Some weeks back, i was watching cable television where i saw the minister of information and communications, Prof Dora Akunyili addressing correspondents after a FEC meeting when she referred to the President as Goodluck Ebele 'Azikiwe' Jonathan. I was suprised and laughed afterwards cos it was funny. Why is he being associated with a host of igbo names? I stand to be corrected, his name is not Azikiwe so why would Dora call him dat on national television? Except he adopted the name of late,

why not share the video?

I heard  it too.

All I can conclude from the manner she emphasised on "Azikiwe" is that she is trying to make a "statement" or pass a "message".

If she did then it is a mistake because I don't think Dora can officially address the President in a fond name his parents used to call him, except this is actually one of his names

I have red some of Jonathan's Biography where it was said that the fond name his parents called him was Azikiwe after Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.

I do not know if this is officially one of his name, or whether just a fond name from a parent to a child.

But I think people are reading too much into this.

Because I have also read OBJ addressed as Mathew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo

How many of these is his official names and how many are just names his parents called him for fun? So some folks should stop reading too much meanings into things.

Some of General Ike Nwachukwu's name include Umar Sanda and they are usually called in public. So lets not read too much into this. It means nothing.

mikeansy:

why not share the video?

I don't have the link to the video but from what ilugunboy said @ least that makes us two

ilugunboy:

I heard  it too.

All I can conclude from the manner she emphasised on "Azikiwe" is that she is trying to make a "statement" or pass a "message".

Before nko? the guy needs the votes from the SE badly.

Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi


David Alechenu Mark

all these are names that cross geographical boundaries

na_so:

Before nko? the guy needs the votes from the SE badly.

And you think procuring or emphasizing Igbo sounding middle names is enough to win the South East?

People deserve more respect than that abeg

mikeansy:

Because I have also read OBJ addressed as Mathew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo[quote][/quote]


Well OBJ's case is different, all the above names are actually his names. If you read his book My commands u'll know this. I think i agree with your assertion that it's not correct to address him the president with his fond name in public. That's what i think the 'AZIKIWE' in his name is, a fond name. But being that the name is associated with a great man now makes it a non issue. Because i still believe Azikiwe is not President GEJ real name.

mikeansy:

Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi


David Alechenu Mark

all these are names that cross geographical boundaries

I agree with that of Amaechi but Mark? Alechenu is an idoma name and Mark himself is Idoma

What does Alechenu mean in Idoma?

mikeansy:

If she did then it is a mistake because I don't think Dora can officially address the President in a fond name his parents used to call him, except this is actually one of his names

I have red some of  Jonathan's Biography where it was said that the fond name his parents called him was Azikiwe after Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.

I do not know if this is officially one of his name, or whether just a fond name from a parent to a child.

But I think people are reading too much into this.

Because I have also read OBJ addressed as Mathew Aremu Okikiola Olusegun Obasanjo

How many of these is his official names and how many are just names his parents called him for fun?  So some folks should stop reading too much meanings into things.

Some of General Ike Nwachukwu's name include Umar Sanda and they are usually called in public. So lets not read too much into this. It means nothing.

I think fond names are usually a short form of an actual name of a person like Emy, Ify, Chiboy, etc. I have 3 names and some of my siblings didn't know about it. I only found out from my birth certificate but that name is never used.

Anyway, I think Azikiwe is one of his official names; many non-Igbo folks sometimes bear Igbo names because their (grand) mothers are Igbo.

006:

I think fond names are usually a short form of an actual name of a person like Emy, Ify, Chiboy, etc. I have 3 names and some of my siblings didn't know about it. I only found out from my birth certificate but that name is never used.

Anyway, I think Azikiwe is one of his official names; many non-Igbo folks sometimes bear Igbo names because their (grand) mothers are Igbo.

You may be right as well.

I really don't know why the quest to shoot down the fact that Jonathan may have an Igbo middle name. It simply does not mean anything politically.

Those of us who grew up in PH get it when we hear it. Okrika, Kalagbari, Ijaw are filled with women marrried from Igbo tribes and a lot of children from these areas have alternative Igbo names.

mikeansy:

What does Alechenu mean in Idoma?

U're correct Alechenu is Tiv not Idoma

obiem:

U're correct Alechenu is Tiv not Idoma

I don't think I am actually arguing. I want to know what Alechenu in David Mark's name means to ascertain whether it does cross boundaries or not. It does mean something to me in Igbo, if you tell me the meaning in David Mark's language I will know if it has nothing to do with what I thought it meant.

Because the Igbos, Igalas, Tivs, and most of the South South people including Ikwere, Calabar, Ijaw have same ancestry if you look at the lineages.

They originate from a group of wandering tribes refered to as the "Kwa People". Ignore the ignorant hate that obtains these days amongst these tribes these days. But that is the truth.

Abegi, na so this woman dey talk, na so she still first call Jonathan Ebele, Though I still heard the broadcast wen she called the name Azikiwe. But Jonathan answered press men wen ask on that by saying, it was given to him by his grandmother after Dr Nnmadi Azikiwe.
Madam too talk

obiem:

U're correct Alechenu is Tiv not Idoma

You're wrong. Alechenu is an Idoma. Means something that comes unexpectedly. Just confirm that from an Idoma colleague. .

Nobody is trying to take away anything from him. If he likes let them call him Ayodele, Sheu or anyone they fancy. The issue is that someone is trying to make political capital out of the name.

Has GEJ refuted the names ?
Will u sit down and stay quiet as president while your minister of info calls u by names that r not urs.
What about the Ebele in his name.
Dora as an Igbo woman has done this on more than one ocassion.

The first time she did it was when she announced the desolution of the FEC.
Still she got re-appointed.

While I agree it is just a name, the only problem is that we come from a nation where anything  Igbo is unfashionable.
That is y we see people with names like Emeka Okafor, Chike Igwe, Nnana Dibia not being igbos.

I am also Alusi-na-ta-Agu Okija Juju^TM.

Dora won't call him Azikiwe if that is not his name. I have 5 names and just found out about 1 of em when I got a copy of my birth certificate so yes Jonathan Ebele Azikiwe Goodluck are his legal names until he says NO.