StOla:
Why didn't Azikiwe resume in the Western Region as a leader of opposition? Atleast he still had his single seat he won and his party was now holding minority seats when compared to the majority seat that Awolowo and his independents alliance held?

Because he only wanted to lead and not follow. So he ran back to the Eastern region and usurped Dr Eyo Ita as the Premier of that region. All of a sudden, Azikiwe remembered he had a village in the East, yet he wanted to be a Western Premier, when the North had a Northerner and the East had Eyo Ita an Easterner. Or could Awolowo have ran to the East to contest for Eastern Premier if he had failed in his Western bid like Azikiwe quickly retraced his steps?

A man who having schooled in the US and not UK like Awolowo, did not understand parliamentary system of government. He foolishly chose to partner with the Northern NPC to become ceremonial president as opposed to being executive Prime Minister in an NCNC and AG alliance. The same American education would not allow Azikiwe to agree to Awolowo's demand to have a secession clause in the constitution. America had fought a civil war to keep it's territory intact between the slave owning South and the emancipated North Yankees. While a parliamentary Britain had managed to settle for Irish separation from the UK.
In the end, it is his people that suffered for his political ignorance, and ended up fighting a civil war like the Southern Americans and lost like them.

But seriously, how can a tremendously educated Western Region have an Easterner who was only the first generation of educated Igbos as Premier? Even the poorly educated North had a Northerner. What did Azikiwe who was a Lagos politician know about the yearnings and aspirations of the Western Region?

In retrospect, Awolowo proved to be a blessing to the Western region and scored many firsts in Africa, that the rest of Nigeria had to play catch-up.

Abeg, cry me a river.

suremanpatriot:
...it's a bloody lie. Forget the rhetorics,ppl talkin lik this are old flames who are part of the confusionists. Nigeria's problems started with brutal abortion of the republic of 1966.
...those culprits shifted the citizens' focus from being unanimously objective abt national issues to being divisively sentimental with tribe and religion, so tht they bcom life rulers to keep siphoning the nation's wealth to themselves and cronies perpetually without doing anything to grow the nation economically or socially . They are always on escapism habits of travelin to USA,Dubai,UK. E.g we hav heard words lik life president, no limit for senator seat, ex presidents immunity fr prosecutions of failed projects under their govt.same still persist everywhere even from 1999 govts till date . These culprits are there,their children are succeeding them and the ignorant poor masses gets poorer chasing non-issues lik Igbos,succession,miltancy etc.

the Solution is money. Nigeria political office holders should not be richer than the nation, it is an aberration. There should be a cardinal law to collapse all manner of pays from presidency to national assembly and state assembly members to pay them using civil servant salary scale. This will refocus the citizens mindset on objectivity to build this nation's pool of revenue to establish steady power,education,technology, security and justice system, so tht everyone can benefit, quash the oppression and manipulations of the common men who die for nothing.

shukuokukobambi:


Ans: You're an ipob jew who really doesn't think things through. If not you'll not be on this thread defending nonsense in the first place

shekauvsbuhari:
mor.ons. Anybody that tells u people de bitter truth is an ipob.

shukuokukobambi:


There the slowpoke goes with insults again!!

Is intelligence not required to be a disciple of the albino braggart?

Viergeachar:
Paul Unongo is a typical Hausa-Fulani slave.

Kudos to Awolowo for preventing Zik from becoming premier in the West.

vpaymoney:


May God increase you in knowledge and understanding. That's a Yoruba man for you. Not just blabbing but talks with facts and nothing but actual facts. No doubt we Yorubas are the envy of others. Cos our ways are purely diff. We take time to listen,read, comprehend, and understudy and understand. We are naturally psychologists we see beyond our noses, we are knowledgeable, we have highest degree of understanding and wisdom to harness, to give and to take/ blocked tactically. We are blessed naturally with foresights and taking decisions as time demands. with fear of God. And finally the God we serve never leaves us alone. He always make us to have our ways in Nigeria and beyond. Awo' of blessed memory is the reason for a united nation called Nigeria today. Peace be on him. Tinubu is another Hero (Yoruba Genius) that single handedly ousted an incumbent national govt. (Peace be on Him). If it is a Yoruba* man that is in position of Mbuhari* now, he would have honorably resign and respect himself. Cos we value respect a lot. And we don't joke with our self esteem. We are not cowards.
It still baffles me why our eastern brothers find it difficult to learn from us and tackle their problems tactically without much ado about nothings. I will see you later. Make I drink water.

igbodefender:
That's the beginning of Nigeria's problems. Zik won an election. Why not let him govern. Abi, was it not the Yoruba people that voted Zik in?

shekauvsbuhari:
u re realy enjoyin de attention u re getting. When will u ejaculate? Pity u cant read n understand. If not u wouldnt associate me with any albino.

seanet01:
Did Zik won a Premier post or legislative post?

shukuokukobambi:


So not only are you dumb, you're also a mindless pervert? Otherwise what has the bold got to do with the matter? Is that how ipob zombies of the albino braggart behave?

igbodefender:
The leader of the largest party forms the government and becomes premie/prime minister.Even you should know that.

shekauvsbuhari:
okpoko. Half-education victim. Ejaculate is used figuratively there to connote when will u get down from ur high horse of excitement bcs of the attention u re getting? I wont bother to reply u again bcs u are not academicaly sound.

seanet01:
Which school you go sef?.The leader of the party​ with the absolute majority and where there is no absolute majority, you look for coalition.
Absolute majority is 50+

igbodefender:
I will forever be grateful to he average Yoruba man on the street for being so detribalized that they voted Zik into office. The average Yoruba man is a progressive. A true progressive. If we want progress in this country, we must copy the average Yoruba man who voted Zik into office in 1951.

Unfortunately his mandate was denied him by political maneuvers.

shukuokukobambi:


Brainwashed Otondo. You're a stark illiterate and you make it more obvious whenever you open your mouth or type. Which English teacher taught you that nonsense in bold? So if they ask you for definition, its that nonsense you'll type? Olodo feeling funky. What a waste!!

Brainwashed ipob zombie. You better stick to worshiping your albino braggart before you embarrass your lineage further

shekauvsbuhari:
get away fool. U re not worth replying.

Diademk07:


Will you shut your thrash? Who voted in Zik and which mandate was he denied of? The fact that your stupid Zik already expected the minority's parties such as the ibadan people party etc to lick his ass instead of him going over to them to canvass for their support like Awolowo did doesn't negate the fact that Awolowo won the election on a fair ground! You can go and die if that simple logic is giving you a headache!

It's no different from how your stupid Ojukwu and now, Kanu eediot already decided for the SS minorities in your stupid biafra dream rather than canvass for their support and when they eventually denied you of such dream, you would scream betrayal and tribalism.

Better go sell that your useless brain!

igbodefender:
Everyone knows that Zik won that election, but since you glory in lying to yourself, there is no need in engaging you in an intellectual discussion. It would be as useless as trying to carry water in a basket. Go live with whatever delusions you hold sacrosanct.

StOla:
Why didn't Azikiwe resume in the Western Region as a leader of opposition? Atleast he still had his single seat he won and his party was now holding minority seats when compared to the majority seat that Awolowo and his independents alliance held?

Because he only wanted to lead and not follow. So he ran back to the Eastern region and usurped Dr Eyo Ita as the Premier of that region. All of a sudden, Azikiwe remembered he had a village in the East, yet he wanted to be a Western Premier, when the North had a Northerner and the East had Eyo Ita an Easterner. Or could Awolowo have ran to the East to contest for Eastern Premier if he had failed in his Western bid like Azikiwe quickly retraced his steps?

A man who having schooled in the US and not UK like Awolowo, did not understand parliamentary system of government. He foolishly chose to partner with the Northern NPC to become ceremonial president as opposed to being executive Prime Minister in an NCNC and AG alliance. The same American education would not allow Azikiwe to agree to Awolowo's demand to have a secession clause in the constitution. America had fought a civil war to keep it's territory intact between the slave owning South and the emancipated North Yankees. While a parliamentary Britain had managed to settle for Irish separation from the UK.
In the end, it is his people that suffered for his political ignorance, and ended up fighting a civil war like the Southern Americans and lost like them.

But seriously, how can a tremendously educated Western Region have an Easterner who was only the first generation of educated Igbos as Premier? Even the poorly educated North had a Northerner. What did Azikiwe who was a Lagos politician know about the yearnings and aspirations of the Western Region?

In retrospect, Awolowo proved to be a blessing to the Western region and scored many firsts in Africa, that the rest of Nigeria had to play catch-up.

Abeg, cry me a river.

BigIyanga:

What are you talking about US education?by 1934 Zik had returned to Naija after going thru US schools like Howard University, Columbia, Licoln University and UPenn.
Awolowo started his UK higher education in 1944.. So who had a better understanding of Naija and global events??

Why did Awo AG lead to total break down of law and order in the SW?

It was under his leadership that state of emergency was declared in the s/west?
Zik was a governor general before becoming a president.
Awo was only federal appointed minister serving at the pleasure of the prime minister.
In 1964 elections, AG led by Awo came 4th by winning 21 seats.
NCNC led by Zik came 2nd by winning 84 seats.

How could have offered PM position to Zik when Northern People's Congress had won 162 seats.

Is math your problem? 24 is not greater than 84 or 162!!


You dont need to rewrite history here!

BuariCopyPaste:


Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/nigerias-problems-started-awos-introduction-tribal-politics-unongo/

www.nairaland.com/attachments/4959346_awolowo_jpegfc9d706f1535123f6e81a96846b17c32 Dr. Paul Unongo

igbodefender:
You are defending the undefendable. Was there a carpet crossing from Zik's team to Awo's team or not?

laudate:


There is no word like 'undefendable'. The correct term is the 'indefensible.'

Diademk07:


Like we don't know Ibo and revisionism are synonymous. I already knew you're dumb the moment you implied that majority wins a parliamentry election! Are you telling me if the middle belters choose to tilt with the south in the senate assembly, the North's candidate will still be elected?

What an eediot! you're better of licking the ass of that abino of yours cos you're just as dumb as he is.

Twy:


Unongo can be a rabble rouser sometimes, but a point of correction, his relevance was minimal in the fight for independence. Two, his thoughts are confusing, he said Awolowo was the strongman of Yoruba politics and at the same time, he said Awo was unknown by many Yoruba people. Third, people never considered the issue that Zik who was the party leader mishandled the politics of the Western region, NCNC had good support in most cities but they were less relevant in the small towns and villages, a lot of NCNC leaders in the west came from city elites. even in 1950, NCNC still had a sizable support in Shagamu and Ikenne, Awo's base, I think up to 1949, the area was majority NCNC. NCNC lost the election because they taught they deserved to be voted instead of fighting for votes, they easily could have won the west. AG's campaign aroused the interest of those in the villages, small towns and those who felt that their position in life will rise as a result of AG's policies. It is because Nigeria's intellectual discourse is rigged by tribalism is what led a lot to believe Zik was a great leader, he was likely not, Ahmadu Bello dusted him in leadership qualities(motivating the ppl to vote for party) and Awo dusted him in the west.

On tribalism, I think Zik lost because he was not in control of the Ibadan politicians.

StOla:


How does timing of foreign study erase the fact that one studied in a country whose political system was different to Nigeria's, while the other studied in a country whose political system was the model for which Nigeria's was structured?

Awolowo was leader of opposition at the federal parliament, not an appointed minister/federal commissioner of a ruling coalition he did not belong to. He only became a federal minister under the Gowon regime.

Your 1964 election results that you stated, does it take precedence over the 1960 elections for which the NCNC and AG could have formed a majority alliance government with NCNC being the senior partner?

Instead, Azikiwe went the way of the North as a junior partner in 1960 when he could have been senior partner in an NCNC/AG alliance, only to regret and align with an already federally castrated Action Group in the 1964 elections that proved woeful to both partners.

BigIyanga:

You have a tenous relationship with the truth! In 1960, elections were held in S/W and AG got 54% of the vote with 79 seats while NCNC got 36% of the vote with 33 seats .
In 1961, elections were held in the east, NCNC got 58% with 106 seats while AG got 14% with 15 seats. So AG won 94 seats in SW/E while NCNC got 142 seats in SW/E.. so who should be the king maker? Zik came 2nd while Awo came 3rd.
Awo had always been beaten by Zik in those days.
I noticed how tactifully ignored the fact that Awo lost 52 seats in 1964 elections and NCNC made huge gains.
Awo's AG was the first political party to be embroiled in crisis and banned. His leadership invited FG to declare state of emergency in the SW.
Zik was in the graduating class of 1933 while Awo was in the graduating class of 1948. Zik had practised and delivered results in Naija politics before Awo. How could awo have known better than Zik?
Zik played politics of live and let live while Awo played politics of highhandness and exclusion of dissenting views.. Lives and properties were lost under Awo's leadership.

igbodefender:
You are defending the indefensible. Was there a carpet crossing from Zik's team to Awo's team or not?