Northern Nigeria Is Powerless Without The Suport Of The Yorubas

Nine-To-five, you never presented any well-laid out points, rather you waffled around a bit, and launched into a ridiculous orgy of Laudate-bashing in your 15th post, on this thread. The only people who have presented relevant points so far, have been dblock, fekuti, WesleyanA, jockey etc.

So quit pointing fingers at Laudate, when you hold the world's greatest record in 'whining'. And kindly stop trying to compare me with Bankole01. Face the facts. That guy lashed out at you on an earlier thread, and I called him to order. What was your response at that time? A meek "thank you!" Then, you tried to turn the thread into a Bankole01 v. Nine-to-five title fight. I stepped in, because I was watching a sequence of events unfold, and in your usual spoil-sport manner, you were trying to derail that thread by picking a fight with him. Do you remember? Good.

You said nothing then, but turned round almost a month later, to launch an attack on Laudate in a totally different thread by calling Laudate 'pretentious,' when Laudate had not addressed any remarks to you! Why did you wait that long?! I guess, its' because your tribalistic cohorts were taking pot-shots at Laudate, and you just had to hop on the band-wagon. Hypocrite!! You were too quick to repay good with evil.

As for mud slinging, you remain the resident expert in it. Everyone can confirm this, at a glance. Your previous encounters with several members of this forum, on other threads are a good example.

Finally you went to the dictionary to search for the meaning of  [gargantuan]. Well! I must congratulate you for finally doing something useful. You picked out a 'typo' & elevated it into a complaint. What a joke!!

One last word: Stop talking about trying to impress me. There is nothing you can have, hold, show or can ever even say, that would ever impress me. Now, buzz off. And kindly get a life!

Forgive me, dblock. Didn't mean to digress from the topic.

Maybe the nation should go back to the former regional structure it had in the sixties, as stipulated in The Regional Constitutions i.e. the 1960 and 1963 Constitutions. Each Region back then, was "a self-governing Region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria" with economic independence. Those regions were run along the lines of the regional structure, that you outlined in your previous posts. But a fourth region may need to be added .i.e.The Middle Belt. Under Abacha, a six-region structure was proposed, when the idea of rotational presidency was first mooted. But that idea died a natural death.

The structure of government in the early to mid-sixties, has been well-documented by various scholars. "Powers within the country were shared between the federal or central authority, and a number of regionalised governments, allowing each unit, including this central authority, to exist as a government separately and independently from the others, operating directly on persons and property with its territorial area, with a will of its own and its own apparatus for the conduct of affairs, and with an authority in some matters exclusive of all others" as described by Itse Sagay, a professor of law, in his article FEDERALISM, THE CONSTITUTION AND RESOURCE CONTROL.

The centre was weak, but the regions had more autonomy & ability to direct their affairs as they saw fit. And they all co-existed under the umbrella of one country - Nigeria. Elections into the legislature were keenly contested, and it saw non-indigenes from other parts of the country, emerging as representatives in areas different from their own respective home towns. Someone like Umoru Altine became Mayor of Enugu, while Lagos had Mazi Mbonu Ojike as the deputy Mayor of Lagos, and Chief (Mrs). Mercy Eneli from Obosi, on the Lagos city council.

For rotational presidency to succeed, there must be a strong rule of law in place, massive education of the citizenry, and a willingness to adhere to the principles of the Constitution. Checks & balances must also be entrenched, to ensure that if one man from a particular region becomes president, he will not 'under-develop' other regions at the expense of 'developing' his own area. And contestants at each regional level, would still need to reach out across their ethnic enclaves to form alliances, not just with other ethnic groups in their region, but with other ethnic groups across Nigeria. An Ijaw man contesting under the auspices of a Niger-Delta region that includes the Itsekiri, the Efik or Ibibio, the Anang etc. would still have to form relationships and alliances with each of these groups, in order to win. And then he would have to reach out across the ethnic divide, to win the trust and votes of other larger ethnic groups. Politics is a game of numbers. Even if all the members of one ethnic group vote for its' own candidate, those votes are still not enough to take such a man to Aso Rock. And that is where problems may arise.

So how would I cast my vote? I would vote for a return to the regional structure, not a rotational presidency. Each region then, witnessed more development in those short years, than we have seen under the unitary system which has held sway, till date.

@ Laudete
But under the old constitution which ethnic gripus were the most active in governing the regions.
What where the regions, was it simply North, S.West, S.East?
Wouldn't this lead to the original problem?

I have an even better idea that I think is better than the 1960/1963 constitution or a Rotational system

**How about an extremely accurate census is carried out (The most acurate census in the world)
**Then Stats are observed, and information is gathered.
**Money from Foriegn Reserves and Non Oil income earners are allocated according to population and population only.
**Even if the money is earned in Kwara, andKwara already has it's fair share of allocations the money would be distributed to Yobe for example (Each state recieves funds according to population, production is not taken into consideration.
**The money is managed by The Governors of each state(elected by the people of the state)

A calender is drawn up that has every recognised ethic group.
**Each ethnic group gets 4 years in office, then the another ethnic group takes over.
**If Ethic group A rules for years now, they'll have to wait 200-300 years for their next turn.
**Because this system is a test of pataience, the Vice president is awarded more power, and he/she may come from any background.
**The V.P makes more decisions

The calender will be like the chinese calender.
**Eg. Year of the Igbo, Year of the Ibibio, Year of the Yoruba, Year of the Fulani, Year of the Hausa etc.

Under this new systme, even if the President is corrupt, as long as funds make their way to the local Government people will enjoy a High Standard of Living. Each state has no excuse for lack of development and each state has equal opportunity.
 

Interesting comment~laudate is a she;UNILAG campus girl;attended MEDILAG!Laudate i think i know you now
No invectives please!

isnt Laudate a female name 

edit: what does laudate mean? I'm not sure what sex he/she be

Alright I will comment on the actual reason why I created this thread.

The reason the North has so much political power, is becuase the Yoruba back them. The second the Yoruba Isolate themselves from the North, will be the second that Northern Nigeria loses it's might.

1993 was meant to be a consolation prize for the Yoruba, to keep them silent. It didn't go well, the elctions were annauled. The North knew that they had to orgnaise another Consolation prize, so 1999 was handed to the Yoruba. The North know that they need the Yoruba to maintain their political stance. I believe the Igbo are tolerating their political situation, and the North are contnueing to award Consolation prizes to the Yoruba every 8-16 years.

So will the Yoruba speak their mind, and question the political system, or will they speak out for themselves. 

Where is the proof that Laudate attended Medilag? Kindly desist from peddling falsehood.


Your obsession with Laudate's gender leaves a lot to be desired.

even if laudate is female wetin concern anybody?

back to topic
yes northern Nigeria is powerless without the support of Yorubas and also why is it that OBJ has been against supporting a southern leader this time around?