revolt:
if you live in lagos youd know lagos is the most difficult city to live in.... once theres an alternative ibdont need to spell what will happen. If capable port is fully functional for sure a quarter of the population here will move to the new emerging cities.

Elliot2:
i think so,too. there must be a link between ewedu and stupidity.

justtoodark:


did what he wrote make to you....??

chaii...

Racoon:



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/284089-restructuring-is-yoruba-agenda-championed-by-uninformed-igbo-tanko-yakasai.html

goodnessme1:
are ibo really owning 70% properties in lagos.

How manage they did that after they lost everything during the war.


Talking about restructuring,we dont want any restructuring,it was only use by some of our people to counter biafra agitation.

revolt:
if you live in lagos youd know lagos is the most difficult city to live in.... once theres an alternative ibdont need to spell what will happen. If capable port is fully functional for sure a quarter of the population here will move to the new emerging cities.

yomi96:
deep

Princedapace:


How can we achieve this? Southern nigeria must break away from northern nigeria..

ItsMeAboki:
Tanko Yakasai is among the few remaining contemporaries of our founding fathers, who had the benefit of interactive experience with many generations of our politicians as well as witnessing all the political intrigues and motives behind the course of country's transition to date - he is therefore in a position to read between the lines and know whats up.


What he said clearly made sense to many of us who are student's of history with analytical minds: it is a simply a case of 'what I cannot have I will destroy' i.e. the south had always resented the ability of the north to hold onto power at the centre and they have consequently applied many strategies to overturn that and failed e.g. through the ballot box using regional politics, then military force through coup; and division of the north itself (especially the middle belt) by media inspired tribal and religious hatred.

Recent agitations for restructuring only resurfaced as a fall out of the last elections; its proponents are mainly PDP political jobbers with no more direct or indirect access to the national cake; hence the use of restructuring as a tool of blackmail, such that if they cannot access power at the centre again, then why not break it up and have it devolved to the states and LGs where they can at least hope to become local champions by ruling over their ppl.

Ironically, it is the southerners who broke up our once regional federating units that are now complaining and blaming northerners for what they themselves initiated.

Yomit71:

who shall separate Igbo's & pride couple with hatred?
i heard Igbo are now being buried with their property, heaven go hear am oo

Duru1:


The above statement is a figment of deranged imagination. Tanko Yakasai is old but wise. He could not strike a difference between statutory regions such as Eastern, Midwestern, Western and Northern regions constitutionally mandated to devolve delegated powers to subnational levels and the nomenclatural nonsense such as geopolitical zones such as South-south. What a dopy.

MayorofLagos:
My God!!!

I am tired of seeing Igbo topics in Nairaland. Mods please delete any thread with the titel Igbo in it. They are inconsequential discussions. Igbo has ceased to be relevant in this country. They are Biafrans now. Jeez!

Yomit71:

who shall separate Igbo's & pride couple with hatred?
i heard Igbo are now being buried with their property, heaven go hear am oo

T9ksy:



Similar sentiment was aired by your hate-filled ilk at the emegence of Abuja but as we all can clearly see, Lagos is still an overpopulated city, almost 3 decades after the fact.

Sundaygeorge:
IPOB.. Restructuring Nigeria.. Means dividing country

Oduduwa.. Restructuring Nigeria means.. Igbo should leave Lagos for them. And go develop their state

Ariwa... Restructuring Nigeria is a no go area cos they are benefiting ...

Some wan have full control of their oil......

If u are thinking what am thinking..

Icon79:
Restructuring is a Yoruba agenda? Is this man for real

Restructuring is the Igbo agenda presented during the Aburi meeting by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. And these ignorant uninformed mugus are the people running things in Nigeria? Can you see why Nigeria would forever remain a zoo


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Obakuso:
Positive Things Restructuring Nigeria Will Bring! - Foreign Diplomat Reveals by Julivas(m): 1:25pm On Aug 22
If Nigeria restructured into provinces -
1) Northern Province
2) Middle Belt Province
3) Oduduwa Province
4) Eastern Province
5) Niger Delta Province (Atlantic)
Then Central Government at FCT.

10 positive things that would happen within 5 years
(primarily due to inter-province competition)

1. The first province to experience economic explosion would obviously be the Western Province. The Oduduwua Master plan will be revealed. There would be trans-regional 4g internet fiber connection/rail/subways/highways/power grids etc. Yoruba will become the 2nd official language. They are relatively united. They have oil. They own academia. They have mega corporations. The WP would be the first to have stable 24/7 power supply! Foreign money will flood the province. More Forbes recognized billionaires will arise. Some of them will be internet billionaires. Lagos will be relieved a little from overpopulation as railway lines from other states will make living elsewhere and working in Lagos a breeze.

2. The Northern Province will have stronger islamic laws. Sharia will be entrenched and this will make the NP become the least corrupt province. The middle east (Arab) nations will move in to partner with them, bringing major development. Jaiz bank and Unity Bank will become mega banks. Arabic and Hausa will compete with English for dominance in schools. This province will generate more solar power than any other province. After the west, this province will be the 2nd to have 24/7 electricity. They will start exporting food as a major revenue generator.

3. The Middle Belt Province will have a development conference. Focus will be given to solid minerals development/
exports, tourism development and food production/exports. This will become a food hub in West Africa. They will export more food than any other province. Mega mining and food corporations will arise. This province will have foreign inflows through tourism development greater than any other province. It will host the most beautiful places to live in Nigeria.

4. The Eastern Province will transform into the Auto Industry Hub of Africa. Indigenous manufacturing of vehicles that will start competing with foreign vehicles will commence in earnest. This will grow to manufacturing of airplanes, helicopters, tractors, cranes, heavy duty construction equipment etc. Forbes recognised billionaires living in Anambra will arise. The Biafra agitation will fizzle out since formation of the EP will be seen as a Biafra success in another form. There would be so much development that villages (as we currently know them) will quickly cease to exist. This province will be the first to semi-urbanize all their rural areas as all the Igbos living abroad will rush back to take advantage of the changes.

5. The Atlantic Province will take the Uyo blueprint and run with it. An abundance of oil wealth and opening up of major sea ports at Rivers and Uyo will enable this region to revamp their infrastructure quickly. There will be more monorails here than anywhere else. This will be the 3rd province to achieve 24/7 electricity generation in Nigeria (mainly from gas turbine technology).

6. With provincial indigenous security forces in control, kidnapping, Armed robbery, Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and the Niger delta militancy attacks will all fizzle out. Nigeria will become the most secure and peaceful African nation; thus attracting more foreigners.

7. Each Province will have their own airline professionally managed. And with better roads/rail, air and land transport costs will crash.

8. With the rapid development occurring all over, Nigerias GDP will shoot up. Obtaining visas to travel out will become easy as more people will want to come in than go out. A worldwide immigration into Nigeria will commence, as Nigerians living abroad will be struggling with foreigners to enter the country. ''Nigeria will become the most desirable Nation to live in".

9. The central government at the FCT will become smaller and less powerful. There will be a mini-exodus from Abuja to the provinces as the action is now elsewhere. The outskirts of Abuja will no longer be heavily overpopulated. Abuja will become awesome again.

10. The 10th positive thing that would quickly happen positive idea.

Pls share for the sensitization of the benefits of Restructuring.

Nigeria must flourish again.��

Obakuso:



Interesting. Will investigate this further.

Racoon:


And Yorubas & Igbos are beefing themselves And Attahiru Bafarawa as well as other seemly sound Northerner are always telling us that "No reasonable northerner will oppose restructuring"? See the deception behind their santimonious posture

immhotep:

Igbo amaka

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Icon79:
Haha!! Please do and educate your fellow Zoogerians!

The transcript of the Aburi Accord is in public record.


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Corrinthians:
Tanko has become their latest idol overnight, the same "illiterate aboooki" they cursed yesterday.

What do I know. Think it's best I continue to enjoy my Jacuzzi in peace and watch them take turns to kiss the ol man's balls.

Obakuso:




No more war between brothers. You have to reach 100% consensus to make true change.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2m5scQQCPM

goodnessme1:
the main problem is we yorubas that always think hausa loves us more than ibo,not knowing their view about us and ibo is the same.they are only using us as ladder to government.

ItsMeAboki:


Quite on the contrary; that accolade seems to belong to you, because Tanko Yakassai was very clear in what he said and in equally making a clear distinction between them by drawing attention to the constitutional/practical dilemma of reverting back to the 1962 constitution.

His words:
“Some people are advocating we should adopt the 1962 Constitution. To the best of my knowledge, the 1962 Constitution recognised four regions. Now we have six geo-political regions. But they failed to explain which regions should be retained or merged.”

Icon79:
Good move! Try and get the transcripts as well. You'd see where Ojukwu argued for regionalization and it was adopted!
It was only when Gowon returned to Nigeria that the British ambassador visited him, (mis)educated him and advised him to renege from the agreement.

And you wonder why I never liked that country


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MayorofLagos:


What are the four regions in 1962 constitution? I think he mixed the years up. Midwest was not formed before 1963.

Icon79:
Good move! Try and get the transcripts as well. You'd see where Ojukwu argued for regionalization and it was adopted!
It was only when Gowon returned to Nigeria that the British ambassador visited him, (mis)educated him and advised him to renege from the agreement.

And you wonder why I never liked that country


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