deomelllo:
Your imaginary advantage must depend on the fact that Yoruba and other students will stop learning Yoruba language or completely lose their Yoruba language.

You Igbos and your upside down thinking sef..

ODVanguard:
It's called 'Akpu Logic'.

SuperS1Panther:
Sincerely I do not know why Pigidiotic Osus from the red mud land of gully erosion are wailing about a law enacted by us for us and for our land.

Mark my words, a new law is coming that will make tribal mark -- Oyo's abaja Mefa Mefa - a compulsory criterion before any Osu can enter Lagos or any part of SW and the land of Oduduwa in Kwara and Kogi.

They can only wail and whine online, Osus cannot do anything about it.

Awon om0 irankiran, awon iran jeyan yeyan -- awon Clifford orji

Stingman:
Truth is that you FEAR the Igbos..no be so?

In your heart can you swear that this Law is not meant to hurt the Igbos?

Will it hurt the northerners...the Ijaws as much...? The answer is no...

How about that little coward?

Efewestern:


Very silly move by the state government.

I read a thread here were some lagosians were complaining about the current air pollution in the state, especially how dirty are being littered everywhere, due to the new policy of the state governor , instead of them to address this issue and other issues bothering the state the only thing they could think of is this law, what a pity.

Like we all know Lagos belongs to Yoruba, what's the essence of the law?, what are they trying to proof?.

For those using IMO and anambra law to justify this, how many non Indigene are in those state compared to lagos, infact Lagos is home to all hence laws such as this should not see the light of the day.

Afam4eva:

You have to promote your language within the framework of what is acceptable and the unique idiosyncrasies of the state. if Lagos were a country, no one would even bat an eyelid.

Sanchez01:

If you ask me, I'd say the law is needed. Beyond the 'we own 95% of Lagos' chant, we should also understand that this is a state with a history, a people and a culture, regardless of whether or not it accommodates others.

More so, the institution here is governed by the state and not the federal government. Probably there is a need to resuscitate the dying consciousness of the Yoruba attitude in many educated folks, which is true and needed, or that it is an act to curb the impunity of a certain people who believe Lagos belong to them just because her people welcomed them with open arms. And as much as we criticise Lagos for this move I'd be pleased to tell you that it is insanely found in the North and South East.

Personally, I see it as an advantage to be bilingual. Although I already am, I believe it would be an opportunity for non Lagosian to deeply root themselves in its tradition.

It is high time owners call the shot. Let them beat the drums of consciousness to the hearing of those who care to hear.

Samleen:
The OP is one of the intelligent Igbos we have here in Nigeria. I love this writeups!

If you don't know how to promote your own cultural heritage, why teach and fight others for doing otherwise?

The Igbos should rise up to this challenge and begin to value and exalt what's theirs. Make the south east state better than what we have in Lagos.

Danladi7:

As in!

Amarabae is so intelligent and objective and I respect her .


she is my nairaland crush,sincerely speaking.

Efewestern:


I clearly understand your point, but my issue with the law is that it was too one sided, stuffs like that should be limited to Primary and secondary, not that students even pass Yoruba without expo anyway.

I believe when making judgement we should at all time reason from different angles. I might be wrong on this, but I don't support the lagos state government on this.

What the law means, before you can school in any of our state institution, you must be able to speak and understand Yoruba, this doesn't sound well for me.

letusbepieces:
DANLADI7!

SAY THE WORD,...

U ARE A YORUBA MAN THAT THINKS THE IGBO ARE BETTER THAN HIM AND WILL SPEND UR ENTIRE LIFE WATCHING AND ENVYING AND TRYING TO BE IGBO.

IT SUCKS TO BE U.

imhotep:

the saga of no-mans-land continues

letusbepieces:
Lagos loss will be SS/SE gain.

For long people in these region have suffered, died and payed the ultimate price which Yoruba gained.

We travel for hours to invest and contribute to lagos economy, many die on the way.

Our resources stationed there.

Becos of them, we dont have seaport, airport.

Today the yorubas have shot themselves in the foot and people like me will take dem to the cleaners using this excuse.

Imagine a deep sea port in delta state, Rivers and AkwaIbom.

Imagine these three states having their oil company stationed there.

I think, many of the militant ill disappear and economic boom will blosom.

robotix:


Empty talks without wisdom

letusbepieces:


THEY ARE LIKE DEMENTED PSYCHO, THAT ATTAIN SANITY WEN THEY POLLUTE THE IGBOS WITH THEIR DISEASE.

Y IGBOS DONT GO ROUND PROFESSING LOVE TO YORUBAS AS SUCH.

TAKE BBN, THERE ARE ABOUT 3 YORUBA GIRLS THERE, Y HAVE NO OTHER TRIBE OBSESS OVER THEM?

WITH YORUBA IT IS ALWAYS IGBO DIS, IGBO DAT, THEY ARE SHAMELESS.

DAT POOR GIRL CEEC AFTER SO MUCH PRESSURE EVEN FROM BIGGIE, HAD TO HIDE IN CABINET TO GIVE DEM A KISS SO THEY CAN LEAVE HER ALONE.

IMAGINE LOLU STANDING TO MAKE SURE SHE KISS TOBI.

EVEN DURING THE KISS, U CAN SEE HER PULLING AWAY.

YORUBA HAVE NO SHAME! SHAMELESS THINGS!

imhotep:

even the so-called Yoruba language law is about Igbo-phobia.

letusbepieces:



OYA IGBO WILL LEAVE TO BIAFRA SO U CAN HAVE YORUBA COUNTRY, THEY WIL GO AND CARRY HAUSA TO ATTACK AND STOP IGBOS.
.

imhotep:

"One Nigeria" is a concept that confuses the Yoruba brain seriously

Efewestern:


I clearly understand your point, but my issue with the law is that it was too one sided, stuffs like that should be limited to Primary and secondary, not that students even pass Yoruba without expo anyway.

I believe when making judgement we should at all time reason from different angles. I might be wrong on this, but I don't support the lagos state government on this.

What the law means, before you can school in any of our state institution, you must be able to speak and understand Yoruba, this doesn't sound well for me.

Efewestern:



Another example is Lagos state, forget all those rubish you read online, Lagos is a big slum, even with all her potentials what have they done with it?, instead we have the likes of tinubu ruling the state indirectly.

Efewestern:


hmmm..

Do not moved by what you see online, Ogun is no better than any other state in Nigeria, all na parkaging .

Even Lagos na still overhype, like the way I they hype waffi most times.

gidgiddy:


Stop this nonsense, Igbos are not ethnic champions, we are too egalitarian and Republican for that. The Biafra you are talking about has never been just about Igbos, the last President of Biafra, General Philip Effiong, was not an Igbo man. So where is this 'begging Ijaws and Ogonis' who were historically part of the Eastern Region and Biafra, coming from?

How many times have you talked about the Benue Igbos? Over one million Igbos and their ancestral lands carved into Benue.

Fo you talk sbout Igbnke? Six communities of Ika- Igbo speaking people carved into Edo. How do you divorce the Anioma nation from their Itsekiri and Urhobo nation in Delta state.

There is nothing wrong in being proud of being Igbo but know where to draw the line between being an Igbo ethnic jingoist and supremacist.

Efewestern:


Very silly move by the state government.

I read a thread here were some lagosians were complaining about the current air pollution in the state, especially how dirty are being littered everywhere, due to the new policy of the state governor , instead of them to address this issue and other issues bothering the state the only thing they could think of is this law, what a pity.

Like we all know Lagos belongs to Yoruba, what's the essence of the law?, what are they trying to proof?.

For those using IMO and anambra law to justify this, how many non Indigene are in those state compared to lagos, infact Lagos is home to all hence laws such as this should not see the light of the day.

cheruv:

She's absolutely right
It's better in Nigeria to be an ethnic Igbo jingoist than to be a nationalist. It's your types that'd cause the fall of Igbo land

cKaiser:

What is funnier is your poor attempt to justify your illogical tribal agenda
According to the constitution of the FGN we are a federal state where every state has the right to pass laws that suit them. Zamfara passed Shariah almost 20yrs ago and its still in effect till today,

Imo and Anambra passed language laws and no one held them to it, Kogi, benue etc passed grazing laws that are unique to their states, So why cant Lagos pass laws in the democratic settings according to the wishes of the lawmakers?

Ihatepork:
Why are these ones writing silly epistles about a bill that has already been passed. One daft mumu is even talking about marriage to potorpotor women lol. They always react without sense

And for those praising the OP that she's this and that. I hope you'll use the same mouth to praise her when she spews her regular nonsense

She's just as foolish as the rest of them. Don't be deceived. I don't know why some of you get easily carried away

Partnerbiz:


So a bill passed is now sacrosanct and cannot be declared void?

deomelllo:


Declared void based on what and by who?