iiichidodo:
My guy you can vote out PDP for Governorship and if you are truly nwafor then you vote in PDP for President..simple..the little patronage you get from this republic will be swept away if an Islamic hardliner takes over power.

shachris03:


Speak for yourself sir. The igbos of today are more enlightened than you think. A discussion with a trader in St Micheal market aba opened my eyes.

Numismatic:



And I sampled the opinion of more than 6 commercial keke drivers and all of them said the will never vote for buhari, I also asked them if they will vote and if they have their voters cards, all answered in affirmative..funny thing is was that I asked them if they are aware that Buhari was coming to Owerri, they all shouted, to do what!..buhari can never win in the south east! Whether you want to believe it or not , let's wait till february, no need to be arguing here

shachris03:


your ethnic sentiments is not allowing you to reason straight. GEJ has failed us, you admit, yet we should still vote him? Got me thinking, do we as igbos enjoy pain? I want to ask you something, which era did the igbos receive all the massive amenities that they now enjoy? Most of the roads in igbo land, during which era were they built? I don't know where you get your facts bro, but GEJ is not representing any ibo interest. He is just there for himself and his Ijaw nation. A sensible igbo would endorse competence before tribal affiliations. Its high time we drop the civil war stigma.

shachris03:
I am born and brought up in aba. (nwa aba) and like we say, he who wears the shoe knows where it pains.

Since the era of PDP government in aba, a city that used to be the pride of the east has turned to a laughing stock for the whole federation. Aba is now synonymous with bad road. "are your roads as bad as aba's? " This pains me greatly because I know that aba used to have the best roads in the east as a whole. Azikiwe straight to faulks road then to aba owerri roads where model roads that had no patches. Built in the 80s yet lasted, even without maintenance into the 2000s.

I remember when Ariaria market was an international market. people used to come from Lagos, Kaduna, calabar , Ghana, Togo, Cameroon... all west Africa to buy goods from aba. Most companies had their major distributors in aba then.

Then the companies too. in the whole of the east, in terms of industries, after Enugu, you count aba. we had PZ, May baker, Nigerian breweries, Unilever (dad used to work there), aba textile company, vita foam, and many others too numerous to mention.
if you are really a nwa aba you would know that these things I'm saying is true.

Then the housing schemes were working. As long as you are a government worker, you are entitled to own a house if you want. You are given a free land to develop in the world bank estate. You can even borrow a loan to build your house from the mortgage bank. That is how my dad was able to build our home. I mean a poor man is entitled to a house.

We used to have free tap water in those days.

Now what have we seen since after PDP?

Bad roads everywhere you turn. its a fact that no single road in aba is up to standard. Na only wait and take road you see here.

The one that annoys me most is power. you see I live in the middle of two power plants. Geometrics and Alaoji. And I could tell you that since last month, ive not seen any power in my house.

Why the heck is geometries not in operation yet? A 450 million dollars project. Is wickedness Jonathan's nature or is he just a pure badluck?

I'm not an APC supporter but i m sick and tired of PDP and what they are doing to my beautiful city.

9jaIhail:
I might have gone a bit tribal in my submission above but mind you, Nigeria politics is all about tribal/regional interest and it's a high time we igbos think more about igbo interest rather than nationalist.

shachris03:


your ethnic sentiments is not allowing you to reason straight. GEJ has failed us, you admit, yet we should still vote him? Got me thinking, do we as igbos enjoy pain? I want to ask you something, which era did the igbos receive all the massive amenities that they now enjoy? Most of the roads in igbo land, during which era were they built? I don't know where you get your facts bro, but GEJ is not representing any ibo interest. He is just there for himself and his Ijaw nation. A sensible igbo would endorse competence before tribal affiliations. Its high time we drop the civil war stigma.

dejisky:

Typical Igboman . What is APGA what is PDP.

9jaIhail:


You are totally wrong my friend, non of those roads was built by GMB, and what is your criteria for competence? Is GMB the messiah you lot are waiting for? Again i ask, when last have you been called a third class citizen online or offline? My position may appeared tribal, but like i said earlier on, Nigeria politics is all about tribal/regional interest.

iiichidodo:
My guy you can vote out PDP for Governorship and if you are truly nwafor then you vote in PDP for President..simple..the little patronage you get from this republic will be swept away if an Islamic hardliner takes over power.

explorer250:
@shachris03

sir, pls speak for yourself also. We igbos are not voting Gej because he is from ss, our neighbour or because he is a christain, we are voting him simply because he has served us right. He might not be the best man for the presidency,but for now,he is the best and far more better than buhari.

Eziachi:
How does Jonathan presidency translate into an Igbo interest?
What happened to our Gen Ihejirika and Barth Nnaji with GEJ?

shachris03:


I enjoyed more patronage from the islamic republic than i am enjoying under your PDP government.

Eziachi:
How does Jonathan presidency translate into an Igbo interest?
What happened to our Gen Ihejirika and Barth Nnaji with GEJ?

Samchelsea:
My brother I understand your pain, am from Enugu and we have been blessed enough to have had two successful government in power and it wasn't all about Jonathan making them successful but anyone who has the love of his people at heart will not let them down....ORJI Uzor Kalu tried for Abia but his successor has been woeful to say the least and I can say that the blame can't be laid on d doors of the federal govt because the man is simply not good enough to be the governor but the people voted him/he rigged his way in....so you shouldn't make it look like anything PDP is bad....you people should try by all means to vote for an individual with honest characters and not party affiliation this time around
Good bless

explorer250:

ogah he built the aba>owerri>porthacourt expressway for us. Besides no head of state or president has done anything for us even the so called Gmb, rather he stopped the train project in the west due to tribalism. We igbo are progressing even without FG. The train running runing in aba and other south east cities today which i have seen with my eyes, the hospital in my community and in so many communities across south east, the freedom from goods seizure that aba and other igbo importers are enjoying today is because of Gej

9jaIhail:


I was reading and was enjoying your writeup until i detected Buharism in you. Listen young man/woman, I am not an Aba brought up but as a confirm nwa afo, every little investment i own today are in aba and owerri. We all feels the pains but do not blame GEJ for the bad leadership in abia because we have a Governor who have served nearly 8yrs in office without achieving anything. It doesn't make sense when you allow your frustration to blind your sense of reasoning. A sensible igbo person will never prefer GMB ahead of GEJ. Igbo people that are supporting GMB are either for their personal gain or party interest. Inasmuch as GEJ failed igbos and other Nigerians in so many areas, i can assure you that igbo interest cannot be better serve under GMB than GEJ. Can we be reasonable enough and not use our hands and fetch an infested fire wood and you know what the consequences will be.

How do we forgot things so easily. Sometimes i feel like to ask, are igbos the most silly and confused creature in the whole universe. How suddenly did we forget our past experiences? How we have been treated by the past presidents and military head of states in Nigeria GMB inclusive until GEJ came on board. Even here in NL, you as an igbo person hardly exchange argument with other tribes without the person calling you a third class citizen. Today, if not for anything GEJ in one way or the other gave igbos some sense of belonging.
My take on Abia state is, we should vote out PDP in Abia and vote massively for GEJ despite hes shortcomings.

explorer250:

sir, ihejirika was not sacked rather he was retired because he was due for it. Kenneth minimah was the next person eligible for the post,afterall he is from ss and our brother. Balt nnaji was dumped because he awarded his company(geometric) a contract without following due process and he was replaced with another igbo from thesame state by the name chinedu nebo

shachris03:


How can you be so sure when you have not tried buhari? What is your basis for comparison? Do you think you are being fair?

explorer250:

sir, ihejirika was not sacked rather he was retired because he was due for it. Kenneth minimah was the next person eligible for the post,afterall he is from ss and our brother. Balt nnaji was dumped because he awarded his company(geometric) a contract without following due process and he was replaced with another igbo from thesame state by the name chinedu nebo

CaptainOjemba:
The change you need in Aba/Abia starts from you by talking to your circle of friends and also preaching it in your sphere's of contacts. Please amend your statement, there was no time Enugu had more factories or industries more than Aba not even now, Traders are still coming from Lagos, kano, equatorial guinea, togo cameroun ghana to buy things at Aba. Economically Aba is great and the potential is still untapped. To salvate the situation Vote for APGA (Alex Otti)

shachris03:


your ethnic sentiments is not allowing you to reason straight. GEJ has failed us, you admit, yet we should still vote him? Got me thinking, do we as igbos enjoy pain? I want to ask you something, which era did the igbos receive all the massive amenities that they now enjoy? Most of the roads in igbo land, during which era were they built? I don't know where you get your facts bro, but GEJ is not representing any ibo interest. He is just there for himself and his Ijaw nation. A sensible igbo would endorse competence before tribal affiliations. Its high time we drop the civil war stigma.

9jaIhail:


Is this the first time this your GMB is coming to lead Nigeria? See, like i said earlier. I was enjoying your writeup until i detected Buharism in it. You lot should just stop acting like this Buhari is just coming for the first time to lead Nigeria. He still remained the old chameleon you and i used to know. I think i have cleared my conscience hence i should get myself out of this thread. Goodnight.

shachris03:


So you think SSners are your brother? You never read about the civil war bro. Better fight for your own and forget this your make believe familiarity with SSners. They are saboo and would always be saboo.

shachris03:


So you think SSners are your brother? You never read about the civil war bro. Better fight for your own and forget this your make believe familiarity with SSners. They are saboo and would always be saboo.

shachris03:


Thanks for the amendment sir. I was thinking they were. Meaning that i am yet to fully grasp the mightiness of the great ABA of old. Enyimba City must rise again.

CaptainOjemba:
Minimah ia our own, he is from Opobo town, Opobo identify with Igbo a whole lot. That's why you have a lot of them at Aba.

CaptainOjemba:
Minimah ia our own, he is from Opobo town, Opobo identify with Igbo a whole lot. That's why you have a lot of them at Aba.

Adminisher:


Goodluck is the worst sabo. Vote for Buhari and see development. They will take Aba and remake it. Nnewi will be better than China Guangdong. Enugu will be a resort town that people go to relax their nerves, Onitsha will have true skyscraper not wanna be. A place like Owerri will be a tourist haven.

You guys don't know what you are missing.