Igwe-1:


There are multiple sources on these. I will pull them up when i get a chance. Bottomline is that Igbos are the most populated ethnic group in nigeria by all Margins but the conspiracy of the Yoruba and Hausa and Britian has kept the truth hidden. Thats why i want an honest person to lead Nigeria so the truth can come to light.

aribisala0:

this is a myth that  just does not stack up with the facts. i do not and cannot know what the likely population of the different parts of nigeria is but i know what my visceral bias would like it to be.
desert or not the fact remains that the north feeds the south with grain,peppers,tomatoes,potatoes,millet onions,beef,sheep,goats and chickens the flow of these products in nigeria is unidirectional from north to south ALWAYS. last year the transporters went on strike and lagos nearly starved with food price inflation of  more than 100%
this is where you find the highest level of irrigation and consumption of fertilisers and other agricultural inputs. there is very little mechanized agriculture in the south .what does this prove nothing really except that we in the south are desperate to show that we have a higher population. that particular argument is not good enough and indeed suggests the opposite to what is being argued.the reality is population has to be measured in the field not deduced by specious reasoning that seems good to us. i was in nigeria during the last census and know for a fact that ethnicity was not recorded during the last census. for all we know the majority population of kano may be igbo but there is no way of demonstrating this. the other issue is polygamy this is greatest in northern nigeria. the most recent voter register suggest a higher population in the north. i know people will say it is rigged but the one fact that won't go away is that this so-called desert produces enough food  for itself and kindly  sends some down to us in our arable south.

aribisala0:

this is a myth that  just does not stack up with the facts. i do not and cannot know what the likely population of the different parts of nigeria is but i know what my visceral bias would like it to be.
desert or not the fact remains that the north feeds the south with grain,peppers,tomatoes,potatoes,millet onions,beef,sheep,goats and chickens the flow of these products in nigeria is unidirectional from north to south ALWAYS. last year the transporters went on strike and lagos nearly starved with food price inflation of  more than 100%
this is where you find the highest level of irrigation and consumption of fertilisers and other agricultural inputs. there is very little mechanized agriculture in the south .what does this prove nothing really except that we in the south are desperate to show that we have a higher population. that particular argument is not good enough and indeed suggests the opposite to what is being argued.the reality is population has to be measured in the field not deduced by specious reasoning that seems good to us. i was in nigeria during the last census and know for a fact that ethnicity was not recorded during the last census. for all we know the majority population of kano may be igbo but there is no way of demonstrating this. the other issue is polygamy this is greatest in northern nigeria. the most recent voter register suggest a higher population in the north. i know people will say it is rigged but[flash=200,200]http://the one fact that won't go away is that this so-called desert produces enough food  for itself and kindly  sends some down to us in our arable south.[/flash]

aribisala0:

the argument not going your way so you remove the middle belt. firstly define MIDDLE BELT NAME THE STATES.

Minorities in Nigeria tend to be dominated by the three largest ethnic groups, the Hausa of North and the Igbo and Yoruba of the South; the result in the Middle Belt is occasional political unity and solidarity amongst these highly differentiated peoples, an example being the United Middle Belt Congress that emerged following Nigeria's independence from Britain in 1960.
Areas of Nigeria which are generally referred to as belonging to the Middle Belt are: Kwara State, Kogi State, Benue State, Plateau State, Nasarawa State, Niger State, Adamawa State and Taraba State. Also included are the southern parts of Kaduna State, Zuru area of Kebbi State, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro areas of Bauchi State, Tangale and Waja areas of Gombe State and the southern parts of Borno State (Biu area).

aribisala0:

people are entitled to their understandings that is your riight. if you want others to share your understanding there is a hurdle called evidence otherwise it is a doctrine that relies on faith like religion.

aribisala0:

this is true the igbos are descendants of the yorubas we say ibi they say ebe here
we say ile they say ala ground etc
i know tell me i will not be silly
let us not derail the point is this somebody said that northern nigeria is a desert and cannot feed the north to support the population ascribed to the north and i sain no northern nigeria feeds itself and send its surplus food down south. so someone decides oh its not the north its the middle belt so i say lets define this middle belt that is where we are.
i am hoping that even though kano is not a food producer we wlll accept their figures on trust after all lagos too does not produce food.

Gbenge 77:

The BBC practice investigative journalism and this report does not seem far-fetched.

johnie:

I expect to see the colours on this map more evenly spread with less of the green (PDP) after these elections.

I hope that happens because it would be good for us.

The influence of PDP needs to be curtailed but I would not like to see the colours (parties) concentrating along ethnic lines.

That would be disastrous!

naijaking1:

It's possible Igbos descended from Yorubas, or vis versa.

EzeUche:

I really doubt that. Most anthropologist believe that the[b] Igbo[/b], Idoma, Igala and Yoruba are descendants of a common ancestor.

naijaking1:

My understanding is that the whole south easthern Nigeria, from western Cameron to as far east as where we call Yorubaland today, up to and including most of Kogi, Benue, and up to the Adamawa mountains are inhabited by people who had the same ancestral relationship with the people we call Igbos today.

EzeUche:

I really doubt that. Most anthropologist believe that the Igbo, Idoma, Igala and Yoruba are descendants of a common ancestor.