buharisbae g=46775303:
I quite agree with that of anambra buhh that of abia and IMO joke of the century abia people that have never seen tarred road in their life

BeeBeeOoh:
– Senator Ben Bruce has revealed the smartest states in Nigeria

– Ben Bruce says Abia, Anambra, Rivers, Imo  and Edo states are the smartest

– He used their educational growth as yardstick for measurement

phemmyutd post=46774187:
Then Ben Bruce is not smart by sitting his business headquarter in an UN-SMART state like Lagos.

Don't make it hard on yourself Senator Ben Bruce did not even mention his State. He is simply telling the truth. He is making common sense.
Though I doubt the inclusion of Abia State because the previous govts. took that state backwards except the Current Govt. I still have high hopes in him.
I am in support on anyone impacting positively on the masses #Team Progress


http://www.naij.com/866751-controversy-ben-bruce-read-said.html?source=index_main

SirJeffry:
Anambra and Edo, I can believe but Abia, IMO and Rivers I don't believe especially Rivers. Their men are as lazy as baboons

I have written in my small book entitled The Trouble with Nigeria that Nigerians will probably achieve consensus on no other matter than their common resentment of the Igbo,” he wrote under the heading, A History of Ethnic Tension and Resentment. He traced the origin of “the national resentment of the Igbo” to its culture that “gave the Igbo man an unquestioned advantage over his compatriots in securing credentials for advancement in Nigerian colonial society.”


He observed that the Igbo culture’s emphasis on change, individualism and competitiveness gave his ethnic group an edge over the Hausa/Fulani man who was hindered by a “wary religion” and the Yoruba man who was hampered by” traditional hierarchies.”

He therefore described the Igbo, who are predominantly Catholic, as “fearing no god or man, was “custom-made to grasp the opportunities, such as they were, of the white man’s dispensations. And the Igbo did so with both hands.”

He delved into history with his claim, asserting that the Igbo overcame the earlier Yoruba advantage within two decades earlier in the twentieth century.

“Although the Yoruba had a huge historical and geographical head start, the Igbo wiped out their handicap in one fantastic burst of energy in the twenty years between 1930 and 1950.”


He narrated the earlier advantage of Yoruba as contingent on their location on the coastline, but once the missionaries crossed the Niger, the Igbo took advantage of the opportunity and overtook the Yoruba.

“The increase was so exponential in such a short time that within three short decades the Igbos had closed the gap and quickly moved ahead as the group with the highest literacy rate, the highest standard of living, and the greatest of citizens with postsecondary education in Nigeria,” he contended.

He said Nigerian leadership should have taken advantage of the gbo talent and this failure was partly responsible for the failure of the Nigerian state, explaining further that competitive individualism and the adventurous spirit of the Igbo was a boon Nigerian leaders failed to recognize and harness for modernization.

“Nigeria’s pathetic attempt to crush these idiosyncrasies rather than celebrate them is one of the fundamental reasons the country has not developed as it should and has emerged as a laughingstock,” he claimed.

He noted that the ousting of prominent Igbos from top offices was a ploy to achieve a simple and crude goal. He said what the Nigerians wanted was to “get the achievers out and replace them with less qualified individuals from the desired ethnic background so as to gain access to the resources of the state.”


Chinua Achebe in his memoir There was a country 2012

For Lagos State, more than 70% of the manufacturing concerns and major industries in the State are owned by the Igbos. If the Igbos were to stop paying tax in Lagos State, the IGR of Lagos State will reduce by over 60%. In contrast, Sir, go to the South East and look at the manufacturing concerns in Onitsha, Aba and Nnewi. Please don’t forget those were areas ravaged by civil war a mere forty something years ago. The Igbos have certainly made tremendous progress but the Yoruba nation has regressed.

zeb04:
lol what part of abia state are you from?

buharisbae:
I quite agree with that of anambra buhh that of abia and IMO joke of the century abia people that have never seen tarred road in their life

phemmyutd:
Then Ben Bruce is not smart by sitting his business head
quarter in an UN-SMART state like Lagos.

buharisbae:
I quite agree with that of anambra buhh that of abia and IMO joke of the century abia people that have never seen tarred road in their life

phemmyutd:
Then Ben Bruce is not smart by sitting his business headquarter in an UN-SMART state like Lagos.

daamazing:
kai this man don talk Wetin pass am.kai bashers go kill person here o.climbs mango tree and watches how events unfold!

OBAFEMIawolowo:
that's in aba, and the aba of TA Orji not that of ikpeazu. Umuhia is ok

ITSAWRAPWORLD:
Only educational growth? Using majorly educational growth is insufficient

Of what use is educational growth without a proportional economic development?

Aspireahead:
Tribalist will spoil this thread now...Seun Mbok your forum promotes ethnic division.... I never knew Nigerians were this divided until I started frequenting your politics section

kaeforum:


He said the smartest states, who told you that enugu people are smart, imagine 5 cattle herdsmen held your state to ransom.

Na only okpa una sabi produce.

jide219:
Everybody is entitle to his or her opinion another person can come out and say borno and kano are the smartest,for ben to say those states are the smartest that his is own business,no hating though but edo and abia will not come out from 1 to 20 smartest states i know this because i ve lived in both states.

He used their educational growth as yardstick for measurement

SirJeffry:
Anambra and Edo, I can believe but Abia, IMO and Rivers I don't believe especially Rivers. Their men are as lazy as baboons

dunkem21:



Lekwa nwanne mu o..


Isuikwuato..

kaeforum:


He said the smartest states, who told you that enugu people are smart, imagine 5 cattle herdsmen held your state to ransom.

Na only okpa una sabi produce.

Uchihaitaci:

Yes ooo! One girl even mentioned it this morning!i have been twitting NCC, this website should be shit down it actively promote ethnic division!
If you watch closely the topics are deliberately selected and edited to invoke inter tribal slurs all the time.
@seun should be caution by the NIA