The generality of the Igbos are not focused on Niger Delta resources. Do you know the gas reserves in SE? There's also oil.

The leaders in SE might be looking out for their pockets hence you won't hear them support Biafra same way they don't talk about restructuring.

Who owns 80% of Niger Delta oil wells? Igbos or Northerners?

Jogs1900:


Why is our brothers from the SE not in support of restructuring?Did you notice that non of their leaders have ever spoken in support of restructuring.
Tinubu has been silently doing the restructuring...Don't let us write him off..He is yet to spend up to a year out of the 8years he's eligible to spend.

DMerciful:
The generality of the Igbos are not focused on Niger Delta resources. Do you know the gas reserves in SE? There's also oil.

The leaders in SE might be looking out for their pockets hence you won't hear them support Biafra same way they don't talk about restructuring.

Who owns 80% of Niger Delta oil wells? Igbos or Northerners?

Now since the leaders from SE are not in support of resource control, it means the country will remain like this for long because I know the north will never support it.Na south dey do south.
The battle is in the national assembly.

The only people in support of 100% resource control are SS people and the reason is because the resources is in SS!

Restructuring is different from resource control. What the SW support is restructuring without resource control and thats why you won't hear fiscal federalism.

Has a South Southerner moved a bill in the national assembly for resource control? Can we do this and see who will oppose it rather than speculate?

Jogs1900:

Now since the leaders from SE are not in support of resource control, it means the country will remain like this for long because I know the north will never support it.Na south dey do south.
The battle is in the national assembly.

DMerciful:
The only people in support of 100% resource control are SS people and the reason is because the resources is in SS!

Restructuring is different from resource control. What the SW support is restructuring without resource control and thats why you won't hear fiscal federalism.

Has a South Southerner moved a bill in the national assembly for resource control? Can we do this and see who will oppose it rather than speculate?

The SW has been at the forefront of resource control and restructuring...
This is going to be a very sensitive bill to move in the national assembly..
Before one moves this kind of bill, one must be sure of the position of those you will need their support for the bill to scale through...As we can see, the SW senators are not scared of the northern senators but at the same time, this bill will be a game of numbers which the SW and SE doesnt have...Now, with the body language of our SE senators,do you think they will support this bill?

Senators from Imo, Abia and Anambra might support the bill but Ebonyi and Enugu will likely not. Lagos, Ogun and Ondo might support the bill but Ekiti, Osun and Oyo will likely not support it.

However, without resource control, Nigeria cannot develop because you need the competition to develop

Jogs1900:

The SW has been at the forefront of resource control and restructuring...
This is going to be a very sensitive bill to move in the national assembly..
Before one moves this kind of bill, one must be sure of the position of those you will need their support for the bill to scale through...As we can see, the SW senators are not scared of the northern senators but at the same time, this bill will be a game of numbers which the SW and SE doesnt have...Now, with the body language of our SE senators,do you think they will support this bill?

DMerciful:
Senators from Imo, Abia and Anambra might support the bill but Ebonyi and Enugu will likely not. Lagos, Ogun and Ondo might support the bill but Ekiti, Osun and Oyo will likely not support it.

However, without resource control, Nigeria cannot develop because you need the competition to develop

All SW senators or politicians will speak with one voice in the national assembly irrespective of political parties...Lagos can even afford to assist those other states in their finances....Their rallying points are Tinubu, DAWN commission , Odua Investment even Amotekun unlike South east senators that dont have rallying point.They operate independently.

You're speculating.

Let a SS senator present the bill and lets see who will vote for or against. Just believing some people will block it might be prejudicial.

I asked a question why Igbos do not own oil wells in Niger Delta but majorly Hausa-Fulanis seconded by Yorubas. Have you really thought about this?

Again, you seem to think that if Nigeria adopts 100% resource control, Lagos will have the money it has today...it won't!

Jogs1900:

All SW senators or politicians will speak with one voice in the national assembly irrespective of political parties...Lagos can even afford to assist those other states in their finances....Their rallying points are Tinubu, DAWN commission , Odua Investment even Amotekun unlike South east senators that dont have rallying point.They operate independently.

immortalcrown:
Look at the South East.

There is a reason most, if not all, of the states categorized as Middle Belt share boundaries with the acknowledged eastern states.

I am not geographical but I will rather go a a small garden of eden with gas , crude oil , coal , fertile ground, uranium and navigable rivers than a a planet Mars with its huge land space that is lifeless and worse than a desert .
I can't compare Israel or South Korea with sudan or Algeria in terms of anything

DMerciful:
You're speculating.

Let a SS senator present the bill and lets see who will vote for or against. Just believing some people will block it might be prejudicial.

I asked a question why Igbos do not own oil wells in Niger Delta but majorly Hausa-Fulanis seconded by Yorubas. Have you really thought about this?

Again, you seem to think that if Nigeria adopts 100% resource control, Lagos will have the money it has today...it won't!

Don't let us speculate that Lagos will not have the money it has today if there's full resources control..Lagos will develop at its own pace...That's what SW leaders want..The pressure being put on Lagos resources by people from other states will reduce.It will give Lagos the opportunity to explore it's full potential..If it's because of the seaport, you should know the federal government is always ready to give approval to any state that can build a seaport...They gave approval to lekki seaport and gelegele in delta state.

Its not because of the sea port. If there's no money coming from the centre, Lagos cannot maintain its current debt servicing and infrastructure.

The reason SW appear to be one is because of Niger Delta oil money from the center. If you stop that, all state will be for themselves

Jogs1900:

Don't let us speculate that Lagos will not have the money it has today if there's full resources control..Lagos will develop at its own pace...That's what SW leaders want..The pressure being put on Lagos resources by people from other states will reduce.It will give Lagos the opportunity to explore it's full potential..If it's because of the seaport, you should know the federal government is always ready to give approval to any state that can build a seaport...They gave approval to lekki seaport and gelegele in delta state.

Jogs1900:


Why is our brothers from the SE not in support of restructuring?Did you notice that non of their leaders have ever spoken in support of restructuring.
Tinubu has been silently doing the restructuring...Don't let us write him off..He is yet to spend up to a year out of the 8years he's eligible to spend.

Stop hallucinating. Why do you think nobody has moved a bill for restructuring at the national assembly? Restructuring or resource control means you have to change the constitution from the unitary form it currently operates. When you read what has to be done for the constitution to be changed, you find out that it is impossible

Before you can restructure, not only will you need to get at least two third majority vote in the upper and lower Houses, you also need to get at least two third vote in two thirds of the 36 state assemblies. Its mission impossible

But I also want to add that Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex group of the Igbos, has been very vocal in insisting that Nigeria be restructured

However, the entire North does not want Nigeria to be restructured

Jogs1900:

The president doesn't have the sole authority to allow resource control....The national assembly can do it...The question now is will our SE legislators be in support because its obvious the north will kick against it.

they should initiate the move...how many has initiated the move

DMerciful:
Its not because of the sea port. If there's no money coming from the centre, Lagos cannot maintain its current debt servicing and infrastructure.

The reason SW appear to be one is because of Niger Delta oil money from the center. If you stop that, all state will be for themselves

If Nigeria is restructured and there's resource control, it will be an opportunity for Lagos to make more money..Thats the truth..As it is,Lagos will service its debt and survive without the monthly faac..We've seen the various reports even on NL.
Why are the SE states not one despite collecting Niger Delta oil money from the center?Do you think if the allocation from the center is stopped, they can speak with one voice?

Igbos are republicans in nature and business oriented. They will collectively support a liberal system but cannot be directed to move in a particular direction.

Why do you think some people are insisting on the indivisibility of Nigeria and who are the people insisting that Nigeria must not divide?

Belle dey fear, na e dey front?

Jogs1900:

If Nigeria is restructured and there's resource control, it will be an opportunity for Lagos to make more money..Thats the truth..As it is,Lagos will service its debt and survive without the monthly faac..We've seen the various reports even on NL.
Why are the SE states not one despite collecting Niger Delta oil money from the center?Do you think if the allocation from the center is stopped, they can speak with one voice?

DMerciful:
Igbos are republicans in nature and business oriented. They will collectively support a liberal system but cannot be directed to move in a particular direction.

Why do you think some people are insisting on the indivisibility of Nigeria and who are the people insisting that Nigeria must not divide?

Belle dey fear, na e dey front?

Lol...
Have you forgotten the first person to say that "Nigeria is an indivisible entity"
Last year, the wife of a prominent politician from the SE even begged politicians not to allow Nigeria to disintegrate.

Then lets do a referendum across Nigeria and anywhere the referendum succeeds, let them go peacefully. Lets see how minority political class can decide for majority of the people

Jogs1900:

Lol...
Have you forgotten the first person to say that "Nigeria is an indivisible entity"
Last year, the wife of a prominent politician from the SE even begged politicians not to allow Nigeria to disintegrate.

Iamgrey5:
Lol

South south land mass more than South West?

Is this person dreaming

South south is filled with rivers and ocean....

South west no be south south mate ...

We are one of the major tribe in Nigeria...tell me any south south tribe is part of the major tribe

DMerciful:
Then lets do a referendum across Nigeria and anywhere the referendum succeeds, let them go peacefully. Lets see how minority political class can decide for majority of the people

Our founding fathers didn't not allow referendum to be in our constitution hence the state that "Nigeria is an indivisible entity"
Na only military fit run am with decree not all these set of politicians..Na why e pain me when Orkar coup failed.

They did not allow secession but they definitely allowed referendum. Midwest Region(Edo and Delta) was created via a plebiscite (referendum) in 1963. Some part of Nigeria joined Cameroon and some parts of Cameroon joined Nigeria via referendums

Jogs1900:

Our founding fathers didn't not allow referendum to be in our constitution hence the state that "Nigeria is an indivisible entity"
Na only military fit run am with decree not all these set of politicians..Na why e pain me when Orkar coup failed.

DMerciful:
They did not allow secession but they definitely allowed referendum. Midwest Region(Edo and Delta) was created via a plebiscite (referendum) in 1963. Some part of Nigeria joined Cameroon and some parts of Cameroon joined Nigeria via referendums

Sorry, I meant secession not referendum..Even at that,It's only our national assembly that can do that and if the south doesnt speak as one, it will not fly.. The north wants the status quo

It is time we start questioning our senators and house of reps instead of the presidency

Our senators and reps wants the status quo to remain because they may become irrelevant in a new country. Nigeria can separate to 5 countries and they'll be successful. Biafra Republic, Yoruba Nation, Lower Niger Republic, Middle Belt Republic, Arewa Republic can successfully come out of Nigeria and thrive. This is my ultimate desire for Nigeria, we cant remain one...won't work..not even in a 1000 yrs!

Jogs1900:

Sorry, I meant secession not referendum..Even at that,It's only our national assembly that can do that and if the south doesnt speak as one, it will not fly.. The north wants the status quo

It is time we start questioning our senators and house of reps instead of the presidency

DMerciful:
Our senators and reps wants the status quo to remain because they may become irrelevant in a new country. Nigeria can separate to 5 countries and they'll be successful. Biafra Republic, Yoruba Nation, Lower Niger Republic, Middle Belt Republic, Arewa Republic can successfully come out of Nigeria and thrive. This is my ultimate desire for Nigeria, we cant remain one...won't work..not even in a 1000 yrs!

Unfortunately for us, we can't rely on these set of politicians... They don't care about the masses.

Do you know why the Israel Palestine Iraq Iran conflict has raged for 76yrs? It is because of what the British did. You can read about the British mandate after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Same British designed Nigeria not to work and thats why for 64yrs(since independence), we've not progressed. Unfortunately, Nigerians see the creation of Nigeria as the creation of God rather than the British. You can't just put people that are fundamentally different together in one country

The British are not perfect so mistake is allowed. What is not allowed is Nigerians seeing this British creation as divine and not willing to change the country even if they are dying. They see what the British did as equivalent to what God did.

Jogs1900:

Unfortunately for us, we can't rely on these set of politicians... They don't care about the masses.

DMerciful:
Do you know why the Israel Palestine Iraq Iran conflict has raged for 76yrs? It is because of what the British did. You can read about the British mandate after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Same British designed Nigeria not to work and thats why for 64yrs(since independence), we've not progressed. Unfortunately, Nigerians see the creation of Nigeria as the creation of God rather than the British. You can't just put people that are fundamentally different together in one country

The British are not perfect so mistake is allowed. What is not allowed is Nigerians seeing this British creation as divine and not willing to change the country even if they are dying. They see what the British did as equivalent to what God did.

The British are cunny and selfish..I don't know how you will join the future of people with different cultures, ideologies, religions etc together...They know Nigeria will not work and they don't want it to work..Let's forget about their deceit.What they can't take, they want others to take it..I don't even know how they used religion to deceive our fore fathers(I'm a Christian)...In the UK now, most of their churches are being turned to pubs.They brought Christianity to us and they now do everything against Christianity..They tried to denigrate our traditional institutions while preserving theirs even giving them constitutional powers...The only thing working for Nigeria is our resilience..I dont know how long it will last..
It's well

Mugu. It's not by or about size. How big is Netherlands compared to Nigeria? Nigeria is about twenty times bigger but does Nigeria even come any close to them in terms of any index of development?

chopnaira:

The dot or 5 percenters according to Buhari

Quality will always be superior to quantity. You should also Celebrate your mass poverty and wretchedness.

immortalcrown:
Look at the South East.

There is a reason most, if not all, of the states categorized as Middle Belt share boundaries with the acknowledged eastern states.

paramakina202:


Correct.
A state in Russia is larger than Nigeria.
Russia is almost 20 times bigger than Nigeria.

Can you try and put this in facts and figures?

jjcena:
It's shameful when adults come online to talk geographical land mass like it they have used it to achieve anything meaningful.

[s]As large as the north is, yet what exactly have they done with it[/s]
. The herdsmen still come to the south to cause havoc in the name grazing..

As small as the south is yet they are more productive than both human capacity and natural resources, if only the gold in Zamfara was deemed a national property then we would know the real worth.

The bigger the landmass, the more problematic it is, the smaller the landmass the more productive an area is in Nigeria.

The north remains the food reservoir of Nigeria. Stop this bitterness

HisaacPlus:


The north remains the food reservoir of Nigeria. Stop this bitterness

Are we getting the food for free or at cheaper price?? Yet southern resources are shared to them in the name of allocation

Ttipsy:
Are we getting the food for free or at cheaper price?? Yet southern resources are shared to them in the name of allocation

Either you use money or your posterity is not the issue. The issue is the land is not help 'for nothing' as you would want us believe.
WHT have you achieved with your own tiny land? You can't even mention one thing!

Iamgrey5:
Lol

South south land mass more than South West?

Is this person dreaming

He measured water areas too I guess

Credit should be given to peter obi for coming 3rd.
Normally a southeastern can never win a presidential election in Nigeria with this information