
would chant to high heavens about tribalism. Go
to that slum called computer village in Lagos and
you will see handsome but haggard-looking
unkempt young Igbo boys hanging around dirty
shops in the name of apprenticeship. They can
hardly finish a correct sentence in English.
The same Igboland that was reputed for thriving in
education no longer cares about it. You now have
to be a thug to a rogue politician, a Malaysian-
based drug pusher, or a 419ner with a base in
South Africa to make it as an Igboman. Courtesy of
our Governors. God will certainly reward these
thieving Governors. When you look at the map of
Nigeria and see the small area called South East
you can see that it would not cost much to develop
it. If only these Governors could use up to 50 per
cent of the allocations they collect monthly from
the federal government there would not be so
much poverty and deaths in Igboland. The biggest
industry in Igboland now is burials. People are
just dying of malaria and high blood pressure
because they cannot afford medical treatment and
they can’t afford even a meal a day. They all look
so malnourished and traumatised even though
they are not in a civil war.
The South East especially Abia state have
paraded the worst set of Governors in the
country since 1999 because these Governors
make a living out of rigging elections and
subverting the will of the people. Any state
INEC chief that comes is easily bought over
with hundreds of millions of the people’s fund
that’s how they keep perpetuating their
stooges in power after they have looted the
state treasury for eight years. They continue to
use their anointed and rigged-in stooges to
milk the state coffers. The South East have
never enjoyed democracy so their people keep
running and seeking a better life elsewhere in
Nigeria. So, why won’t the Oba of Lagos trample
upon them when their own blood are humiliating
and crushing them daily without blinking an eye?
Jessica Obioma, a multi media journalist, author,
publisher, TV and Radio host, is President of
Teenage Life Mission.



you are breathing from your anyus .




your brain is your stomach .
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by pazienza(m): 11:21am On Apr 17, 2015
dele1727:



How many road in lagos did federal government build...in case you don't know, lagos love playing opposition...lagos has not benefited from Federal govt goods will just like enugu and onitsha...Marginalisation is an H.C.F here...highest common factor

3rd mainland bridge, functional international airportfunctional seaport, many good roads, city planning, more federal government allocation as a federal Capital territory, host of key government parastatals with employment opportunities that come with that, etc.

Lagos was once a federal Capital territory from 1914- 1991 for crying out loud. Maybe 50 Years from now, the Gwaris will equally ask other Nigerians what the FG did for Abuja.
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by disumusa: 11:22am On Apr 17, 2015
igbos have tribal inferiority that is why they claim fct,jos,lagos,isreal
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Nobody: 11:24am On Apr 17, 2015
disumusa:
igbos have tribal inferiority that is why they claim fct,jos,lagos,isreal

fool keep aping .



grow your horns
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by pazienza(m): 11:30am On Apr 17, 2015
dele1727:




You mention tinubu,obj,ibori,etc....but have you heard their tribe blame others for their woes...

She is not saying that igbos are the only tribe with bad leadership but that they should blame their leaders like all other tribe not the other tribes

The other regions neglect isn't the same as that of the East. The East just got a semi functional international airport not long ago. The second naija bridge is still a dream, meanwhile Lagos has a 3rd mainland bridge built solely by the federal government, there are little or no key government parastatal/ ministries in the East , our federal roads are all in bad states, hope you have seen the percentage of federal road Buhari's PTF did in the East as opposed to those in the North and West?

This and more are the things we complain of, our governors get criticized when they fail to do things they ought to do too. But we can't blame them for FG's responsibility to us.
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by samo(m): 11:31am On Apr 17, 2015
The Ibos did not vote Buhari why should they complain
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Chiaka(f): 11:33am On Apr 17, 2015
princdebola201:
Blame Past And Present S/E Governors Not The
Oba Of Lagos By Jessica Obioma
My husband and I really relished the jokes that
flooded social media as a result of Oba Akiolu’s
threat to drown the Igbos living in Lagos in the
lagoon if they don’t vote for his candidate –
Akinwunmi Ambode. The one that takes the cake is
not Basket mouth’s discounted live jackets for the
Igbos. No, it’s the one that says Igbos living in
Lekki had refused to come out on the Election Day
to vote because they live next door to the lagoon. I
thought that was hilarious.
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu
Now seriously speaking. That threat by the Oba
wasn’t funny at all. However, nothing about those
crude, mean comments from the Oba surprised
me because this particular Oba has always come
across as one of the few less accommodating
Yoruba men I have ever seen. Royalty is not about
brute force or hooliganism. But let me move on.
It’s about time my brothers and sisters from
Igboland sat back and took stock of how and
why things have turned out so hopelessly and
helplessly for them. The civil war ended many
decades ago. How did they sit back and allow a
few mean greedy and little-minded
kleptomaniacs from their own tribe reduce
them to a charity case in other lands. Why
have they allowed past and present South East
Governors to rob them of not only their means
of livelihood but also their right to live and
work in their home land? Once the enabling
environment is not there for you to thrive and
blossom you are forced to seek solace
elsewhere. And that’s what the systematic
looting of state resources by past and present
South East government have done to sons and
daughters of Igboland. Why won’t the likes of
Akiolu denigrate them when their own so
called leaders have devalued, diminished and
degraded them?
Some years back, a man called Sam Mbakwe as
Governor of Imo state showed selfless leadership
by making the welfare of the citizens a priority. He
was ready to suffer mockery in the hands of the
Shagari government, and was labelled the
“weeping Governor” because he was bent on
making sure his people were not denied their
entitlements. He spent the state resources on
developing the people and their communities.
Even the blind saw it and the deaf felt it. He did not
need to appoint any PR consultant or Lying Press
secretaries to peddle lies in the media about
invisible legacy projects.
Dee Sam Mbakwe, as he was fondly called by all,
provided good roads, clean drinkable water
everywhere and affordable quality medical care.
Even though the state capital was Owerri, he
constructed good roads with deep drainages in
major cities like Aba and Umuahia. He set a
standard which subsequent Governors refused to
emulate due to sheer greed and wickedness. And
he did not have the kind of billions these
Governors have been swimming in. Mbakwe gave
all Imo state University students bursary awards,
and Jim Nwobodo did same in Anambra. Workers
received their salaries promptly. Parents were
able to take charge in their homes. Business
boomed in Aba and Onitsha. People came from all
over Nigeria to buy goods from these markets. But
today Onitsha and Aba look like war zones with
horrific odours everywhere.
Since I999, the South East have been
bedevilled by heartless, blood thirsty, and the
worst breed of greedy Governors. They have
been ruling with high handedness, roguery,
and lies. It’s been a case of Me-my-mother-son
and family plc. You dare not raise your voice or
you pay with your own blood.
So, our helpless and almost castrated Igbo
men, who cannot challenge their Governors, go
about chanting things like “OBJ hates us, even
though his government paraded so many
ministers from Igboland, Hausas don’t like us
that’s why they killed us during the civil war,
oh, Yorubas loathe us, in fact they are all
tribalistic.” So what about your own blood,
your kith and kin in leadership positions? One
of you was Vice President Ekwueme, then
came your so called President Ebele Jonathan,
another is the SSG Anyim, Ngozi has been in
charge of the nation’s coffers for years yet
most of you have not been paid salaries in the
states since December, the Aviation Minister
until lately was Stella your own sister, what
has come out of all these?
They just served their pockets and not the
interest of the Igbos. Awolowo gave his tribe
free education and Fashola is doing the same
in Lagos. Now Igbo young men and women
have left their homes to come and work in
Lagos as house helps so that they could enjoy
free education. Abia state Governor sacked all
the civil servants and teachers in Abia who are
not Abia indigenes even though some are
married to husbands who live and trade in the
state. If it were a Yoruba Governor that did that
Igbo hypocrites, who dare not talk in their states,
would chant to high heavens about tribalism. Go
to that slum called computer village in Lagos and
you will see handsome but haggard-looking
unkempt young Igbo boys hanging around dirty
shops in the name of apprenticeship. They can
hardly finish a correct sentence in English.
The same Igboland that was reputed for thriving in
education no longer cares about it. You now have
to be a thug to a rogue politician, a Malaysian-
based drug pusher, or a 419ner with a base in
South Africa to make it as an Igboman. Courtesy of
our Governors. God will certainly reward these
thieving Governors. When you look at the map of
Nigeria and see the small area called South East
you can see that it would not cost much to develop
it. If only these Governors could use up to 50 per
cent of the allocations they collect monthly from
the federal government there would not be so
much poverty and deaths in Igboland. The biggest
industry in Igboland now is burials. People are
just dying of malaria and high blood pressure
because they cannot afford medical treatment and
they can’t afford even a meal a day. They all look
so malnourished and traumatised even though
they are not in a civil war.
The South East especially Abia state have
paraded the worst set of Governors in the
country since 1999 because these Governors
make a living out of rigging elections and
subverting the will of the people. Any state
INEC chief that comes is easily bought over
with hundreds of millions of the people’s fund
that’s how they keep perpetuating their
stooges in power after they have looted the
state treasury for eight years. They continue to
use their anointed and rigged-in stooges to
milk the state coffers. The South East have
never enjoyed democracy so their people keep
running and seeking a better life elsewhere in
Nigeria. So, why won’t the Oba of Lagos trample
upon them when their own blood are humiliating
and crushing them daily without blinking an eye?
Jessica Obioma, a multi media journalist, author,
publisher, TV and Radio host, is President of
Teenage Life Mission.

Your Misfortune you mean!! Stupid, Useless jobless man post.
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Chiaka(f): 11:35am On Apr 17, 2015
Simple Instruction(s) are very simple indeed !!!!

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Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by Texcoco(m): 11:41am On Apr 17, 2015
coolitempa:


I see u ve changed ur coloured crayons .......n......name again Ichidodo..... grin grin....d article was written by anoda Yiboe like this....
Who dis yeriba prick?? bloody stalker..
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by 7lives: 12:30pm On Apr 17, 2015
superstar1:
I did not know SE was as backward as described by the OP shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked


Seeing is believing, why do you think the Oba of Lagos was livid with rage.
Does it really make sense that some folks left their homes in ruins to come and throw spanners in our wheel of progress in Lagos?.
Re: Ndigbo !! Stop Blaming Others For Your Misfortunes...(a Must Read) by mikolo80: 1:48pm On Apr 17, 2015
ozoigbondu:
Another igbo advise thread why do people like taking panadol for our headache
COS MAMA WEN NO MAKE HIM PIKI SLEEP HIM MA NO GO SEE SLEEP

YOU HELP YOUR NEIGHBOUR PUT OUT THE IRE ON HIS ROOF OTHERWISE IT WILL BE YOUR TURN

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