From time immemorial, the people of SE and SS have lived togerther in harmony, going about their trades.
Like the whites fragmented Africa, Nigeria Goverment fragmented Nigeria just before the war to weaken regional economies and power, indirectly destroying the Nation till date.
If Nigeria did not split, it will definately go back to regional federalism. Because its clear the present system will definitely not work, and will lead to more hardship.
Presently, agricultural produce from Eastern Nigeria have to go to lagos before exporting, marking business very difficult for people from these region, especially since the rail lines and inland water ports used and left behind by colonial masters have been delibratly abandone by the Nigeria Federal Govment. This 400km discourages business, waste lives and resourses....


SS and SE need to work together to restore this lost econmic prosperity.

Below is excerpt from an article published by Daily sun on 20 Dec 2014, By Mr okoli a retired Asst post Master General

In 1964 the World Bank named Eastern Nigeria the fastest growing regional econ­omy on earth. At the time of this assess­ment, Eastern Nigeria was made up of the present five states of the South East, plus four out of the present six states of the South South. Reason for the assessment was that in 1964, Nigeria was the world’s largest producer and exporter of palm oil and palm kernel. Above 90 per cent of the palm oil and palm kernel came from Eastern Nigeria. Nigeria was the world’s largest producer of cassava. Above 60 per cent of Nigeria’s cassava was produced in Eastern Nigeria. By 1964, garri, yam and palm oil from Eastern Nigeria were sold in South Africa, Great Britain and the United States. Coal mining had reached commercial production and Eastern Nige­ria had started making money from Nige­ria’s coal export. By 1964 the Eastern Ni­geria Development Corporation (ENDC) was Eastern Nigeria’s next highest em­ployer of labour after the regional govern­ment itself; producing high quality garri, rice, vegetable oil, fresh eggs, frozen fish, frozen chicken, frozen beef, frozen pork and pork sausages, for domestic distribu­tion and export.

There will be no hunger, unemployment, frustration, destitution or urban vio­lence in the South East or South South if:

Each state establishes a cassava pro­cessing plant in every senatorial district and mobilizes farmers in all local govern­ments to deliver raw cassava to the plants for an agreed price per ton; to produce high quality garri, cassava chips, starch and cassava flour for domestic distribu­tion and export. Asia, Europe and Amer­ica currently invest over 50 billion dollars a year on import of cassava chips alone. They do not import from Nigeria because Nigeria does not now produce cassava to meet domestic demand.

Each state establishes one palm fruit processing plant and mobilizes farmers in all local governments to deliver palm fruits to the plant for an agreed price per ton; to produce high quality palm oil for domestic distribution and export. Palm oil now fetches more money in world market than crude oil. Here in Nigeria, while a li­tre of imported refined petrol sells N97 a litre of palm oil sells between N400 and N500. If nurseries are established to sup­ply seedlings of palm trees to farmers in all local governments today, South East and South South, will earn more foreign exchange from palm oil export than from crude oil by the year 2040. Each palm fruit processing plant should be equipped with palm kernel crushing machine to produce palm kernel oil, which is another product of very high industrial utility.

South East and South South must stop importation of vegetable oil, frozen fish, frozen chicken and frozen turkey. Every soil in the area produces high quality ground nuts and maize. The two regions should produce vegetable oil, frozen fish, frozen chicken, frozen turkey and frozen pork for domestic distribution and export. Agriculture must be planned to solve problems.

Every major supermar­ket in Europe sells (from January to December) fresh bananas, fresh pine­apples and fresh paw-paw. No European country im­ports any of these products from Nigeria, because our businessmen only travel overseas to look for what to buy. Cameroon is the only African country, south of the Sahara that makes a lot of money from banana ex­port; while Kenya exports paw-paw from expansive paw-paw plantations in Kenya. Plantain is now also in the daily menu of large populations of South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. If farm­ers in South East and South South are mobilized, the area can earn billions of dollars yearly from export of banana, plantain, pine­apple and paw-paw.

The most popular table sugar sold in markets and supermarkets in the South East and South South to­day is St. Louis. St Louis sugar is imported from France. This is sad; because, Brazil, in about the same climatic region as Nigeria; and a country with which Nigeria once compared eco­nomic notes, is now the world’s largest producer and exporter of sugar. South East and South South are so blessed with wa­ter, they can produce sugar for domestic distribution and export. A country that im­ports products it can produce for export is evidence of poor national planning. South East and South South have no reason for hunger, unemployment, frustration desti­tution, Urban violence or kidnapping.

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I agree with you OP..
Eastern Nigeria was so rich that she could afford to pay the balewa govt £8M to facilitate the creation of the Midwest!
That's why I feel no patriotism for Nigeria today, kos all those advancements were destroyed by some hotheads who felt they were being patriotic!
Former eastern Nigeria,with the Anioma and ijo parts of Delta state would rise again as the republic of Biafra

The alliance could fetch them a lot of good and guarantee them the most coveted bargaining power on the national table. But with people like Gov. Akpabio and Rochas Okorocha whose over ambition for power and position know no bound, the arrangement is bound to be betrayed. They must be jailed for their different regions to see light.

Dream on fellas

DaBullIT:
Dream on fellas

What is wrong with you?.

DaBullIT:
Dream on fellas

Apt

cheruv:
I agree with you OP..
Eastern Nigeria was so rich that she could afford to pay the balewa govt £8M to facilitate the creation of the Midwest!
That's why I feel no patriotism for Nigeria today, kos all those advancements were destroyed by some hotheads who felt they were being patriotic!
Former eastern Nigeria,with the Anioma and ijo parts of Delta state would rise again as the republic of Biafra

I have toured all the states of former eastern Nigeria, I weep the region is so blessed with human and natural resources. But sincerely, the Nigeria system is a wicked pest, Destroyed the fastest growing region in the world then even without oil.

Yes the Anioma part is included, they are mostly Igbos.

SS/SE need to come together and strategies on how to restore their economic potential even within the skewd Nigeria system.

I've never heard of the SW attaching itself to the NC or any other region.

I wonder why the SE keeps attaching itself to the SS.

They are not ibos.

You want out of nigeria cos you feel the other tribes hate you, yet you want a Biafra which will be a mini-nigeria. Why not biafra for ibos alone?

1toRtoiSe1:
I've never heard of the SW attaching itself to the NC or any other region.

I wonder why the SE keeps attaching itself to the SS.

They are not ibos.

You want out of nigeria cos you feel the other tribes hate you, yet you want a Biafra which will be a mini-nigeria. Why not biafra for ibos alone?

like u dnt hav anytin to tel us , beta go nd sleep its already nyt. Y must SW attach to NC do we hav them as one b4 ? Easter nigerria ( SE + SS) so ntg can separate dem . Eveil people like u wil cry forever one day

queenzibah:
like u dnt hav anytin to tel us , beta go nd sleep its already nyt. Y must SW attach to NC do we hav them as one b4 ? Easter nigerria ( SE + SS) so ntg can separate dem . Eveil people like u wil cry forever one day

do you know that there was a part carved out of the old western region which became the mid-western region.

I don't see the SW still claiming them cos we know they are not yorubas. If we are to secede today, it will be an oodua nation for yorubas alone. This is unlike the ibos trying so hard to retain the old eastern map created by lord luggard, thesame man they hate.

Biafra for ibos alone or no biafra.

1toRtoiSe1:
I've never heard of the SW attaching itself to the NC or any other region.

I wonder why the SE keeps attaching itself to the SS.

They are not ibos.

You want out of nigeria cos you feel the other tribes hate you, yet you want a Biafra which will be a mini-nigeria. Why not biafra for ibos alone?

both regions are not attacheable. The north and the SW are like master and servant. The north own you and your generation. Remember the imposed their religion on you and you cant even warship in their mosque.

I just wonder what will become of your generation if SS/SE lives you behind for The northerners Am sure thats your fears.

1toRtoiSe1:
I've never heard of the SW attaching itself to the NC or any other region.

I wonder why the SE keeps attaching itself to the SS.

They are not ibos.

You want out of nigeria cos you feel the other tribes hate you, yet you want a Biafra which will be a mini-nigeria. Why not biafra for ibos alone?

U are t far from truth and reality. Sw and Nc has never been one.

SS and SE has been one from time immemorial untill recently when evil men like you are trying to put division.

Eg Egbama is a clan in eastern nigeria, half of it is in Imo and Half is in River state, both are still answering Egbema, how do u seperate them?
Ndoki is in both rivers and Abia, and many communies,
They have never been crises btwn the 2 region, except the hatred u are preaching but it will not stand.

Oil is the worst thing that happen to us in SS/SE, because of it, enermies are foughting to put dissagrement between brothers.
SS/SE can restore their econmic pride within the nigeria system.

1toRtoiSe1:
do you know that there was a part carved out of the old western region which became the mid-western region.

I don't see the SW still claiming them cos we know they are not yorubas. If we are to secede today, it will be an oodua nation for yorubas alone. This is unlike the ibos trying so hard to retain the old eastern map created by lord luggard, thesame man they hate.

Biafra for ibos alone or no biafra.

U cant clam them because, u have no cultural reletionship with them.

The post is not talking about secession, its talking about economic development in these regions, so that lagos can be less congested for u, Aren't you happy.

Its only a witch that get annoy when people talk about economic growth of others.

iiiyyyk:


U cant clam them because, u have no cultural reletionship with them.

The post is not talking about secession, its talking about economic development in these regions, so that lagos can be less congested for u, Aren't you happy.

Its only a witch that get annoy when people talk about economic growth of others.

You actually think these people reason? The shemail obviously didn't read the article. Just wanted to take a swipe at Igbos.

Op, your submissions are spot on. I once told barcanista that we (SE and SS) have to 'collabo' economically before politically.

We have got to restore the lost glory.

iiiyyyk:


U are t far from truth and reality. Sw and Nc has never been one.

SS and SE has been one from time immemorial untill recently when evil men like you are trying to put division.

Eg Egbama is a clan in eastern nigeria, half of it is in Imo and Half is in River state, both are still answering Egbema, how do u seperate them?
Ndoki is in both rivers and Abia, and many communies,
They have never been crises btwn the 2 region, except the hatred u are preaching but it will not stand.

Oil is the worst thing that happen to us in SS/SE, because of it, enermies are foughting to put dissagrement between brothers.
SS/SE can restore their econmic pride within the nigeria system.

what you don't seem to know is that there are yorubas in kogi and kwara but that has not made them claim that region as theirs.

The western region was splitted into the SW and midwest in thesame manner the eatern region became SE and SS. I just wonder why the ibos can't see that life has moved on. The divisions is based on ethnicity. They are not ibos.

iiiyyyk:


U cant clam them because, u have no cultural reletionship with them.

The post is not talking about secession, its talking about economic development in these regions, so that lagos can be less congested for u, Aren't you happy.

Its only a witch that get annoy when people talk about economic growth of others.

Come and see them!
The tribe who think the story of Nigeria started yesterday!
Yoruba has no cultural relationship with Itshekiri, Bini, Isoko e.t.c? Geez!
These people eh?
Bunch of revisionists!

1toRtoiSe1:
what you don't seem to know is that there are yorubas in kogi and kwara but that has not made them claim that region as theirs.

The western region was splitted into the SW and midwest in thesame manner the eatern region became SE and SS. I just wonder why the ibos can't see that life has moved on. The divisions is based on ethnicity. They are not ibos.

You dey mind that dumbass!

iiiyyyk:


U cant clam them because, u have no cultural reletionship with them.

The post is not talking about secession, its talking about economic development in these regions, so that lagos can be less congested for u, Aren't you happy.

Its only a witch that get annoy when people talk about economic growth of others.

there are yorubas in the NC eg kwara and kogi.

Should we now start saying the entire NC should secede with us?

Go with your ibo speaking parts of SS and leave the minority tribes to form their own country where the population of each tribe won't be different from each other. This is unlike when they'll be in thesame Biafra with the ibos who will be nothing less than 50million, thereby creating a recipe for oppression.

It seems u dunno that there are igbos in the South South too

1toRtoiSe1:
do you know that there was a part carved out of the old western region which became the mid-western region.

I don't see the SW still claiming them cos we know they are not yorubas. If we are to secede today, it will be an oodua nation for yorubas alone. This is unlike the ibos trying so hard to retain the old eastern map created by lord luggard, thesame man they hate.

Biafra for ibos alone or no biafra.

Kagawash07:

Come and see them!
The tribe who think the story of Nigeria started yesterday!
Yoruba has no cultural relationship with Itshekiri, Bini, Isoko e.t.c? Geez!
These people eh?
Bunch of revisionists!

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Why don't u read b4 u comment. The op said eartern nigeria is made up of present 5 SE states and 4 of the SS state. Nobody is seperating yorubas from itshekiri, that is extablish fact.

Nigeria didn't start yesterday, thats y the post said Part of SS and SE have been one from time Immemorial. Our relationship is not based on colonial and post colonial era.

Secondly Nobody is claiming any where, the post talk about Economic partnership for growth of the both regions.

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The SS and SE are not people that are compatible with each other, since the fall out of the NCNC this haven't been rosy

anything to bring down the north is allowed...at least, we (ss) should fight for the emancipation of the Niger Delta... and I see that happening!