Tenderly1: I've noticed that most eastern states are backward,and they claim that there are improvment. Could the problem be spiritual or lack of góod governaceplease drop useful comment.

PS :abeg una i no be yoruba ooo

Ikengawo: Outside of Abuja, and Lagos, i can't think of a state with a better standard of living than eastern states.
People aren't fabulously rich, or abject poor. Most people, which is natural to the igbo way, are towards the middle, but many are towards the bottom of the middle. You wont find Dangotes and giant buildings, but you won't find beggars, homeless, or destitution.

Otherwise you can't look at Enugu, Imo, Calabar, and Rivers and say you're looking at a 'poorer' region of nigeria. We have our Aba and Onitcha which look atrocious, but their still more productive than any city in nigeria their size by far and large. We Igbos want our states to be better, but we're not going to pretend as if we're living in Ekiti, Kogi, Oyo and the rest because these places still house villages of people that can't speak english and live in thatch and mud dwellings. Though the east doesn't have a Lagos, it has, as a whole, surpassed this level of primitive development which no other region in nigeria as a whole can say it has done.

Tenderly1: I've noticed that most eastern states are backward,and they claim that there are improvment. Could the problem be spiritual or lack of góod governaceplease drop useful comment.

PS :abeg una i no be yoruba ooo

yarodin:

LOL,they are all from Lagos abi u want the guy to say Ekiti?

laudate: The cybertribalists have started again...with their pathetic rants of "my town is finer than yours'."

While others are busy contributing innovative ideas on other threads, some one here feels the only type of contribution he can make is to start attacking towns, villages and communities in different parts of Nigeria. It shows how shallow some people are.

! Abeg, make I siddon look...

Ikengawo:

Otherwise you can't look at Enugu, Imo, Calabar, and Rivers and say you're looking at a 'poorer' region of nigeria. We have our Aba and Onitcha which look atrocious, but their still more productive than any city in nigeria their size by far and large.

Ikengawo:

We Igbos want our states to be better, but we're not going to pretend as if we're living in Ekiti, Kogi, Oyo and the rest because these places still house villages of people that can't speak english and live in thatch and mud dwellings. Though the east doesn't have a Lagos, it has, as a whole, surpassed this level of primitive development which no other region in nigeria as a whole can say it has done.

laudate:

Hmmnnn..... I thought Calabar & Rivers belong to the South-South, and not the South-East? Why are you lumping these cities with the South-East? Or am I missing something here?



Bros, make una no take laugh kill person for here. So ever single occupant of every village in the South East, can speak English? So there are no mud houses or thatched huts in any of the South East villages from Abakaliki to Ogbaru?

Chei! I guess people see things differently afterall.

Bros, listen. Every single region in Nigeria (including the South-East) has one or more villages with houses that have thatched roofs and mud bricks. Our political leaders have underdeveloped most of our rural areas. Just go round the villages in your area and check what is going on!

Evergreen123:

U brought these on yourselves and now u are playing victim.

First, the op didn't say SE, he said eastern region, that's how calabar n uyo came up.
Secondly, yes easternrs can express themselves better in English than westerners . U can go and dive in the lagoon for that .
Of course there will be some mud houses in the SE but there are just so many in SW that its even a norm.
So don't come here and form as if we are on the same level.

Evergreen123: I just spoke with a Yoruba guy who said he is from Lagos state, meanwhile his documents said Ogun.
Yorubas, why??

Ikengawo: Outside of Abuja, and Lagos, i can't think of a state with a better standard of living than eastern states.
People aren't fabulously rich, or abject poor. Most people, which is natural to the igbo way, are towards the middle, but many are towards the bottom of the middle. You wont find Dangotes and giant buildings, but you won't find beggars, homeless, or destitution.

Otherwise you can't look at Enugu, Imo, Calabar, and Rivers and say you're looking at a 'poorer' region of nigeria. We have our Aba and Onitcha which look atrocious, but their still more productive than any city in nigeria their size by far and large. We Igbos want our states to be better, but we're not going to pretend as if we're living in Ekiti, Kogi, Oyo and the rest because these places still house villages of people that can't speak english and live in thatch and mud dwellings. Though the east doesn't have a Lagos, it has, as a whole, surpassed this level of primitive development which no other region in nigeria as a whole can say it has done.

DeLaRue: Dont mind them.

These people dont know that Ibos have single handedly built their region (without any Federal assistance), and have taken on the burden of also developing other regions too, particularly Lagos, Abuja, Portiskum, Igbokoda, Ogbomosho, Jalingo, Abuja, Sokoto, Auchi etc.

Yorubas in particular should be thankful.

Mighty Ibos!

sean079:

i dont knw where u ppl get dis concept dat every yoruba u c must always claim lag. av met so many yoruba n av not come across anyone dat display dis ur idealogy. dey are always proud of dier heritage. just as am a proud ijesha from ipole. dats where i hail from even doe i avnt been to ipole all my life but am ready to project a true son of d soil. dont knw u ppl obsecessn wit lag. even mere lookin at dier name will show u where dis person is from in yorubaland. just lyk fayemi,fagbenro,fashola n so on is common to ppl 4m ilesha to ekiti, olanipekun, oladaoja, ode n so on is synonymous to ppl from ibadan area, yl shodimu, onanuga, shobambi are ijebu names just lyk glo ceo adenugba is ijebu man

laudate:

Erm .... you conducted a census or a survey, to compare spoken English skills among people in all communities located within the South East and the South West, then you plotted a Gantt chart (or was it a pie chart) in order to find out those who could express themselves better in English?

Hmmn.... wonders will never end!! I am laughing in ...... Chinese! LWMKMD!

Tenderly1: Did you say very honest?

prophylaxis: pls pls pls dnt ever in your life claim rivers state as south east. We are south south abeg n we r nt igbos

prophylaxis: pls pls pls dnt ever in your life claim rivers state as south east. We are south south abeg n we r nt igbos

prophylaxis: pls pls pls dnt ever in your life claim rivers state as south east. We are south south abeg n we r nt igbos

Evergreen123:

I no know all those disparities o.
but yes, he told me he us from Lagos,
when I told him his documents said otherwise, he said Ogun is close to Lagos.

sean079:
In dat case i'll say dere is d diff btw am from lag n i lived in lag. i fink he's tryin to tell u dat he reside in lag just lyk som1 from sango r badagri will tell u he's from lag. d mentality is dere dat if u lived in lag dat ure smater, exposed, wise n very civilised dats what i can't deny even som1 dat bin to lag for just 1 day will go back to his town n b boastin abt places he saw durin his trip.

DeLaRue: Dont mind them.

These people dont know that Ibos have single handedly built their region (without any Federal assistance), and have taken on the burden of also developing other regions too, particularly Lagos, Abuja, Portiskum, Igbokoda, Ogbomosho, Jalingo, Abuja, Sokoto, Auchi etc.

Yorubas in particular should be thankful.

Mighty Ibos!