abdeiz:




Pls I want to understand more.
Why do you think the ibos don't use their airports to travel and import since its obviously cheaper? aren't these airports also international airports?

Mujtahida:

It's the weak among you who are spreading this pernicious virus. They are the wreckers of your dream. Today it seems they are fighting for Biafra, fronting as wanna-be revolutionaries. But I can see through them. Assuming Biafra succeeds they are still the ones who will start crying Abafra, Nsukkafra, Nnewifra, Afikpofra and as many fras as their tribalistic minds can can conjur like a wicked magician and then the young Republic will be riddled with a rash of fras like leprosy on the body of an outcast.

obailala:
The Igbo nation is as big as the Yoruba and the Hausa nations. Firstly, it is a shame, and an embarrassment for the Igbo nation to keep crying for several decades that it is being marginalised by its 'classmates'.

Power is not given, it is taken, and nobody struggles for power, takes it and gives it on a platter of gold to another. The only way the Igbo nation can attain political progress in Nigeria is by playing the game being played by its MATES; i.e. playing superior politics. But it seems each time, the Igbo nation plays a wrong card which backfires, and then the shameful cry of 'they are bullying us' continues.

A classic example was the last election when the entire Igbo establishment suckled to PDP and PDP lost. FEw Igbo men who joined APC kept begging for support screaming at the top of their voices that 'assuming PDP loses, the Igbo nation would lose a lot of political relevance', but those few Igbo men were discarded as 'ndi fulefu a.k.a efulefus.' But at the end, their exact fears came to pass. If just 25% of the Igbo political establishment aligned with the APC prior to 2015, the Igbos would have held some political clout in APC and in Abuja today. But it was a result of our bare faced political miscalculation.

fkj950ax:


What do you want done.
Coming out to condemn anything is not the same as putting in place ACTUAL steps to building sea/air ports.

If Yorubas won't support, why not have an Ndigbo meeting and you all commit funds, resources in a PPP arrangement with your South South, East and NigerDelta State Governors.

You will finish this in 2 years and stop travelling to Lagos for 50years.

And Reno won't be crying on Social Media, and Ben Bruce won't be preaching commonsense.

Put your money where your mouth is. ACTION ACTION....

xcolanto:
Reno is spot on! Why can't an Igbo man rule this God forsaken country? How can we claim to be one people yet they oppress the Igbo's for fighting for their rights to govern and control their resources.
This nation is doomed and can never work.
Without equal rights and justice no country can prosper.

7lives:


Are you blaming Yorubas for the inability of SE politicians to get an international airport from PDP 16 years government?, Yorubas are in opposition for 16 good years na.
You see why people like us want you people to have your so called Biafra?, it is because we know you guys are experts in failure.
Stop blaming Yorubas blame your politicians, who have caps but do not have heads.

Real2020:


The fact Enugu is an international airport on paper doesn't make it an international airport in a real sense. Why don't you fly from Enugu airport to America, Canada, Europe or Asia? You can't because there is somebody up there preventing airlines from using it. There is something called systematic marginalization of Igbos that most of you yorubas have zero clue of. Even Awolowo giving Igbos 20 pounds after the war wasn't his policy...somebody somewhere in Britain handed him that policy to implement.

obailala:
The Igbo nation is as big as the Yoruba and the Hausa nations. Firstly, it is a shame, and an embarrassment for the Igbo nation to keep crying for several decades that it is being marginalised by its 'classmates'.

Power is not given, it is taken, and nobody struggles for power, takes it and gives it on a platter of gold to another. The only way the Igbo nation can attain political progress in Nigeria is by playing the game being played by its MATES; i.e. playing superior politics. But it seems each time, the Igbo nation plays a wrong card which backfires, and then the shameful cry of 'they are bullying us' continues.

A classic example was the last election when the entire Igbo establishment suckled to PDP and PDP lost. FEw Igbo men who joined APC kept begging for support screaming at the top of their voices that 'assuming PDP loses, the Igbo nation would lose a lot of political relevance', but those few Igbo men were discarded as 'ndi fulefu a.k.a efulefus.' But at the end, their exact fears came to pass. If just 25% of the Igbo political establishment aligned with the APC prior to 2015, the Igbos would have held some political clout in APC and in Abuja today. But it was a result of our bare faced political miscalculation.

louwie:


Yoruba in opposition for 16 years ??

and some people actually liked your post, i give up!

Masterclass32:


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10212561866298933&id=1152008079

kingthreatz:


Seaport, when your land is landlocked?

bkool7:


If you follow the 1999 presidential election you'll know that the west didn't support Obj . He won the election with votes from other parts of the country .
The regional Yoruba parties are AD and ACN

iamjavadem:

slowpoke, which facts? Why didn't reno and GEJ address these issues when they were in power? Stupid hyprocite.

Real2020:
What is funny is some Nigerians particularly yorubas think it's natural and okay for Lagos to have 2 seaports and largest functional international airport by design and for SE to have none. Some actually think Lagos has all these ports and airport by merit. When you try to to reason with them that why are Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Onne and Onitsha ports not as functional as Lagos ports, they come up with all manners of excuses but you tell that that Dangote is using Calabar seaport to import most of his goods into SE, and then they keep quiet.Lol! Same goes for the airport, why are Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and Kano the only functional airports in the country for international direct flight services? The fact is if you go right now, I mean now, to Lagos and Abuja, count and interview those traveling to international destinations, I assure you over 50% are Igbos. Then why can't they travel directly from Enugu, Uyo, Calabar, Asaba or Port Harcourt? Same goes for their goods...all these companies Reno talked about in Nnewi, Aba and Onitsha import their goods via Lagos port, that's over 1000 kms drive and paying all kinds of customs fees and bribes on the way to finally make it to SE, and you tell me this is fair?

Yorubas...how will you people feel having to drive 1000kms to SE to fly and clear your goods? Not only do you do this one time only but a constant thing for the past 50 yrs? And you think it's ok? Yorubas....where are your conscience? Do you people have feelings at all? Do you have hearts? I commend Fayose and Fani but more yorubas need to come out and condemn this evil and wickedness!

UAE123:
True talk coming from the wrong source because this same man worked under the immediate past president & did not say this thing or make his former boss correct the wrong when they where in government.

louwie:


I would want to school you on how a port can be made even down to onitsha but i will resist that urge.

louwie:


Dear friend, it is a win win situation for the yoruba's all the same.

I could go on to illustrate that for you but due to time constraint i can't.

Also, it is important to point out that what Omokiri is saying is not only limited to the past 16years alone, it exceeds that. He generalized and cited one instance alone.

Thank you.

BlackTechnology:


The first international airport in SE Igboland was built by who.?

You see why Reno is wiser than you.

Origin:
There is an issue on ground. It is a valid issue. Yes with strong points.

But instead of pursuing the achievement of solution of these issues . We are stuck in finger pointing, tribal comments and hate speech.

This is what we want. List it, stand united on it and take your case to the presidency, the whole Nigeria will support you. (we take snot out of the nose and we show it to the eyes, so that it will not say it did not see).


When you realize that due to our many differences EVERYONE feels marginalized. (if California can be fighting for secession from the US). Yet we must endeavor to use sense.
BH, ND militants destroying their homes with their own hands and that is sensible

Real2020:
What is funny is some Nigerians particularly yorubas think it's natural and okay for Lagos to have 2 seaports and largest functional international airport by design and for SE to have none. Some actually think Lagos has all these ports and airport by merit. When you try to to reason with them that why are Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Onne and Onitsha ports not as functional as Lagos ports, they come up with all manners of excuses but you tell that that Dangote is using Calabar seaport to import most of his goods into SE, and then they keep quiet.Lol! Same goes for the airport, why are Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and Kano the only functional airports in the country for international direct flight services? The fact is if you go right now, I mean now, to Lagos and Abuja, count and interview those traveling to international destinations, I assure you over 50% are Igbos. Then why can't they travel directly from Enugu, Uyo, Calabar, Asaba or Port Harcourt? Same goes for their goods...all these companies Reno talked about in Nnewi, Aba and Onitsha import their goods via Lagos port, that's over 1000 kms drive and paying all kinds of customs fees and bribes on the way to finally make it to SE, and you tell me this is fair?

Yorubas...how will you people feel having to drive 1000kms to SE to fly and clear your goods? Not only do you do this one time only but a constant thing for the past 50 yrs? And you think it's ok? Yorubas....where are your conscience? Do you people have feelings at all? Do you have hearts? I commend Fayose and Fani but more yorubas need to come out and condemn this evil and wickedness!

kingthreatz:


Please compel to the urge to sûck my cocķ

wristbangle:
Honestly I am sick and tired of IPOB wailing. If they want to have their biafra, bye bye abeg. Must they cry on every thing.

2 consecutive administrations with them as the aviation ministers on consecutive basis yet they can't fix their airport to international standard.

Na yoruba fault be this again? Na waoo!

sukkot:
solid points made. however i dont think it is yoruba that is marginalizing you. yoruba is hustling for relevance just like everybody else. its a game of wits and power and yoruba is the best at the game. so its a game we are winning not because we are the oppressors but because we have many sages in yoruba land

sukkot:
solid points made. however i dont think it is yoruba that is marginalizing you. yoruba is hustling for relevance just like everybody else. its a game of wits and power and yoruba is the best at the game. so its a game we are winning not because we are the oppressors but because we have many sages in yoruba land

Real2020:


I never said Yorubas are marginalizing Igbos....no. However they are benefiting from it.

Real2020:


Yorubaas are the centerpiece of the problem of Nigeria. I cannot ignore them in relevant matter like this. The fact is Igbos by virtue of their strong abhorrence of evil and marginalization of any sort, will never, I repeat, will never condone of the federal governments allowing all SS and SE ports to be functional while denying Yorubas the rights to use their ports. This is how a typical Igbo man his...has zero tolerance for evil and marginalization even when done to his enemy.

xcolanto:


@bloded I don't know the side of the divde you fall but by "our" you may be implying am Igbo. I am not, I only feel for their plight in the hands of the Nigerian lead Fulani government. You may not know it but there are strategies and policies to keep these people subjected due to their boldness to fight a war. When this administration came on board the manufacturing sector was strangulated by imposing restrictions to the needed imported materials by the FG, this is a section mostly dominated by the Igbos. Do you know how many companies closed up due to that hasty implementation of such policy? Up in the north these folks have been mainly targeted by the Muslim fanatics for maiming and destruction of their livelihood not once or twice over flimsy reasons as the drawing of Muhammed and the loss of election by a northerner.
You say they refuse to align with APC but the Yoruba's who have, how has the appointment of the APC lead government favour them? Just recently tinbu an APC chieftain was crying out for restructuring. Yesterday a minister said the Igbo's should expect nothing because they didn't "invest" in buhari! What was the investments of the ijaws or the ikwerre man, yet they single out the Igbo's for persecution and trash talking to agitate them further. I have many more to say but then I would be saying too much. It's those that wear the shoes that know where it Hurts, so you might never get it. Peace!

bkool7:


Its a win win for them because they're calculative . Those screaming marginalization should practise the political calcution too .

Reno is jus being mischievous