T9ksy:



Na your greed go kill una. If the locals now tried to restrict your grip on their economy, you impish lot will call them tribalist and igbophobic.

ariesbull:


Hey bro slow down and don't get worked up and don't curse....it's just economic expansion and we are doing that nicely...take politics let's take the economy...we need to move to the flanks like oshogbo , okitipupa, ikare etc..we need to mop up that money and send them back to east to build houses, roads and companies


It's just business bro don't take it personal

Business bro
One Nigeria bro

T9ksy:
You guys will certainly be improverished without One nigeria. No wonder, it was only Zik and his kins that were clamouring for a united country...............even as the northerners were unambigously expressing how much they detest you lot.

horsepower101:


Ok we've heard you. Go and report us to oba of Benin to come take back Asaba.

ibotic:
Yes...you are right...Nonaira1 is just being mischievous.
Asaba and Onitsha are not Igbo land in the proper sense but we have plenty of our people there...you are free to build there but if Biafra comes, my only fear is that it will become abandoned property. Why don't you build in Anambra first

LaudableXX:

I thought Onitsha was in Anambra state? Or has it moved from there? And when did Onitsha stop being "Igbo land in the proper sense?"

prolog2:
And these guys were crying after a small python dance. Hmmm.
Perharps an other pythin dance should be welcomed to put some sense in your brains.

T9ksy:
But Op, one question that keeps invading my consciousness when i read threads like yours is, "why is it that ibos will go to unimaginable ends (die) just to "develop" their enemies' land than their ancestral land"?

Abi, na curse?

LaudableXX:

Ajegunle, and Okokomaiko are dominated by your people. And these are some of the largest slums built with bricks in Lagos. Deal with it!

LaudableXX:


Genocide? Do you know the meaning of that word? There are many different views on the civil war, and many observers have also made it clear that 'genocide' cannot be used to describe what transpired during the civil war.

The Oxford-trained bearded general who led the Igbo people during that period, actually led them into a war they were thoroughly ill-equipped to embark upon, highly unprepared to tackle, and totally unable to deal with. That was why they were defeated, and lost so many people. May the souls of the departed rest in peace. The truth is also that your leaders within the SE region, have failed woefully over the years, to make your region conducive for growth and habitation, especially when it comes to the provision of infrastructure. This has led your people to develop a wanderlust.

There is a functional seaport in Onne, as well as international airports in Port-harcourt and Enugu. So why can't your people use those facilities? Port-harcourt International Airport has separate facilities for international and domestic flights. In 2009, the airport served 1,081,587 passengers, making it the third-busiest airport in Nigeria.

Some of the overhead bridges and flyovers in Lagos & Ogun, were built recently by the state governors of Lagos, and Ogun state. Ask your own state governors to do the same.

The reasons you listed above are inadequate to account for the daily migration of your people to Lagos, till date. Hold your leaders accountable for failing to develop your land. And follow up with them to ensure that your young people stop migrating into other lands, and stay back to develop their homeland. Their romance with wanderlust needs to stop....

Finally, you have still not answered all the questions I asked. You have only offered excuses to deflect them. So I repeat:

1). Did the Yorubas put a gun to the head of your people, and force them to come to Lagos?

2). Did the Yoruba people make it compulsory for your people to buy land within Lagos?

3). Is there a curse in your region that stops your people from staying inside their region, and becoming hardworking so that they can prosper without having to come to Lagos?

ibotic:


Yes...you are right...Nonaira1 is just being mischievous.
Asaba and Onitsha are not Igbo land in the proper sense but we have plenty of our people there...you are free to build there but if Biafra comes, my only fear is that it will become abandoned property. Why don't you build in Anambra first

ariesbull:


Asaba and Onitsha are Hausa land...when you think you have seen it all ....then another props up

Okay they are not Igbo land....agreed the way Lagos is no man's land

Purehuman:


The more you comment, the less sense you make. Did the igbo declaring secession go to Lagos and demanded for it? We're they the first to shoot the first shot? Was the first shot not started in Calabar? Why are you blaming the igbos for a war you waged against us? If you had allowed them be, at least no one will be buying out Lagos as seen in the recent trend.

If the factors of production are located in a particular region through the handy work of the federal government over the years, the people will have to go there to participate in its process. If you don't like it, it's not the problem of the igbos. If your federal government were not smart to have skewed development and still fight against secession, then we can't help you than to keep feeding from you.

We buy lands there because we can afford it. We have the money to buy it. That's how we bought lands in other states in Nigeria. So it's not a Lagos thing.

The notion that the east isn't economically viable is the greatest fallacy of all time. Apart from Lagos, there is no where in the West that has more active business environment than the east. There is no where in the west, that has more active construction of building than the east. So what are you saying? The igbos will compete in all sectors but always fall behind the igbos in many sectors.

Like I said earlier, list any state in Nigeria apart from Southwest that the Yorubas are more active than the Igbos even with their common affiliation to Islam with the north.

If igbos have more impact in this country based on economic strides, then you don't have any argument.

Igbos are found everywhere in this country even in the far north. You cannot say that the east doesn't have a soul there because from last check, we have more than 20million people living in the region which is smaller than Niger state with less than half of the population.

So what's your point?

ariesbull:


Whatever way you put it...our local economy is 99% in the hands of the locals....can you say of your economy...even USA wants their economy to be in the hands of the locals


One Nigeria is good
I so love it

T9ksy:
But Op, one question that keeps invading my consciousnesswhen i read threads like yours is, "why is it that ibos will go to unimaginable ends (die) just to "develop" their enemies' land than their ancestral land"?

Abi, na curse?

ibotic:


As an Nnewi babe... I know that we dominate Onitsha but the town is part of the Benin kingdom...

totit:


So because there are foreign investors in SW that made you conclude that SW isn't in the hand of the local? See akpu logic


I.e ; SE -90% indigenous companies.
SW - 90% indigenous companies plus another 50% foreign companies equals to what?
You akpu flatinoono are most locally delusional.

Loool

ariesbull:


Calm.down..okay SW is in the hands of locals...so why worry about Igbo

Atleast we can have a chunk of the economy ...
God willing

Purehuman:
The more you comment, the less sense you make. Did the igbo declaring secession go to Lagos and demanded for it? We're they the first to shoot the first shot? Was the first shot not started in Calabar? Why are you blaming the igbos for a war you waged against us? If you had allowed them be, at least no one will be buying out Lagos as seen in the recent trend.

If the factors of production are located in a particular region through the handy work of the federal government over the years, the people will have to go there to participate in its process. If you don't like it, it's not the problem of the igbos. If your federal government were not smart to have skewed development and still fight against secession, then we can't help you than to keep feeding from you.

We buy lands there because we can afford it. We have the money to buy it. That's how we bought lands in other states in Nigeria. So it's not a Lagos thing.

The notion that the east isn't economically viable is the greatest fallacy of all time. Apart from Lagos, there is no where in the West that has more active business environment than the east. There is no where in the west, that has more active construction of building than the east. So what are you saying? The igbos will compete in all sectors but always fall behind the igbos in many sectors.

Like I said earlier, list any state in Nigeria apart from Southwest that the Yorubas are more active than the Igbos even with their common affiliation to Islam with the north.

If igbos have more impact in this country based on economic strides, then you don't have any argument.

Igbos are found everywhere in this country even in the far north. You cannot say that the east doesn't have a soul there because from last check, we have more than 20million people living in the region which is smaller than Niger state with less than half of the population.

So what's your point?

Purehuman:
Who are the major Landlords of Ajegunle and Okokomaiko? I don't think you even know quarter of Lagos like you are postulating. Orile, Ijora, Ajegunle, oshodi, Muslim, badia, fadeyi and environs are dominated by Yorubas. You cannot come and be saying things you don't know.

Okokomaiko is having a facelift because it's a new area and it's becoming open to new development. So calm your nerves, it will have a continuous change as time go on. Ask the people of paniso in Kano how igbos turned the village into a beautiful city in less than 10years.

You cannot compete with igbos. Our presence are felt in every state we have numbers because we contribute massively economically to the environment.

Just name one place outside southwest that the Yorubas are more felt economically than the igbos in Nigeria. Release your numbers while I release mine.

ibotic:
As an Nnewi babe... I know that we dominate Onitsha but the town is part of the Benin kingdom...

LaudableXX:


Sadly everyone can see that you are the one that is not making sense, on this thread. Go back and read up on the the build up, to the civil war. Your Oxford trained bearded general declared secession, seized federal govt assets in the Southeast, and refused to rescind his decision, even after a police action was declared to bring him back into line.

Several emissaries at home and abroad tried to get him to see reason, but he refused. He knew that his region lacked ammunition, men and materials to go to war, yet he refused to back down and this decision cost his people 3 million souls. After he declared secession, was he expecting the rest of the country to applaud him and give him a send off party, especially when he had seized federal govt assets in the SE region?

Secondly, what strange "factors of production located in a particular region through the handy work of the federal government over the years," are you talking about? Is it the sea port? Isn't there a seaport close to the SE region, like the Port-harcourt seaport? Port-harcourt seaport has been in operation long before the colonial masters left. Not too far from there is Onne sea port, which was established closer to the SE. In fact, Onne sea port which covers an area of 2,538.115 hectares was also added, several years ago. Are you talking about an airport? Hasn't there been an international airport in Port-harcourt for several years? Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu also started receiving international flights a few years back.

The federal capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja in 1991, more than 27 years ago, but your people have not stopped trooping into Lagos till today. And that bring us back to the same question. Why can't they stay in their region and make a success of their endeavours?

If your region was so economically viable, with an active business environment like you said, and active construction or building projects, why do your young people still troop into other regions daily, trying to eke out a living? is it that they cannot take advantage of the economic viability in the SE region?

Nobody is disputing the fact that igbos are not found in other parts of the country, but the question still remains: Why? They can be found in areas that are not even economically viable, in different parts of this nation. So if your region is as fantastic and as economically viable as you claim, what is chasing them out of the place? Now, why would anyone leave a commercially vibrant region for a non-viable one?

Last but not the least, I never said that there was nobody in the Southeast. Try not to confuse me with someone else. Nobody has said that "there is any state in Nigeria apart from Southwest that the Yorubas are more active than the Igbos," so only goodness knows where you got that ideology from. Please try to think clearly before rushing to hit your keyboard next time. May God grant you understanding....

LaudableXX:


Interesting! Imhotep will not like this one....

LaudableXX:


Interesting! Imhotep will not like this one....

ibotic:


Imhotep is an afonja.....pretending to be Igbo unlike some those of us who are pure igbos...

imhotep:

The same Lagos that was bought with 20 pounds

cc lzaa onyeoga

imhotep:
The same Lagos that was bought with 20 pounds
cc lzaa onyeoga

ariesbull:


Hey bro slow down and don't get worked up and don't curse....it's just economic expansion and we are doing that nicely...take politics let's take the economy...we need to move to the flanks like oshogbo , okitipupa, ikare etc..we need to mop up that money and send them back to east to build houses, roads and companies


It's just business bro don't take it personal

Business bro
One Nigeria bro

ibotic:


Imhotep is an afonja.....pretending to be Igbo unlike some those of us who are pure igbos...

LZAA:

onyeoga come and heaaaar oooo
imhotep is a goblin??
imothep what say you

imhotep:

I am originally from Oshogbo.
Eko oni baje rara

imhotep:

I am from Oshogbo, near Ijebu Ode

cc onyeoga