havennie:

U must be a very useless monkey.
How do u hausa-fulanis surpass we middlebelters? in begging & almajiranchi? So because of Dahiru Awaisu Kuta u conclude that Gbagyi muslims outnumber the christians? then u must be an slowpoke. What about people like David Umaru and Shem Zagbayi?
David Umaru contested governorship and won if not for rigging in 2007 elections but today he is a senator while Zagbayi was an ex deputy governor now acting Senator. So u see that Gbagyi christians still surpass the muslims in the politics of Niger state.
stupid almajiri beggar.

kaura5000:
This idiot is calling the tribe and people that produce the most richest men in africa beggars.. are you out of your senses? By the way dangote can buy all gwaris and their belongings if you monetize them.. mumu

kaura5000:
This idiot is calling the tribe and people that produce the most richest men in africa beggars.. are you out of your senses? By the way dangote can buy all gwaris and their belongings if you monetize them.. mumu

havennie:


Margaret probably learnt Igbo later in life as her works were based in Aba, but her native and first language remained Efik.

The write up noted that Margaret had a huge set back in her education and life at the time of her father's death. If her father's uncles stood by her, it wouldn't have been as bad as it was.

genieluv:
What did the Igbo nation do to honour or immortalize late Margaret Ekpo of blessed memories? u ppl should not just stop at asserting her igboness because of her paternity.

The airport in Calabar is named after Margaret Ekpo, there are roadways and halls named after Margaret Ekpo in Calabar to show how the Efik people cherish her
What did Igbo people do to remember her? i am asking all the igbos in the house....mtcheww
All u people do is claim!

What the OP has said remains the fact.
Ibibio/Efik influence made Margaret Ekpo who she was. The only part of her that is Igbo is her father's sperm as IanSweet puts it.....LoL

(No offence to my igbo peeps pls), i am also of mixed igbo origin, infact just like Margaret, my own father was a product of his Igbo mother because his own Benue father died early too.

kaura5000:
This idiot is calling the tribe and people that produce the most richest men in africa beggars.. are you out of your senses? By the way dangote can buy all gwaris and their belongings if you monetize them.. mumu

PreciousBro:


This is the reason I say you have an IQ of a retaarded house fly, always around shiit because I'm very certain you pulled that out of your yansh!

The article didn't tell us she learnt igbo later in live as you put. And her native tongue first is her father's side for identifying as igbo by her paternity side which is her origin.

The article talked more of her affluence in Aba, igbo town ,given the fact that she was partly and mostly raised there, hence her works and association with her igbo lineage. Like someone said, she couldn't have spoken efik to umu nwayi aba" lol

You are ridiculous with your incessant and embarrassing claim of her being more efik and ibibio than igbo.

kaura5000:
This idiot is calling the tribe and people that produce the most richest men in africa beggars.. are you out of your senses? By the way dangote can buy all gwaris and their belongings if you monetize them.. mumu

ianSweet:


Margaret was not raised in Aba at all. Try to read her biography again.
She was born and bred in Calabar, she only went to Aba later in life after she married.
Aba was a centre of government in the old eastern region of which Efiks n Ibibios were part of and this was the reason why both Margaret and her Husband went to live in Aba.

Efik definitely should be the language Margaret first learnt and not igbo, pls don't embarass yourself here.
Mind u am not Efik nor Ibibio am an igala lady before u start insulting Efiks.

havennie:


My sister abeg help me ask them oo.

Seriously, this stupid Nigerian culture where all the credit goes to the father is very very stupid.
The mother owns the child as equally as the father does.
U will see the father's people reject the mother and her child when the father dies, but tomorrow when the mother has managed to raise the child on her own and the child becomes succesful, all the stupid father's people will come out to start laying claims and the same uncles will sit down to collect the bride price if the child is a female.

Where were Margaret's father's igbo people when her mother was struggling to raise her up?
If Margaret's father's people were truly responsible, they would have collected Margaret from the mother when her father died, but they didn't, but when she became succesful, all of them wanted to lay claims.
Thank God Margaret later married from her mother's side to further bind her lineage to her Efik-Ibibio roots, but see Margaret, her father's side even enjoyed more of her than her mother's side because almost all her works were based in Aba, and Aba women benefitted more from her.

havennie:


My sister abeg help me ask them oo.

Seriously, this stupid Nigerian culture where all the credit goes to the father is very very stupid.
The mother owns the child as equally as the father does.
U will see the father's people reject the mother and her child when the father dies, but tomorrow when the mother has managed to raise the child on her own and the child becomes succesful, all the stupid father's people will come out to start laying claims and the same uncles will sit down to collect the bride price if the child is a female.

Where were Margaret's father's igbo people when her mother was struggling to raise her up?
If Margaret's father's people were truly responsible, they would have collected Margaret from the mother when her father died, but they didn't, but when she became succesful, all of them wanted to lay claims.
Thank God Margaret later married from her mother's side to further bind her lineage to her Efik-Ibibio roots, but see Margaret, her father's side even enjoyed more of her than her mother's side because almost all her works were based in Aba, and Aba women benefitted more from her.

ianSweet:


Margaret was not raised in Aba at all. Try to read her biography again.
She was born and bred in Calabar, she only went to Aba later in life after she married.
Aba was a centre of government in the old eastern region of which Efiks n Ibibios were part of and this was the reason why both Margaret and her Husband went to live in Aba.

Efik definitely should be the language Margaret first learnt and not igbo, pls don't embarass yourself here.
Mind u am not Efik nor Ibibio am an igala lady before u start insulting Efiks.

PreciousBro:


My dear if I were you, I'd hide my face in shame, it is clear you have nothing to bring forth. You confuse yourself with the bolded as though its a basis for argument, the article even gave credence more about her igbo side and nothing at all about her mother's efik ethnicity save for the fact that she was born in cross-river. Read below again.


"She later joined the decolonization-leading National Council
of Nigeria and the Cameroons [b] (NCNC), [as a platform to
represent a marginalized group.
In the 1950s, she also teamed up with Funmilayo Ransome-
Kuti to protest killings at an Enugu coal mine; the victims
were leaders protesting colonial practices at the mine. In
1953, Ekpo was nominated by the NCNC to the regional
House of Chiefs, and in 1954 she established the Aba
Township Women's Association.
As

jascon1:
hahaha yeah!!! i got that. wow we keep crossing paths. am simply going to follow you just in case you start trekking to Otueke. nice one. hows ya weekends bro? i wish i could hang out with you n catch some bottles

havennie:



Margaret's activities were more or less based in Igbo areas simply because she acknowledged the fact that Igbos were the major ethnic group in the old eastern region, so her influence on Igbos would make more influence in the region, nothing else.

This was the same case with late Hajiya Gambo Wasaba, she also deserves to be on this list.
Wasaba is a Nupe woman but she functioned from Kaduna, Zaria & Kano because Kaduna was the centre of the old regional northern region of which her own Nupe people were also part of.
The Emir of Kano even had problems with Wasaba because of her fierce feminism strategies and he banned her from entrance into Kano for a period of time.
Wasaba needed to function more in hausa land because Hausas were d major group in old Northern region and not because she had any attachment to Hausa.
Till date Wasaba's family house remains in Zaria and all her children have been naturalized as indigenes of Zaria, Kaduna state but that doesn't make them hausa.
Pls let us learn to get some facts right. We are not illiterates here.

havennie:



Margaret's activities were more or less based in Igbo areas simply because she acknowledged the fact that Igbos were the major ethnic group in the old eastern region, so her influence on Igbos would make more influence in the region, nothing else.

This was the same case with late Hajiya Gambo Wasaba, she also deserves to be on this list.
Wasaba is a Nupe woman but she functioned from Kaduna, Zaria & Kano because Kaduna was the centre of the old regional northern region of which her own Nupe people were also part of.
The Emir of Kano even had problems with Wasaba because of her fierce feminism strategies and he banned her from entrance into Kano for a period of time.
Wasaba needed to function more in hausa land because Hausas were d major group in old Northern region and not because she had any attachment to Hausa.
Till date Wasaba's family house remains in Zaria and all her children have been naturalized as indigenes of Zaria, Kaduna state but that doesn't make them hausa.
Pls let us learn to get some facts right. We are not illiterates here.

ianSweet:


Margaret was not raised in Aba at all. Try to read her biography again.
She was born and bred in Calabar, she only went to Aba later in life after she married.
Aba was a centre of government in the old eastern region of which Efiks n Ibibios were part of and this was the reason why both Margaret and her Husband went to live in Aba.

Efik definitely should be the language Margaret first learnt and not igbo, pls don't embarass yourself here.
Mind u am not Efik nor Ibibio am an igala lady before u start insulting Efiks.

havennie:
The old regional system of govt did not favour we from minority groups.

Hajiya Gambo Wasaba did all her campaigns and her agitation in Hausa language and not her own native Nupe language simply because hausas controlled the Northern region and she must blend in to gain acceptance.
This was also same case with Margaret Ekpo.

I bet if Funmilayo Ransome Kut had been a Bendelite, she would have functioned from Lagos or Ibadan which were the centres of the old western region and not Warri or Benin.

Get d difference Nitwitt
We minorities were like slaves in the old regional govt system, but thank God today nothing like that anymore.

havennie:
The old regional system of govt did not favour we from minority groups.

Hajiya Gambo Wasaba did all her campaigns and her agitation in Hausa language and not her own native Nupe language simply because hausas controlled the Northern region and she must blend in to gain acceptance.
This was also same case with Margaret Ekpo.

I bet if Funmilayo Ransome Kut had been a Bendelite, she would have functioned from Lagos or Ibadan which were the centres of the old western region and not Warri or Benin.

Get d difference Nitwitt
We minorities were like slaves in the old regional govt system, but thank God today nothing like that anymore.

Nowenuse:
Also, based on the 5 major human geographical divisions we have in Nigeria

The Core-northern part of Nigeria, the Middlebelt part, Eastern, Western & Niger deltan

Let's say Margaret Ekpo represents the Niger deltan region as an Ibibio
Ladi Kwali represents the Middlebelt region as a Gbagyi woman
& Funmilayo Kuti represents the Western (yoruba speaking region)

I'd like to hear from Igbos (easternerns) and the Hausa-fulanis (core-northernerns), who are the most influential Igbo & Hausa-fulani women that ever lived??

genieluv:


My bro, u must not insult to make a point. As u can see, the OP acknowledged Akunyili's influence but the point he made is very valid.
Margaret Ekpo and Funmilayo Kuti started fighting for the rights of women even before Akunyili was born, both women fought for the relevenace of women in the independent Nigeria while Ladi Kwali's works were presented as Objects of National pride at the internationa centre on Independence day to the extent that she graced our naira note.
Haba my Brother let's be fair to ourselves here. Dora is great, i love her and her legacy, but truly she cannot be in same league with these listed women.

PreciousBro:
NCNC is sub group that stemmed from the political party founded by igbos then (correct me if I'm wrong)

she couldn't have spoken English or Efik to the women in that eastern region as Nwafor that she was.

This argument is ridiculous! LoL

They were little or no information about ibibio or efik about her save for the fact she married one and was born in cross-river ,but more of igbo talks and igbo towns.

Smh

End this squirming display of embarrassment. She was more igbo than efik or ibibio. Y'all need to read the article again.

Springz:

Lol that's why its not good to be on here 24/7 especially on politics section.

somegirl1:


Was any of Hajiya Gambo Wasaba's parents Hausa?

Nowenuse:


Don't talk like a stupid person. Ekpo always identified as Ibibio and not Igbo. During her period in the Eastern Parliament, she never represented igbo areas but rather Ibibio.

Nowenuse:


Silly igbo boy
Understand what havennie & IanSweet are trying to explain to u and stop bragging like a slowpoke.
The regional system of government was what made Margaret Ekpo to function more from Aba and igbo areas.

Where were the igbos when Margaret's Efik mother struggled to bring her up?
Where were her igbo people when her ibibio husband helped her to realise her destiny and dream as a political activist?
Where are igbos today when Efik people named their airport in Calabar after their beloved daughter Margaret?
infact u people are supposed to hide ur faces on this thread instead of bragging unnecesarily here. Nonsense!