Obinoscopy:

That was the motive behind my volunteering to argue against the motion that it was a historical mistake. I know it would be difficult to argue against the motion but I chose to do it nevertheless. I did it not to win, after all even if I had won the debate that won't make Nigerians believe me, neither will it make 1914 amalgamation not to be a historical mistake. If you ask me, whether its a historical mistake or not is purely subjective. Its a thing of the mind. We are what we chose to believe.

I know Nigeria is really backward and I know one of the reasons is due to ethnic bigotry and nepotism. However I'm of the view that these ethnic bigotry is masterminded by corrupt leaders whose sole aim is to cling to power either by hook or by crook.

I believe Nigeria can work if we choose to make it work despite our ethnic diversities. If our leaders can give us good governance and enshrine social justice and if tolerance can be preached among Nigerians, Nigeria will be great. We need to be progressives and not retrogressives. The earlier we begin thinking in this direction, the better for all of us.

Obiagu1: After this, next debate should be:

[size=30pt]1906 Amalgamation - A Historical Mistake?[/size]

kunlekunle:

You discussed this for almost a month before.
let it rest.

Obiagu1:

It does not matter how long I have talked about it because "disillusioned people" have talked about 1914 amalgamation for how many years now "deliberately or ignorantly" ignoring the prior amalgamation. Maybe you know how long it has been going on.

Nigeria will remain doomed with our selective exposure and that bias will always affect our decision making and ruin any little progress we make.
When a nation is built on lies, kids deliberately brainwashed, adults blatantly tell lies, then I wonder how a clear vision going forward could be fashioned.

HNosegbe:

Please send a link to the threadnon the 1906 amalgamation.

Obiagu1: The main reason 1906 amalgamation was shielded and still being shielded from any debate is that it brings to light the fact that Yorubas were neither Southern Nigerians nor Northern Nigerians, hence non-Nigerians. Being who they are, they have craftily shielded that part of history, rather everyone lambastes the North, want them cut off from Nigeria, call their amalgamation with others a mistake but no one lambastes Yorubas.

I commend them for the good job they've done so far and some silly Igbos cannot see the bigger picture. Yoruba came from no where, Awolowo immediately started calling for creation of states for minorities because the then Lagos or Yorubaland had no minorities. When they succeeded in creating confusion, next was to try alienate the Igbo from their fellow Southern Nigerians by manufacturing all sorts of lies, distort history etc. Yet some silly Igbos have not asked, are Yorubas really Nigerians? What is their stake in this country?

How would someone that is not a Nigerian say Igbos claim other people all in the effort to create a division in Southern Nigeria they were not part of but thanks to that infamous 1906 amalgamation. How would the Igbo be claiming a part of their country, be it Southern Nigeria or Biafra

Obiagu1:

Link 1

Link 2

Obiagu1: The main reason 1906 amalgamation was shielded and still being shielded from any debate is that it brings to light the fact that Yorubas were neither Southern Nigerians nor Northern Nigerians, hence non-Nigerians. Being who they are, they have craftily shielded that part of history, rather everyone lambastes the North, want them cut off from Nigeria, call their amalgamation with others a mistake but no one lambastes Yorubas.

I commend them for the good job they've done so far and some silly Igbos cannot see the bigger picture. Yoruba came from no where, Awolowo immediately started calling for creation of states for minorities because the then Lagos or Yorubaland had no minorities. When they succeeded in creating confusion, next was to try alienate the Igbo from their fellow Southern Nigerians by manufacturing all sorts of lies, distort history etc. Yet some silly Igbos have not asked, are Yorubas really Nigerians? What is their stake in this country?

How would someone that is not a Nigerian say Igbos claim other people all in the effort to create a division in Southern Nigeria they were not part of but thanks to that infamous 1906 amalgamation. How would the Igbo be claiming a part of their country, be it Southern Nigeria or Biafra

Obiagu1: The main reason 1906 amalgamation was shielded and still being shielded from any debate is that it brings to light the fact that Yorubas were neither Southern Nigerians nor Northern Nigerians, hence non-Nigerians. Being who they are, they have craftily shielded that part of history, rather everyone lambastes the North, want them cut off from Nigeria, call their amalgamation with others a mistake but no one lambastes Yorubas.

I commend them for the good job they've done so far and some silly Igbos cannot see the bigger picture. Yoruba came from no where, Awolowo immediately started calling for creation of states for minorities because the then Lagos or Yorubaland had no minorities. When they succeeded in creating confusion, next was to try alienate the Igbo from their fellow Southern Nigerians by manufacturing all sorts of lies, distort history etc. Yet some silly Igbos have not asked, are Yorubas really Nigerians? What is their stake in this country?

How would someone that is not a Nigerian say Igbos claim other people all in the effort to create a division in Southern Nigeria they were not part of but thanks to that infamous 1906 amalgamation. How would the Igbo be claiming a part of their country, be it Southern Nigeria or Biafra

Negro_Ntns: ^^^^
Omg!

Katsumoto:

It's like another slave fighting with Kunta Kinta for the right to be called Tobi on the basis that he arrived at the slave farm 1 hours before Kunta.

What does it matter what slave name you are given, you have just lost your damn ?

Negro_Ntns:

'will you shuddup!!

Hey Obiagu, erm, I mean....Tobey,

ignore Katz abeg, no mind am.....he's a badd a*s.

Negro_Ntns: Obiagu,

You will open a stinky can of worms with your preoccupation to discuss 1906 amalgamation.

I warn you to let it rest. Alaigbo was part of the Royal Niger chartered territories and it was brought into the Southern protectorate as well...

Igboland with Tiviland were chartered territories. Yorubaland was a colony, Hausaland was a protectorate and there was Niger Coastal (oil) protectorate.

Igboland was merged into the Niger coastal to form Southern protectorate with capital in Calabar.

Yoruba colony was brought in later and we were never called Southern protectorate. The merger was called The colony of Lagos and the Southern protectorate. Lagos and Calabar were capitals. Shortly after a third capital was added in Warri.

Leave the 1906 alone unless you want to cause distress to you and your fellows.

whitecat007: Where are you obiagu1? I can give you CPR.

Obiagu1:

I'm not interest in Kats opinion because I'm not interest in Omogui.

PhysicsQED: Obiagu, the point Negro Ntns is getting at, which you seem to have missed, is that other territories were amalgamated with the Oil Rivers/Niger Coast Protectorate, before it was renamed the protectorate of Southern Nigeria. Some of these were in Igboland, others were in other parts of southern Nigeria. And the RNC chartered territories in the south were merged ('amalgamated') with the Niger Coast Protectorate before it was renamed the Southern Nigeria protectorate. For example, Asaba and Onitsha were not really part of the Niger Coast Protectorate before the 1900 amalgamation.

PhysicsQED: Obiagu, the point Negro Ntns is getting at, which you seem to have missed, is that other territories were amalgamated with the Oil Rivers/Niger Coast Protectorate, before it was renamed the protectorate of Southern Nigeria. Some of these were in Igboland, others were in other parts of southern Nigeria. And the RNC chartered territories in the south were merged ('amalgamated') with the Niger Coast Protectorate before it was renamed the Southern Nigeria protectorate. For example, Asaba and Onitsha were not really part of the Niger Coast Protectorate before the 1900 amalgamation.

PhysicsQED: We have gone through this before. What I tried to get you to understand, and what you still don't seem to understand, is that the Niger Coast Protectorate was amalgamated with some other territories to form the protectorate of Southern Nigeria in 1900. I don't understand why this is such a difficult thing to understand. I provided you with one source before which rightly described it as an amalgamation, which it was, but you insist on claiming that these territories were "acquired" as if they were ever part of the Niger Coast Protectorate. They were not. That's the point.