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My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 7:41am On Nov 12, 2015 |
In Portharcourt on Tuesday, I watched the protest live from the safety of my friend's car. We both were shocked at the crudeness on display. I thought on these twelve short points and I'll like to draw my Igbo brothers' attention to them. Let's reason together. 1) First of all, I am a Nigerian. I believe in the sovereignty and indivisibility of our country; the giant of Africa. 2) I am Igbo by tribe, but I do not wish to use this space to endorse the Biafra struggle. This is because of the reaons you'll soon see below. Are the Biafran claims legitimate? Yes! But do I support how they're going about it? No. They are only creating hardship for our traders, creating more hatred for we Igbos who work in National institutions and public cooperations. 3) We must ask ourselves salient questions: Who are the leaders and strategists behind these seccesion movement? Are they responsible thought leaders? Are they people who have succeeded in their own right as leaders and captains of industries or are they a bunch of bitter, directionless, disgruntled elements looking for gain or who to pass on the blame for their failures in life? 4) I'll say this once, may be till another opportunity comes. This movement is being spearheaded by jobless graduates and traders facing a backlash of the recent austerity measures put in place by the new government due to dwindling oil prices in the international market. However, successful Igbo traders in Lagos and Abuja and Kaduna, academicians, career civil servants and policticians of Igbo extraction care less. 5) I have not heard Slok boss, Capital Oil boss, Coscharis boss, Innoson, Chikason, Ibeto, TREM bishop, and top celebrities of Igbo origin with national appeal; not forgetting millions of other successful Igbo traders who have investments worth billions of naira in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Portharcourt, Jos and Kano promoting Biafra. God has blessed their hustle. Pray that God will bless your own hustle too so you won't rise up to blame another person for your failures. 6) Is Nigeria really our problem in the south east? In what specific ways? There are bad roads in the south west, north west, south east, south south, everywhere. Our challenges are not peculiar to us. Our collective problem in Nigeria is bad leadership, no more no less. Will this get better with a Biafran country? The probability is half! How far have our own governors gone in fixing our roads and paying workers' salaries as at when due? States like Abia state has been written off by its residents and indigenes alike. Perhaps it is an Hausa man's fault or a Yoruba man's fault too. Who knows! How many of our South Eastern governors have created massive job opporrunities for the teeming graduates being turned out each year? Nigeria has a projected population of about 170 million people. It is estimated that there are about 15 million Igbos living outside the five core eastern states, with about 4 million alone in Lagos. Where are the jobs in the South East for these people who will experience a bitter reprisal movement by the Nigerian government when we have our Biafra which will force them out of their places of abode back home. Can they be contained here? As you take to the streets to protest, think outside the box first. Could it be that we are our own problem? Have we addressed our problems of greed, kidnapping, hatred for one another? Have you not heard the proverb among the Igbo people that if you see a snake and an Mbaise man, kill the Mbaise man first before the snake? Have you heard about the Osu caste system and how they are avoided like plague? No one wants to marry them, except among themselves. I can go on and on. How much have our senators represented us? Any visible constituency project? If these people can loot with brazen impunity in Nigeria with strong institutions as the police, judiciary, EFCC, ICPC, NDLEA, etc, don't even begin to think of how they will loot with freedom in baby Biafra. Who will stop them? You? Dream on. 7) OK. I've seen a map of the 25 provinces of Biafra. I laughed till I had no more strength to laugh. Imagine Warri, Yenegoa, Portharcourt, Benin city, Eket, Ogoja, Uyo, on our map. Are our expectations realistic at all? 8.) I work for a multinational health agency and I have stayed for weeks and months in Warri, Yenegoa, Benin city and Portharcourt. I have interacted with the people on the street and anyone who promotes the talk of Biafra happened to be a core Igbo man from any of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo. I can summarily say that the talk of Niger Deltans leaving Nigeria to follow Igbos to form a new nation is laughable. They will rather demand for Niger Delta Republic than trust Igbos. They don't want to be part of this! 9) If Biafra is thus about the five south eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo, then we must brace ourselves because we're on a long thing. It seems we've been deceived through the stirring of our emotions by someone who is making cool pounds sterling and American dollars in far away UK by just talking into some gadgets from the comfort of his room. I learnt financial donations keep pouring in for Radio Biafra's Nnamdi Kanu. Dude has discovered a cool business idea. After all, he is an Igbo man, a son of the soil so money must be made. Lol. While he is receiving financial donations in hard currency to do nothing in particular, some misguided and misinformed traders are closing their shops for protest. (Shaking my head). 10) But on the other hand, the Nigerian government must call Ohaneze Ndigbo and other influencers in Igbo land (I mean academicians, top civil servants, policticians and captains of industries) to the negotiation table at the State House so that ways to curtail this uprising that threatens our collective peace can be discussed. Their agenda should include looking into the total breakdown of infrasture in the south east (roads, airports, universities, etc). Work on second Niger bridge must be hastened, visibly! Friendly policies that favour businessmen must be formulated because the Igbo man is a trader; inherently. Import waivers should be encouraged and custom duties relaxed. Buhari and his new cabinet should go to work immediately. The ministries headed by Fashola, Okechukwu Emenalah, Dr Chris Ngige, and Rotimi Amaechi are key. 11) I believe in Nigeria. Millions of Igbo people are making billions of naira in Lagos, Abuja, Portharcourt, Jos, Kaduna and Kano. They have risen above hate and helplessness. 12) Pray that God blesses your own hustle too so you won't cast blames on another person for your failures tommorrow. God bless Nigeria. 17 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by HoLEEsinner: 7:43am On Nov 12, 2015 |
Please do |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by kingslly(m): 7:51am On Nov 12, 2015 |
Well said bro,am Igbo and am not against the agitation for a Sovereign state of Biafra but what am not comfortable with is the Pple behind dis struggle and the way they are going about it(no reasonbale strategy at all,they are just reacting). Am just not comfortable with the calibre of pple agitating for Biafra because the ones I knw personally are either cultists or suspected cultists that just feel and believe they'll be I charge once there is Biafra because their fellow cultist is at the top. Let's fight to get it right in the Nigeria settings and not fight to run away,we can neva get it right in Biafra if we don't first of all get it right in Nigeria. We can start by joining forces with other ethnic Nationalities who are agitating for the De-centralisation of Power and the implementation of the recommendation of the National Conference that was organised by the GEJ's government! 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 7:57am On Nov 12, 2015 |
kingslly:Exactly my fear. The agitators are mainly street boys, cultists and cultist-wannabes. I can't trust my future with this present set of people agitating for Biafra. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by kossyablaze(m): 7:59am On Nov 12, 2015 |
All I need is true federalism in this country. |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by EternalTruths: 8:03am On Nov 12, 2015 |
UN REFERENDUM Will determine our fate Give unto Biafra what was given to the Scots 3 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 10:56am On Nov 12, 2015 |
kossyablaze: |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Nobody: 10:58am On Nov 12, 2015 |
mentorandfriend: vicenzo: 3 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Nobody: 11:02am On Nov 12, 2015 |
xtrorse: 3 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 11:04am On Nov 12, 2015 |
EternalTruths:They went about it same way we're going about ours? |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Pavore9: 11:24am On Nov 12, 2015 |
A refreshing read. Not keying into the present strategy does not make us less Igbo just as Jews who are not adherents of Christ's teachings have never had their ancestry questioned as many closed minds l have been unfortunate to come across have questioned my identity because l choose not to have Nnamdi Kanu's words feed my mind. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by patrick89(m): 11:25am On Nov 12, 2015 |
mentorandfriend: most of you are just ordinary book smart people that can write english without a deep wisdom! those you called tout, are the one that would lay down their lives for you to live! when a cartoon is drawn in far away Denmark, do those vultures kill these cultists? no they kill and butcher ajebota like you! infact you will run at the back of these cultists for your safety! must you guys show the world you infantile reasoning? if you go to north central esp plateau state you understand how things work in this demonic contraption! imagine igbos are filled with people like you? who would physically fight? most of you don't have common sense! why does tinubu habour agberos? do you know knwhy they enrich agberos and opc? 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by simplycarro: 11:44am On Nov 12, 2015 |
OP is,a,Yoloba! Gereeeehiaaameen!! 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 11:53am On Nov 12, 2015 |
patrick89:You've made your point. Its so senseless, void of 21st century reasoning. 1 Like |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 11:55am On Nov 12, 2015 |
patrick89:You've made your point. Its so senseless, void of 21st century reasoning. The UN charter has rules on how to go about this. You start by mobilising the grassroot people at the counties/wards, who continously meet to reach a decision which is relayed through their polictical representives to the Congress/National Assembly. Who secceeds by creating chaos and fights in 21st century? 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 11:57am On Nov 12, 2015 |
simplycarro:I'm a full blooded Igbo man bro. 1 Like |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by meezynetwork(m): 12:08pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
Being a hard core igbo, I can say that Biafran dream can never be accomplished with the current state of things. Igbos are better off in Nigeria. What we should be fighting for should be total federalism. Creating another Lagos in Southeast. But Igbos being the "oka cha mara" will never agree to one thing. That is why today we have some for and against biafra. Biafra would have been good but Nigeria with federalism is the best. Igbos have many problems ranging from disunity among themselves, hatred for one another, selfishness, arrogance, etc. Igbos are the only set of people that will go to a foreign land and feel comfortable, building mansions and company. Why? Because if he builds it in his village or home state, he will be tackled with the bring him down syndrome. They don't encourage their own upcoming companies though the appreciate the already accomplished companies owned by them in foreign lands. So tell me how Biafra will be good for them? 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by simplycarro: 12:13pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
mentorandfriend: The dude you replied is agberroo, a tout that believes more in brawn than brain. He is going to wear you out with the promise of fire and brimstone against Nigeria from the comfort of his one bedroom apartment somewhere in the East. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by meezynetwork(m): 12:39pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
Just imagine if the millions of houses and companies owned by Igbos were sited in igbo land, won't the level of real estate in igbo land increase? Igbos been blessed as travellers and businessmen, should had been bringing back their returns to the region and live moderately in other people's region to avoid envy. 2 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Nobody: 1:43pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
meezynetwork:how do you expect this to happen when the Igbos are full of hate and dis unity. Esp. Those of them in the village. Some persons don't even visit their village because of high level of hatred. 3 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Nobody: 1:48pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
Op, with this few points listed. You've been able to convince and not confuse me that true federalism is partially better than biafra. 2 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Pavore9: 2:04pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
mentorandfriend: There they go, once one's thought is outside Nnamdi Kanu's ideologies and strategies your ancestry will be questioned! 2 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by patrick89(m): 2:22pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
simplycarro:hahaha mulatto your Latino dad is already 99.9 years |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by simplycarro: 2:36pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
patrick89:
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Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by simplycarro: 2:39pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
Pavore9: You of all people show be able to spot sarcasm if you see one 1 Like |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by obailala(m): 2:44pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
kingslly:The bolded is a more realistic and sincere and beneficial target. I say it's more achievable because this is an agitation that would excite the entire SS and SW and large parts of the middle-belt to happily join in the protests until it is actualised. I do not understand why no one is clamouring for this instead. 3 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Pavore9: 2:51pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
simplycarro: Nothing do you my brother! |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by simplycarro: 2:56pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
Pavore9: I've seen several instances where your own Igboness had been questioned by those same people that want to determine who is Igbo and who is not., simply because the other guy bring forward a different opinion. Those your brothers are addleheads 2 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Pavore9: 3:10pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
simplycarro: Well every family has its own mix of characters! 1 Like |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by mentorandfriend(m): 3:20pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
Pavore9:I tire for our people. Its quite appalling. |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by Olabestonic001(m): 3:22pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
xtrorse: sure! you are cultist has op has said. You comments are devoid of sound reasoning but rather you are hate-filled and a never do well. With comments of idiots like you, I nearly hate my prospective in-laws but having rapport with who is who in Igbo land, I must confessed I'm ashamed of myself for joining issues with your ilk. Miscreants like you have no future and the only future you can create is crisis-filled. You can now continue as others match on in destiny while you cry foul play. I never knew you are a never-do-well. MAY GOD SAVE YOUR SOUL! 5 Likes |
Re: My Thoughts On The Nascent Biafrian Demand For A Sovereign State by laudate: 6:13pm On Nov 12, 2015 |
meezynetwork: Eziokwu!! Nwoke m, you talk am well! Let us hope the misguided souls that have been brainwashed by that albino, find a way to retrace their steps... Daalu zi! |
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