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Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by francizy(m): 8:29am On Oct 17, 2015 |
nochildsplay: Which one does the Fulani herdsmen belong to? Are they Igbos too? Keep turning the truth on its head. 2 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by cocoduck: 8:31am On Oct 17, 2015 |
nochildsplay:Total Rubbish. I for example have stayed in that dirty place called Lagos in fact the dirtiest city in the world competing with the likes of war torn Kabul and Tripoli, for just 48hrs when in 2006 I went to Gabon Embassy to ask for Visa to Gabon, ever since I have been going to Gabon embassy in Cameroon, just to avoid getting infected by that Lagos disease. I have a lot of friends who say they will never put leg in the dirty place, Onitsha granted is not clean like New York but it cleaner than Lagos ho ha. Lagos is home to looser. 2 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Sagamite(m): 8:31am On Oct 17, 2015 |
mulattoclaro: You are a cretinous fuuktard! 2 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by omonnakoda: 8:31am On Oct 17, 2015 |
sunnyb0b0:Sunnybubu!! How is your Ferrari? SunnyB Is the loser who posts pictures of Brandy and VALUE Cola to bost of how he is living large in America. The ultimate LOSER |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by FKO81(m): 8:31am On Oct 17, 2015 |
[quote author=MrMbaM post=39066344] Hope You've read this lovely article from your brother Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland By Hakeem Jamiu [b]There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food. I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms. Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony. After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers. The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money. But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.[/b] 3 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by zumbigbo(m): 8:34am On Oct 17, 2015 |
While we fight and talk over nonsense, the white and yellow man tighten their control on our economy. Focus on growth not bickering. Foolish ni55ers. Zoogeria |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by coolhumble(m): 8:36am On Oct 17, 2015 |
What is afenifere? Awon were alatenuje |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by ishiamu(m): 8:36am On Oct 17, 2015 |
IdisuleOurOwn: Ur mentioning your fellow tribalist I can help call em out more |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by IYANGBALI: 8:37am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Trut:are you people not immigrants from biafra?are you Nigerians? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by ExInferis(m): 8:37am On Oct 17, 2015 |
sunnyb0b0: Sarki is not equivalent of Emir, which is analogous to Oba or Eze. Sarki is a flexible term that can simply mean chief, or leader. 3 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Nobody: 8:38am On Oct 17, 2015 |
TGLINKS:lol... nwanne ogini nae mae gi? |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by UndespicableMe(m): 8:39am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Did former Gov. of Lagos state belong to this group? Cause I can correlate some of his hate actions to these hate speeches. |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by nochildsplay(m): 8:39am On Oct 17, 2015 |
cocoduck:who is this one ? ..... Lagos is home to looser and they won't stop migrating from East to Lagos , you must be an underage bornfool 4 Likes
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Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Abbey2sam(m): 8:39am On Oct 17, 2015 |
I Rayhut: At last I see one reasonable igbo 1 Like |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Sagamite(m): 8:39am On Oct 17, 2015 |
wirinet: The fooool calling himself "Eze" said himself that it was a crown! 2 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by 1trillionlikes: 8:41am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Trut:go back to ur place if you don't know how to respect other people's kings... what u can not take in iboland is what you do here... Yorubas are the most accommodating tribe in Nigeria but it seems you guys don't know ur boundaries again, soon now you'll call Akure, Abeokuta, etc no man's lands..... bloody lagoonians 3 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Mbediogu(m): 8:41am On Oct 17, 2015 |
sunnyb0b0: Brazil and Cuba nko? Throughout Latin America and Carribean and all other places the yorubas have been, not excluding Northern and Eastern Nigeria ther is, and has always been an OBA YORUBA. Does that also connote territorial ambition? Nigerians are unanimous in hatred of Igbos and the Igbo should welcome it. Long live Nigeris. 1 Like |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by ocelot2006(m): 8:42am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Firefire: Best post ive read so far. 2 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Nobody: 8:43am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Sagamite(m): 8:43am On Oct 17, 2015 |
chuna1985: You are a cretinous fuuktard! All the cretins that have the audacity to call themselves "Eze" in any Kingdom that is not theirs should be thoroughly flogged before being thrown out. |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by 1trillionlikes: 8:43am On Oct 17, 2015 |
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Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by wristbangle: 8:44am On Oct 17, 2015 |
I am in support of the speech made by afenifere group. One needs to respect other people's culture and tradition. The yorubas in the east have never for once crown their head of community as a king to go head to head with obi. If we are speaking of one Nigeria, every tribe should respect the boundary of others and that is where unity starts. The hausas, ibibios, efiks, urhobos, etc are in yorubaland and I have never heard that they disrespect the obas in yorubaland. This is a wake up call for the igbos to show respect when found in another man's land. They can't try this in the north maybe because they feel yoruba people are too soft. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by ishiamu(m): 8:44am On Oct 17, 2015 |
liberty300: Such a beautiful city |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by IYANGBALI: 8:44am On Oct 17, 2015 |
nochildsplay:yeboe una don hear? Act fast before we take caterpillar drop una for lagoon and ogunpa 1 Like |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Descartes: 8:44am On Oct 17, 2015 |
I wonder the fuss about this Brown Roof Republic |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by afonjay: 8:46am On Oct 17, 2015 |
Dis is not enugu mulatociaro here is Utako distrect abuja. 4 Likes
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Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Ufuos4Love: 8:47am On Oct 17, 2015 |
IdisuleOurOwn:The same way they never disrespcted their host in Ilorin abi? |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by backtosender: 8:47am On Oct 17, 2015 |
1trillionlikes:lagos have never receive allocation coming from yoroobaland....yororba sell their lands to igbos so they can send you and u siblings to school so what do u mean by host? |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by IYANGBALI: 8:47am On Oct 17, 2015 |
1trillionlikes:omo see uppercut. Nigeria 7-1 biafra 3 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by wristbangle: 8:47am On Oct 17, 2015 |
ishiamu: That picture is that of abuja. 3 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Nobody: 8:47am On Oct 17, 2015 |
SirJeffry: Seems u re still sleeping. The Eze ndi igbo went to the Deji of Akure's palace with a crown on. This is he highest level of disrespect to any King in Yorubaland. Even when a real King is coming from another Yorubaland he would pull his crown talkless of an unrecognized Eze ndi igbo. You don't break the law of other people's land and claim ignorance or expect them to pat u on the back. If it were to be Igbo land, they would be asking for sacrifice to the gods. 100 tubas of yam, 50 goats and so on.. 8 Likes |
Re: Afenifere Asks South West Govs, Obas To De-recognise Eze Ndi Igbos In Yorubaland by Nobody: 8:48am On Oct 17, 2015 |
lygn19: are u sure u are a graduate |
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