Kilode?!:

She should translate this into Hausa and drop the leaflets over Maiduguri and Kano Central markets.

No point preaching to the choir, those who need to read can't find her blog.

Same problem exist in the South w/o the religious fanaticm angle.

Nice article though.

noiseless:

The only time the future will begin to look bright with anyone will be when people stop being too economical with the truth,we are tired of people always lying about how their cocoa or their groundnut alone was used in building the country,such claim is laughable. Coal was discovered for first in this country in 1908 in enugu and the mining began in 1915/1916 and was used by the british to pop up tax and  running their administration in the country throughout pre colonial era til post colonial era before the drilling of black gold (oyel) when the greedy and crafty masters (northerners) and their partners in crimminality abandoned the coal,palm oil and rubber which were in abundance in the east.  So madam Zainab and co if you want to say the truth say it as it is and economising the truth will only make matters worse,or if you don't know then ask or learn.   Some people had free education given to them while many people were denied the right to free education only for the mineral resources from our back yard to be used run the govt for peace to reign,please!please!please enough of the lies,it is the same bull droppings you have been using to feed the yourselves for over 50yrs when only the crap you choose to tell the nation and the world is what goes without a challenge, and if anyone dares he disappears overnight or war would be declared against his people with impunity.  SO SPARE US THAT HALF BAKED TRUTH.

Sam_Ikenna:

Every man is the architect of his furtune - that's what my father always told me even when I was too little to digest it.

The north, just like other regions, can be an educational/economic power house if they make the right choices, unfortunately those choices are not pleasant to make initially because of our usual Nigerian factor or disease. This disease is what I call oil-induced laziness syndrome.

Like the saying goes - power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The north had absolute power + absolute control over oil for many years and the two combined to wreck havoc on their people. Before I go on I want to state here that no region is immuned from this self destructive path, lest no man laugh at the north. The reason I'm saying this is because now that SS has the presidency, eventhough they don't have absolute control of the oil under their feet, they should use the far north as a case study so as to avoid the mistakes/trappings of national leadership. They should massively invest in their people. We all know too well that self improvement and investment is a venture that can never go wrong because you are in-charge of the input and output.

Today the far north is unclad and increasingly isolated by people that once professed "one north" with them, however, all hope is not lost. The north can get back their charm by strongly joining the other regions in actively championing for SNC. If and when we get to the SNC and by hook or crook still decide to stay as one country that's not dominated or dictated to from the center, then and only then shall we have the good old educational/economic competition that was the hallmark of early post independence era. Once we bring back that kind of competition that is fed and sustained by hardwork and "can do" attitude of the people, I believe its only then that we'll begin to see the back of abject poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance.

I believe far north still has a fighting chance because in life you're down for as long as you want to.

deols:

Ppl blaming d problem on Islam are simply put, ignorant.

Beaf:

They took the same ugly mindset and inflicted massive problems on Nigeria. It is taking boko haram and the loss of political power to finally begin seeing the clouds of almajiris and 10 year old girl-brides; a sitting Senator from one of the most backward states (Zamfara) even imported a 13 year old Egyptian child to phuck for N250,000.00 (Pardon my language, but the situation calls for it); many argued that their religion allowed such paedophelia and was above the constitution.

It is disgusting.

. . .And madam, the core-Northern elite feels superior? It is the nature of a parasite to feel superior to its host.
It is the core-Northern talakawa I pity in all this, they are the victims who are too illiterate to even realise it.

"Lastly is the all-out media war and propaganda against the North. From the mainstream media to social networks, online forums to blogs, it is hunting season for anything Northern (in this context, synonymous with the Northerner of Hausa-Fulani extraction but also any of the predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in the north: Kanuri, Nupe etc). At most you need an advertorial on the pages of the numerous dailies, at the very least, you need an internet connected mobile phone and you are set to begin unleashing your full arsenal against “Northerners”. The activities of Boko Haram which have claimed more Muslim lives, wreaked more havoc to Northern cities than anywhere else are attributed to desperate Northern politicians who lost out in the political chess game, a view peddled around even by erstwhile respected intellectuals; sectarian crises and conflict which abound in every part of the country, but more frequently in the North are mostly attributed to the Hausa-Fulani Muslims who are seen to be the culprits even in situations where they are victims; even the lacklustre performance of the Jonathan administration is attributed to the “evil Northerners”. The problems highlighted above: leadership, economic decline and socio-cultural challenges have rendered us a voiceless people in this media war and propaganda, we are unable to tell our stories strongly from our own perspective while others do it for us, and they paint their version of the truth in whatever colour hue they deem fit."

The problem of the North/Hausa-Fulani is numerous, but tracing it to the root is challenging. I will trace it to the British government. They created a false air of believe in a Northern supremacy which was only a form of respect from other regions. Brilliant youths from the North have been let to waste away in this false believe. If Nigeria had been balanced at independence, with population figures rightly quoted, with parliament balanced, the North would have worked extra hard to catch up with the advantaged south. It is highly unfortunate that even children born today are made to believe in this fallacy up North. What this leads to is a celebration of mediocrity and a beclouded judgement.

noiseless:

The only time the future will begin to look bright with anyone will be when people stop being too economical with the truth,we are tired of people always lying about how their cocoa or their groundnut alone was used in building the country,such claim is laughable. Coal was discovered for first in this country in 1908 in enugu and the mining began in 1915/1916 and was used by the british to pop up tax and  running their administration in the country throughout pre colonial era til post colonial era before the drilling of black gold (oyel) when the greedy and crafty masters (northerners) and their partners in crimminality abandoned the coal,palm oil and rubber which were in abundance in the east.  So madam Zainab and co if you want to say the truth say it as it is and economising the truth will only make matters worse,or if you don't know then ask or learn.   Some people had free education given to them while many people were denied the right to free education only for the mineral resources from our back yard to be used run the govt for peace to reign,please!please!please enough of the lies,it is the same bull droppings you have been using to feed the yourselves for over 50yrs when only the crap you choose to tell the nation and the world is what goes without a challenge, and if anyone dares he disappears overnight or war would be declared against his people with impunity.  SO SPARE US THAT HALF BAKED TRUTH.