Even if we should go back to history, Western Nigeria is the most developed region before the merging of the three regions.

4stylz:


Talk of your own and don't bash others; I prefer yourbas to igbos anyday; You guys are just crooks.

IROHINOodua:

By Tunde Akinsola, Ibadan
Some leaders today in Ibadan warned that the Yoruba will reconsider her membership of the Nigerian federation if the cultural and political marginalization continues unabated. The summit is not impressed by the slogan of renaissance renting the air, saying that the country has merely slid into the firm grip of another self-serving ethnic cabal intent on pinning the country down in her historic state of control my vested interests.
Presided over by former Governor of the Western Region, General Adeyinka Adebayo the summit warn that the Yoruba will no longer tolerate the sustenance of the country’s garrison structure which they claim undermine self actualization of the people of the South West.
Irohinodua correspondent reports that the summit said failure to restructure Nigeria using the 2014 confab report might force the Yoruba people to review her place in a political arrangement that cannot guarantee the protection of her citizens. Factional leaders of the Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC), Dr Fredrick Faseun and Otunba Gani Adams were unanimous in saying that the time to “leave Nigeria” and assert the sovereignty of the Yoruba people is now.
The summit strongly condemned what it described as the “invasion and killing of people in Yoruba territories” by the Fulani herdsmen. The summit held in the House of Chiefs Section of the Parliament Building of the Oyo State Secretariat with the theme “National Insecurity and the Menace of Fulani Herdsmen in Yorubaland.” The participants also decried the continued oppression of the Yoruba in their homeland by armed Fulani herdsmen.
The summit cite incessant cases of rape, destruction of economic plants that form the bedrock of the livelihood of locals, the armed violence unleashed by the nomads coupled with the consequent cultural disequilibrium the displacement of people from crisis-ridden Northern Nigeria have brought to communities in Yorubaland adding that subsequent governments in Nigeria have come into power waving slogans that end up leaving the country worse than they met it.
They demanded an immediate end to lawless nomadic activities in the South West warning that any community who cannot establish ranches for their flock should retreat from Yoruba territories. “The Yoruba people are no longer ready to tolerate mindless encroachment on their means of livelihood by any ungrateful tenants”, the gathering stated as part of its resolutions. The summit appear to be a mixture of Yoruba nationalists who have remained steadfast for ages and a sizeable flavour of people who worked for the ousted former President Goodluck Jonathan, leaving the possible impression that the summit has an iota of the usual sharp ideological and sometimes raucous divisions that have characterized Yoruba internal politics since independence.
Some observers think the Yoruba supporters of the ousted President Jonathan are anxious to seek relevance in a new environment that appears to have pushed them into the back bench of anomie. But the Afenifere spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin said his group will always defend the objective interests of the Yoruba people. An official of the Oodua Liberation Movement, (OLM) Mr Popoola Ajayi said though the supporters of the ousted President Jonathan were prominent at the summit, the “reality is that many Yoruba people are disillusioned about the state of affairs in Nigeria and patience is running out.” He said after working for the emergence of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Yoruba people are “desperate to know if the alignment with the Fulani would lead to the restructuring of Nigeria and create political and economic freedom for the Yoruba” adding that the recent appointments by the President undermines the regime’s integrity.
He said “we the Yoruba people want to control our economy, security and natural resources including the sea ports.”
At the event were prominent Yoruba sons and daughters from the academia, politics and the Diaspora. The sponsors of the summit were Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), Oodua Foundation, Afenifere and the Yoruba Unity Forum, (YUF). Some of the participants included the Oyo State Deputy Governor, Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemo, who represented the State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; Sola Ebiseni, who represented the Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, Pa Olanihun Ajayi, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, Pa Supo Sonibare, Prof Banji Akintoye, Prof Toun Ogunseye, the first woman Professor in Nigeria. Others were Dr Fredrick Faseun, Otunba Gani Adams, Dr Kunle Olajide, Chief Shuaib Oyedokun and the former Military governor of Lagos State, Brig-Gen Raji Rasaki among many others. The Afenifere Renewal Group, (ARG) and many other Pan-Yoruba groups were however absent at the summit.

Duru1:


The agitation for the Republic of Igbo land or even reconfigured Biafra will have nothing to do with rants of these perennial turncoats.

Aareonakakanfo:




True words! back to the topic, I think the only way we can get true federalism is through southern co-operation and that sounds impossible. The north is clearly not interested in it. They own this business you know

Duru1:


Afonja you have been useless before now and it seems you will continue to maintain the course.

How are you?

wytecat:
Oh I missed that!
But what's the difference between TRUE FEDERALISM and REGIONALISM?

byrron:


Though Federalism and Regionalism seems to share some similarities but they differ in so many ways.
Federalism Political system allows for a Central government which has a supreme authority, but the component states retain a considerable amount of autonomy which allows such states maintain a measure of independence from the central government and the Nigerian States at the moment seriously lacks such autonomy from the central government that is why you see most of the various state governors in Nigeria spending 300 days in a year in Abuja playing the lap dog role to the president at the central level.

The type of quasi federalism practiced in Nigeria at the moment is a negation of the true form of federalism which is also a system of government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces) and that is not the case in Nigeria were you have beggar states who ordinarily should be autonomous and economically self sustaining and viable.

Regionalism describes situations in which different religious or ethnic groups with distinctive identities coexist within the same state boundaries, often concentrated within a particular region and sharing strong feelings of collective identity. It is a principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions and It often involves ethnic groups whose aims include independence from a national state and the development of their own political power.

These forms of government clearly differ from each other and if any of theses systems are applied as it was designed will be the best option for Nigeria since it is a heterogeneous society.

Leopardd:


Why won't you prefer Yoruba, are you not from Edo state?

It is just like my friend Essien from the other LGA in Akwa Ibom bordering my own in Abia telling you he prefers Igbo to Yoruba. He can't prefer Yoruba because we all have almost everything in common.
So, keep ur preference.

4stylz:
This is not a matter of interest; but a matter of honesty& pure heart, majority of igbos are too coning, they always think taking other people's wealth is smartness. Though there are a "few" good honest people in igbo land.

I still prefer awka ibom over igbos, no hate in my heart but I am just being Honest

willow0802:
im sorry bros, qua iboe (akwa ibom) and calabarians have nothing similar in culture with the edos, let them speak for themselves!!! Nigerians are gullible, is ss a geographical error or truly a geographical space? , an average calabar man will rather relate with, marry an igbo person before considering an edo person because our cultures are similar. Mind you, edo is in the south west.... the earlier you realize that this is just the internet , the better for you because if biafra were to be given referendum, your so called "south south republic" or rather "south south alliance" will fall like a pack of card because it is built on deceit.

Quit deceiving your self please, you are no more than your own mouth piece, so speak from an "edo" perspective.

PvtParts:

You must be a yoruba bini armed robber.

I am from Delta and Urhobo.

Edo has better chance joining kogi than Delta abi you don forget why we wanted to split from old Bendel before?

How adesua? Shey she don send una euros from spain?

lygn19:
"The people of Benin went identifying their Ibo-speaking neighbours from house to house for executions."
...if u think maligning and lieing against the igbos just to show ur disdain for Biafra is the way then I pity u,
u think that if another herd of genocide starts in Lagos your urhobo neighbour that knows u are from asaba or delta north wont carry the killers to ur house to tell them u are igbo, u ve heard so many times how this people normally call u guys the fake deltans ...
follow this edo people at ur peril, they are d ones shouting Niger delta/southsouth republic the most because they know there state has nothing to offer,
they are the most undeveloped state in the southsouth,
they are d only southsouth Niger delta state that is landlocked,
they keep talking about the Benin kingdom was it not greed that made them go and start capturing other people's land,
igbos have shared boundaries with ogoni,ijaw abd the rest yet how many clashes did u ever here,
compare asaba and warri and tell me amongst this two places where is more prone to violence and inter ethnic war...
the list goes on; igbo land was razed down after the war no money,no facilities etc, but they were able to get back in there feet but look at delta state, benin and the rest despite the fact that they didnt see anything there greed has made them wallow in shame, penury and failure.

TonyeBarcanista:
It is time to hold Nairaland Political Confab... Every Region should be represented so as to chart a way forward.

Ilekeh:


Of course Igbos will mess up this thread because it's titled "Yoruba" and because they know the end is near.

They're afraid to leave Yorubaland.

They're afraid of forming their own government, of standing alone, of not having Lagos ports to embark on Malaysia journey. They're afraid, that's why Yoruba's federalism project did not passed through. Each region should be responsible for its own survival/growth.

Igbos won't have ND oil money to steal. The likes of Allison Madueke won't have money to buy Hyde park.

If Yorubas can't have federalism, then let's pull out.

Is biafra a woman or a puzzyazz negro in this picture?

ECOTERRORS:
create a thread and see me at the forefront.


Where is candirain or candyrain

ECOTERRORS:
create a thread and see me at the forefront.


Where is candirain or candy.rain

Ilekeh:

[b]
Of course Igbos will mess up this thread because it's titled "Yoruba" and because they know the end is near.

They're afraid to leave Yorubaland.

They're afraid of forming their own government, of standing alone, of not having Lagos ports to embark on Malaysia journey. They're afraid, that's why Yoruba's federalism project did not passed through. Each region should be responsible for its own survival/growth.

lygn19:
mumu people

Uchexxy:
What is this idiot smoking today? and later someone will tell me that this fool is supposed to be in d same country with me. please we have never been one and we can't be one. let's go our seperate ways already!!!

Ilekeh:


Of course Igbos will mess up this thread because it's titled "Yoruba" and because they know the end is near.

They're afraid to leave Yorubaland.

They're afraid of forming their own government, of standing alone, of not having Lagos ports to embark on Malaysia journey. They're afraid, that's why Yoruba's federalism project did not passed through. Each region should be responsible for its own survival/growth.

Igbos won't have ND oil money to steal. The likes of Allison Madueke won't have money to buy Hyde park.

If Yorubas can't have federalism, then let's pull out.




Is biafra a woman or a puzzyazz negro in this picture?

Aareonakakanfo:




I know those muffughs well but i'm not interested in replying every single one of them, that's stress but the major issue i have with this thread is not the romanis.Those ones are just naturally stvpid. The major issue i have is with the Yorubas. Why is it that everytime there's a bi-ass-fran thread, Yorubas are always the first to jump on it but when it comes to threads like this, we don't see them

TonyeBarcanista:
It is time to hold Nairaland Political Confab...

WETINUSABI:


Because we Yorubas are naturally laid back and non provocative.

In most cases we only attack after we have been assaulted (or insulted in this case).

This was our stance and position during the civil war.

onenaira3:


This ediot does not even know Allison madueke is ijaw. Enyi

And which Igbo is afraid of Yoruba leaving, go read all the comments again, everybody, not just the Igbo commenter verbalized how okay they are with una leaving. We will even help una pack your bags.
You're begin mocked for una repeated noise making. First una chest beated that you'll kick them out if Fulani does not respect una. They came back AGAIN and dared una noise making. We expected the yoloba to jump up and carry out their threat to fulani but what do we see, more noise making noise making clowns.

Abeg move left, your people are talking and you are disturbing our comedy show.

Okanokan:
One big mistake, those of us from the South South, South East and South West make, is to think that Northerners are bereft of ideas, and through this false beliefs we label them as cows, dunces, etc and this mistake is fuelled by the disparity in formal education. For the information of those of us from the South the North is prepared for any outcome of meetings, like that currently going on ibadan and in any other zones. It be a tactical error for us to think they have nothing up thier sleeves. Watching them from close quarter i have come to admire thier resilience, thier ability to think through, plan ahead and put to use the famous Boys Scout slogan "BE PREPARED".
One mistake the Christian South made during 2015 General Election was that Jonathan would sweep the middle belt, what happened from Benue, Plateau Kogi etc Jonathan lost not on the basis of Muslim unity but homogeneity of the Hausa language amongst Christians and Muslim. So much for those we call COW. Thier papers to re-integrate the North as one political and economic entity is already in place. The likes of Maitama Sule, Prof Ango Abdullahi, IGP Coomasie Junaid Mohammed and Young Turks out there are no uneducated zombies they are prepared. Where is south south in all this.

Okanokan:
One big mistake, those of us from the South South, South East and South West make, is to think that Northerners are bereft of ideas, and through this false beliefs we label them as cows, dunces, etc and this mistake is fuelled by the disparity in formal education. For the information of those of us from the South the North is prepared for any outcome of meetings, like that currently going on ibadan and in any other zones. It be a tactical error for us to think they have nothing up thier sleeves. Watching them from close quarter i have come to admire thier resilience, thier ability to think through, plan ahead and put to use the famous Boys Scout slogan "BE PREPARED".
One mistake the Christian South made during 2015 General Election was that Jonathan would sweep the middle belt, what happened from Benue, Plateau Kogi etc Jonathan lost not on the basis of Muslim unity but homogeneity of the Hausa language amongst Christians and Muslim. So much for those we call COW. Thier papers to re-integrate the North as one political and economic entity is already in place. The likes of Maitama Sule, Prof Ango Abdullahi, IGP Coomasie Junaid Mohammed and Young Turks out there are no uneducated zombies they are prepared. Where is south south in all this.