From survey it appears Igbo people are more business minded than any other tribe in Nigeria. Whats your opinion on this?

this is cos the Igbo race are realy hard working and also business inclined more than the others

methinks it's igbo's, but they should learn to take life a bit easier cos a lot of them'll go any extent for material/financial prosperity no matter d consequence (just ma 2 cents).

Igbo of course

igbo's. they are ready to do anything for money, even if they are told to bring their mother. they should cool down o.small small.

Anyone who doesn't want to starve.

I think some people need to be tiped at the back here (refocus ur attention to the topic). The topic is WHO IS MORE BUSINESS MINDED and not WHO IS MORE MONEY MONGER?.

Pls, ur attentions!!

pay attention for wetin, u think say na school we dey. take time. abi na u no understand english.

The Igbos are more business minded.

the igbos but i dey always fear them because they can do anything to be wealthy

cause they believe that everybody is born equal & have equal opurtunity. they feed their wife & children till god do them part.

foyeks2001:

the igbos but i dey always fear them because they can do anything to be wealthy

Abeg, tell me one negative thing that Igbos do for money that other ethnic groups don't do.

Igbos are just more business minded, PERIOD. That's why it's hard to find an Igbo persona that is very poor like you find in the North and other parts of Nigeria.

the igbos get my vote and i respect them for it cos they believe whoever is poor decides they wants to be poor as i was told by my igbo admirer lol but they need to be less dodgy about it

Igbo people are the most business minded of all tribes in Nigeria, but with no bias motion, Hausa people are very very hardworking. As long as it's a job and it pays - even if it's very little money - an Hausa man can always be count in. They (Hausa extraction) also engage in some very strenuous jobs

This could all be traced back to the colonial era, if you remember quite alright, the way in which the yoruba's accepted the white men was far more open handed than the hausa and igbo ethnic group did. That is why the yoruba people are more advanced in western education, but for the igbo's they were more interested in selling their farm produce to make enough money to meet ends need and some of them travelled to lagos to look for unskilled jobs from there they started doing business that involves farm produce from lagos to the east and it moved from generation to generation, For the hausa's I can't say much, but I know the are more business minded than the yoruba's. That being said the igbo's are more business mined than any other ethnic group.

EnerG:

This could all be traced back to the colonial era, if you remember quite alright, the way in which the yoruba's accepted the white men was far more open handed than the hausa and igbo ethnic group did. That is why the yoruba people are more advanced in western education, but for the igbo's they were more interested in selling their farm produce to make enough money to meet ends need and some of them travelled to lagos to look for unskilled jobs from there they started doing business that involves farm produce from lagos to the east and it moved from generation to generation, For the hausa's I can't say much, but I know the are more business minded than the yoruba's. That being said the igbo's are more business mined than any other ethnic group.

dats very correct, although diaspora makes us all feel as tho we are all one and the same but i've lived in an igbo land for a short period and i know hausa people very well and i can say that we are not the same at all, we are very different from each other and its amazing that we are all nigerians lol

i give it to the chinedu's of the world

EnerG,

Who told you that Yoruba are more advanced in Western education than Igbo? Have you been seeing for e.g., the JAMB intake in the past 10 years?

EnerG:

This could all be traced back to the colonial era, if you remember quite alright, the way in which the yoruba's accepted the white men was far more open handed than the hausa and igbo ethnic group did. That is why the yoruba people are more advanced in western education, but for the igbo's they were more interested in selling their farm produce to make enough money to meet ends need and some of them travelled to lagos to look for unskilled jobs from there they started doing business that involves farm produce from lagos to the east and it moved from generation to generation, For the hausa's I can't say much, but I know the are more business minded than the yoruba's. That being said the igbo's are more business mined than any other ethnic group.

Isn't it ironic that a tribe that claims to be very educated has only produced OBJ and Late Adedibu as national leaders?

TheSeeker:

Isn't it ironic that a tribe that claims to be very educated has only produced OBJ and Late Adedibu as national leaders?

and since when has education become the single determining factor in national leadership anywhere?

How educated was George Bush and does Obama have a Phd.

Name any country in the world where a professorship is the requirement for ruling. I thought you'd know the difference between base requirement and sole requirement.

And in your own world, Adedibu is a national leader?

You want to start something, right?

tpia.:

and since when has education become the single determining factor in national leadership anywhere?

How educated was George Bush and does Obama have a Phd.

Name any country in the world where a professorship is the requirement for ruling. I thought you'd know the difference between base requirement and sole requirement.

And in your own world, Adedibu is a national leader?

You want to start something, right?

Education might not be a single determining factor but it sure is very important and can't be overruled. I could care less about their level of education (Obama and Bush) but sure they had some education - one that can be proven.

Adedibu being a national leader didn't come out right.

TheSeeker:

Education might not be a single determining factor but it sure is very important and can't be overruled. I could care less about their level of education (Obama and Bush) but sure they had some education - one that can be proven.

Adedibu being a national leader didn't come out right.

like Plato, you're day dreaming of Philosopher Kings

Philosopher kings are the hypothetical rulers, or Guardians, of Plato's Utopian Kallipolis. If his ideal city-state is to ever come into being, "philosophers [must] become kings…or those now called kings [must]…genuinely and adequately philosophize" (The Republic, 5.473d).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher_king

however, you must be aware philosophers dont automatically make good rulers.

To be a good ruler, you need something more than brain power alone.

According to Plato, a state which is made up of different kinds of souls, will overall decline from an aristocracy (rule by the best) to a timocracy (rule by the honorable), then to an oligarchy (rule by the few), then to a democracy (rule by the people), and finally to tyranny (rule by one person, rule by a tyrant)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato#The_State

@ tpia.
you have serious issues. i know your only problem here!
look here, if everyone on this thread had been saying "yoruba yoruba" will you have a problem? so whats the issue now?
you have SERIOUS COMPLEX ISSUES, YOU NEED HELP!!
if everyone said yoruba would you come to the defense and start a debate to prove otherwise? NO.
so why cant you just let this one be? JUST FOR ONCE, GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL!

Theseeker you are a funny man, I thought you would be mentioning names like Wole soyinka, late Gani and other important yoruba personalities

Any business dat is not being managed by either Emeka, chinedu, Obinna or Chukwuebuka is doomed for failure

I tired for NIGERIANS o. Simple question turns to history and education. @topic. Igbo.

The Igbos are more business minded.

EnerG:

This could all be traced back to the colonial era, if you remember quite alright, the way in which the yoruba's accepted the white men was far more open handed than the hausa and igbo ethnic group did. That is why the yoruba people are more advanced in western education, but for the igbo's they were more interested in selling their farm produce to make enough money to meet ends need and some of them travelled to lagos to look for unskilled jobs from there they started doing business that involves farm produce from lagos to the east and it moved from generation to generation, For the hausa's I can't say much, but I know the are more business minded than the yoruba's. That being said the igbo's are more business mined than any other ethnic group.

Nchara:

EnerG,
Who told you that Yoruba are more advanced in Western education than Igbo? Have you been seeing for e.g., the JAMB intake in the past 10 years?

TheSeeker:

Isn't it ironic that a tribe that claims to be very educated has only produced OBJ and Late Adedibu as national leaders?

tpia.:

and since when has education become the single determining factor in national leadership anywhere?

How educated was George Bush and does Obama have a Phd.

Name any country in the world where a professorship is the requirement for ruling. I thought you'd know the difference between base requirement and sole requirement.

And in your own world, Adedibu is a national leader?

You want to start something, right?

When I saw this thread, I knew it would turn into attacks. I only pray it doesnt result in another CIVIL WAR! Which is probably what the poster wants to achieve.

Why is it so hard for we nigerians to answer simple direct questions? The question is very direct and simple - Who's more business-minded? You either give a cogent response or shot the Bleep-up!!!!!!!!!!!!

yankidelta:
methinks it's igbo's, but they should learn to take life a bit easier cos a lot of them'll go any extent for material/financial prosperity no matter d consequence (just ma 2 cents).

Actually it's usually due to peer pressure. A Yoruba man can see his friend faring well and richer than him without feeling jealous, intimidated or ashamed. Same for hausas. But an Igbo man, NO , it's either he measures up to that feat or he surpasses it. Shame will allow him to go to any length.

KingAzubuike:

Actually it's usually due to peer pressure. A Yoruba man can see his friend faring well and richer than him without feeling jealous, intimidated or ashamed. Same for hausas. But an Igbo man, NO , it's either he measures up to that feat or he surpasses it. Shame will allow him to go to any length.

You have a point, and it's why we have a lot of mansions in my village with nobody living in them.